Monetization & Assurance
$128mn Payout after Telco Cheats Taxpayers for 10 Years
There was also a 5-year prison sentence for Issa Asad, CEO of Q Link Wireless, a provider of comms services to customers in 31 US states.
Can Regulatory Billing Audits Cope with Change?
Most phones are powerful computers. Use them to run software that protects consumers by checking for errors in the amounts that have been charged.
Ghana Spends 84% of Inbound International Traffic Revenue on GVG Assurance Contract
Sam George, Ghana's Minister of Communications, said the regulator will take control of the national RA system from Global Voice Group.
GVG Loses Legal Fight over Unpaid $22mn Bill for Guinea’s National RA Audit
A US court threw out GVG's attempt to get more money for a 'revenue assurance' contract signed in 2009 by the short military dictatorship of Dadis Camara. This sends a signal that other African countries need not pay for similar contracts signed by corrupt governments.
Ghana’s New Comms Minister Wants Review of GVG National RA Contract for Signs of Corruption
Samuel Nartey George MP also asked the Attorney General to review a tech infrastructure contract with Lebara.
Uganda Tax Authorities Paid USD4mn to Dodgy Kenyan Telco Auditor
The same firm has previously been criticized for its audit of telco revenues in Ghana.
UK Statistics Show Why Whistleblowing Matters
A robust whistleblowing procedure is a deterrent to wrongdoing by staff.
A Chinese Bid for Cross-Border Call Governance?
A state-owned business has established something called the 'China-ASEAN Cross-Border Trusted Identity Trust Center'.
‘Revenue Assurance Has Become the Biggest Looting Avenue in the State’; Ghana Politician Slams Corrupt RA Deals
Sam George MP says governments have handed out national RA contracts for the wrong reasons.
Notifying Telco Customers of Best Tariffs Encourages More to Re-Contract
Research by the UK comms regulator found that sending annual notifications of the best available tariffs had a positive influence on the number of out-of-contract customers who chose to re-contract.
$8mn Fine Proposed for Yet Another Telco That Wrongly Claimed US Government Subsidies for Low-Income Customers
The telco routinely ported in subscribers without their consent, then falsely changed their addresses to obtain higher subsidies aimed at native Americans.
Who Buys All the Crappy Revenue Assurance Marketing Research?
Q. When is a revenue assurance report not a revenue assurance report? A. When it claims to offer market research.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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