US Spies to Stop Bulk CDR Collection
The first leak from whistleblower Ed Snowden concerned the mass collection of CDRs from US telcos. Now the Trump administration is quietly ending that NSA program.
Sandvine Wins $12mn Latam Order for Network Analytics and RAFM
The solutions will provide multiple forms of analysis relating to networks, users, performance, capacity, revenues and frauds.
Tech Will Not Solve Telco Problems
Telcos already have the assets needed to improve profitability, without developing technology. What we lack is the confidence to use those assets, and to manage the risks.
Will Fraudsters Just Outwit Machine Learning Too?
The Q3 2018 DataVisor Fraud Index Report highlights a perennial problem with relying on historic data when searching for patterns.
Subex Launches Cross-Vertical CrunchMetrics Brand
The new AI analytics brand will be marketed to the retail and fintech sectors alongside telecoms.
Ghana and KT to Use Location Data to Fight Infectious Diseases
Korea’s largest telco uses phone data to counter epidemics. They want other countries to adopt their technology.
Free CDR Analytics Toolkit Released by Not-for-Profit
Tracking the movement of people improves decision-making after natural disasters or outbreaks of disease. It can also improve commercial decisions too.
Big Expansion of MTS Big Data Team
The Russian telco intends to almost double the number of workers in its Big Data function.
Opportunity Costs and Data
Does the lack of analysis surrounding opportunity costs represent a wasted opportunity?
When Is a Twitter Bot Not a Twitter Bot?
The social media giant gathers lots of data but cannot distinguish between a bot and a person, as shown by the ‘outing’ of supposed Russian bots that are actually real-life Americans.