How AT&T Borrowed $10bn from Vendors without Reporting It as Debt
AT&T spends a lot more on finance from handset suppliers and other vendors than Verizon. What if there was a shock to the supply chain?
BT’s Italian Fraud Allegedly Encouraged by UK Execs
Italian authorities found emails that show a British finance exec pressured the Italian unit of BT to cook their books using the same accounting ruse that led to Worldcom’s collapse.
Former RA VP to Lead Top US Financial Reporting Committee
BDO Partner Angela Newell previously established the revenue assurance function of mobile telco Clearwire.
Former BT CFO Loses $675K Bonus After Failing to Spot Fraud
A very rich former exec who worked at BT for over 20 years will have slightly less money to spend during his retirement.
Revenue Assurance: Building a Team
Recruitment might be helped by making RA job specifications sound more exciting, but what really matters is giving people with the right personality the chance to show what they can do.
Lycamobile Accused of Money Laundering by Rival
The USD2bn international MVNO group uses unorthodox methods to deposit cash, but journalists may have trumped up a story fed by competitors Lebara Mobile.
Recognizing the Value of Revenue
It is an oddity of ‘revenue’ assurance that so many practitioners have little or no knowledge of what the word ‘revenue’ means. Paradoxically, if they…
Saving Pennies, Saving Face
David’s recent post, asked a difficult question about which countries appreciate revenue assurance, and which have little interest. This started me thinking. One of the…
InPhonic’s Inadequate Controls
