Risk, Fraud & Security
Vodafone Withdraws USD23k Bill For Barcelona Crime Victim
Are some mobile operators pushing their luck, when they ask victims to pay huge bills after criminals steal their phone? That is the...
Obama and Cruz Mislead the Public about Net Neutrality
Let me begin by apologizing to everyone who does not live in the USA. Sometimes, when discussing the internet, you have to discuss...
Hungary Suspends Plans for Internet Tax
After the Hungarian people took to the streets to protest, Hungary's government today shelved proposals for a new tax on internet use, according to...
Poll Result: Do not ask stupid questions!
This week talkRA experimented with its first opinion poll. Not knowing how popular it would be, I had no idea how long to...
Live Poll: Do revenue assurance and fraud management belong together?
Observant readers may already have noticed a new addition to talkRA's right hand sidebar. Since Monday, it has boasted an online opinion poll,...
Tony Poulos Joins WeDo; Market strategist role is a pointer to the future
WeDo, the Portuguese business assurance vendor, have hired Tony Poulos to be a market strategist and spokesperson for the company; you can find the...
SOCs, ROCs & NOCs: Unforeseen challenges as security and assurance converge
Does your telco have a SOC? That was the most fundamental question raised during the pre-conference training workshop at the WeDo WWUG14 user...
This Is What Happens When Telcos Treat People Like Machines
The relationship between people and machines has been a recurring theme on talkRA. I discuss the tension between people and machines a lot....
Investing in Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management for Strategic Advantage
Daniel Peter of Mara-Ison Connectiva contributes today's guest post, which revolves around a common challenge for revenue assurance and fraud management: measuring the benefits...
GO Malta Purchases Subex ROC Via Novel Managed Services-to-Licenced Software Deal
Maltese multiplay operator GO is not the largest telco in the world, and they cannot be described as early adopters of Subex's ROC solutions...
London Black Market for Stolen Smartphones Revealed by BBC Undercover Cameras
About 80 mobile phones are stolen in London every day. The IMEIs of many of these phones are blocked when they are reported...
Fast Networks, Fast Money
There is an old English saying: "look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves." If you are careful with even...
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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