Monetization & Assurance
The Test Call Generator in Your Pocket
Why do telcos buy specialized test call generators when they could just use standard consumer-grade phones? And how can a standard phone be used to detect OTT bypass?
Vodafone Bill Complaints Fiasco Reaches One Year Mark
The previous three quarters were terrible, but there has been a further rise in complaints from UK postpaid mobile customers.
How People Were Downgraded in the TM Forum’s RA Maturity Model
20 percent of the original RA Maturity Model was about people; that has fallen to 9 percent for the new version.
UK Reg Drops Scheme to Promote Bill Accuracy
Ofcom redefines absurdity by admitting the promotion of its billing accuracy audits would have the undesirable consequence of making people think about billing accuracy.
The Zoom, and Why We Need It More Than Ever
Increasing complexity means we need to improve how we connect the results from detailed analytical work to the way we view the entire risk universe.
Cvidya Drops out of Israeli Fast 50
The RA vendor failed to be ranked in the top 50 fastest growing Israeli tech firms for the first time since 2009.
TMF RA Survey: How to avoid change-blindness
Sometimes we must look more closely to understand the impact of change. At other times, we must step back and use a framework to help us understand the big picture.
Sprint Faces $300mn Lawsuit for Not Billing Sales Tax
The New York Attorney General wants damages worth three times the amount Sprint failed to collect from customers.
Subex Asset Assurance Wins Award
The Indian vendor's network expenditure product, ROC Asset Assurance, triumphed in the 'advances in OSS/BSS' category at Telecoms.com Awards 2015.
Ghana’s Regulators Fight Over Revenue Audits
Ghana's telcos received contradictory letters from the government tax collectors and the comms regulator, disputing which body has the right to audit international traffic.
Amdocs Rumored to Buy Cvidya for $30mn
As long expected, the underperforming Israeli RA vendor will be bought for a low price by their big brothers in billing.
UK RAG Winter Meeting: One Week & Counting
There are only a few spaces still available for next Thursday's meeting of the Risk and Assurance Group.
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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