Risk, Fraud & Security
North American RA: Got Your Number?
At some point of time I had noticed that I don’t find too many contributors to talkRA from North America. Even though the readership...
Performance Management
Many years ago I was contracted to do process re-engineering at a government department. Somewhere during this time I became involved in an ISO...
Carrying Coals to Newcastle
It has been a while since I last poked fun at Papa Rob Mattison, the self-appointed Grand Wizard of Revenue Assurance. In general...
Revenue Assurance in 2009
Another year goes by, and we are all a year older. Are we a year wiser? Here is the review of what...
The Risks With Mobile Content
Look here for a very good article on the different kinds of risks that need to be managed with mobile content. It very...
Customer Transaction Monitoring for Financial Businesses
This is another in the irregular series of "it looks like revenue assurance, it smells like revenue assurance, it even tastes like revenue assurance,...
Fraud and Security Post 9-11
Danny Lieberman is a security expert with a broader range than telco revenue assurance, but is invariably worth a read for his insights on...
US$22m Fraud at AT&T and T-Mobile US
It has been revealed that slack controls over customer data allowed eight people to obtain US$22m worth of equipment from AT&T and T-Mobile US,...
Pedaling Profits
Recently I stumbled upon this story about Kenyans making a cheap mobile phone charger for their bicycles. What strikes me is the fact one...
Blocking As Assurance
It seems Russian communications providers have broadened the definition of RA - to include blocking VoIP.It is obvious Skype and IM erode prime revenues...
Text Tax is a Sneak Attack
Walk around Britain today, and you sometimes see old houses with recesses in the walls. They look like they should have windows in...
Rapid Growth at Neural
Neural Technologies, the specialist fraud vendors who now position themselves as suppliers of risk management, has been listed amongst the top 100 fastest growing...