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Legal Fight between Mobileum Investors Rumbles On

HIG Capital is suing Audax for fraud. Audax is suing three Mobileum board members appointed by HIG. Gavin Patterson, former CEO of BT, is one of the individuals being sued.

Commsrisk Top Ten for February 2025

Normal service has resumed, and so has our monthly rundown of the most popular Commsrisk articles.

Hero Who Hunted Down a Scam Boss Received No Reward or Damages

The exploits of Kim Sung-ja inspired a feature film that topped the box office in South Korea.

Why Permanent Roaming Is an Unreliable Solution for IoT and M2M

EU regulators should turn to eSIM and the Open Gateway framework to address key challenges concerning the reliability and security of permanently roaming IoT/M2M devices.

Self-Regulation Has Failed: Three Reasons to Bring Commsrisk Back

Commsrisk returns with three missions that are simple, cheap and realistic but which demand urgency.

The Commsrisk Review of 2024

Another year transitioned from anticipation to history, during which Father Time showed us the best and worst of corporations, governments and the human race.

The Unsung Heroes of 2024

Heroes care more about results than praise, but they should be praised anyway.

Justice for Joseph

It takes a special person to suffer injustice with equanimity.

Drain Swamps to Starve Snakes: Papa Rob Mattison Makes Contact

The Grand Poobah of GRAPA must be desperate.

Commsrisk Will Return

Commsrisk has entered into a partnership with the Mobile Ecosystem Forum.

Thanks and Goodbye: Commsrisk Ends Today

Commsrisk has published 3,442 articles about the risks faced by comms providers and their customers over the course of 17 years and 9 months. These are the last words.

US Consults on Limiting Period When Handsets Can Be Locked to Networks

The FCC wants telcos to unlock mobile phones within 60 days of activation.

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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