When Telcos Defraud Telcos
Some fraudsters work for telcos. They may even appear to be a good employee with an impressive record for delivery. How should a fraud manager handle them?
Some fraudsters work for telcos. They may even appear to be a good employee with an impressive record for delivery. How should a fraud manager handle them?
US telecoms fraud can be so convoluted that just describing the crime gives you a headache.
Local exchange carrier Wide Voice has management and ownership in common with other telcos that collectively stimulated access.
There is a lot of overlap between behavior indicative of fraud and behavior that should be stopped by a fair usage policy.
The FCC proposes a three-year plan that would tackle the motivation for inter-carrier fraud and traffic pumping.
Both SS7 and Diameter signaling protocols can suffer serious security vulnerabilities that few telcos are equipped to deal with.
Connectiv Solutions, a US vendor of network efficiency products, has issued a new study into traffic pumping; you can obtain the report from here. Put…
TEOCO, the cost and revenue management vendors headquartered in Virginia, have issued a startling report about traffic pumping in the US market. Traffic pumping, also…