Commsrisk Top Ten for August 2019
August was the third most popular month in the history of Commsrisk. The top story was unchanged since July, probably because the mainstream trade press were so slow to cover it.
Do Crooks Own Your Wireless Service?
Brain Krebs is normally a decent researcher of cybersecurity topics, but he let himself down when launching a scattergun attack on US mobile providers.
Kenya Power Punishes Customers for Internal Fraud
Customers of the Kenyan monopoly are being held to ransom after they unwittingly bought discounted prepaid tokens from crooked employees.
WeDo CEO Runs for Political Office
After negotiating the sale of WeDo to Mobileum, Rui Paiva has agreed to represent the new Iniciativa Liberal party in this year’s election for the Portuguese National Assembly.
Commsrisk Top Ten for July 2019
There was plenty of good and bad news during July, leading Commsrisk to set a new all-time record for monthly visitors. These 10 articles received most attention.
Obituary for Santhosh Gopalan
Many readers will have known Santhosh Gopalan, a widely respected telecoms professional who passed away on the morning of 23rd July.
History Repeats Itself, as in Life and in Tech
History tells us plenty about the reasons tech businesses fail, but telcos are in great danger anyway.
Mobileum Buys WeDo for $70mn
The base price for the RAFM market share leader is roughly equal to their annual revenues, but could rise by another USD27mn if performance targets are met.
RAFM Vendor XINTEC Appoints New CEO
Rob Durran steps up from General Manager to CEO of XINTEC, whilst co-founder Sean Killeen switches his focus to business development.
Commsrisk Advert Bidding Closes Soon
Vendors have until July 30th to submit a bid for one of the limited advertising slots on Commsrisk.