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?
Vigilante Used Traffic-Pumping Fraud to Pay for Denial of Service Attacks on Robocall Scammers
US telecoms fraud can be so convoluted that just describing the crime gives you a headache.
US Regulator Sides with AT&T and Verizon in Artificial Inflation Case
Local exchange carrier Wide Voice has management and ownership in common with other telcos that collectively stimulated access.
Why Are Fair Usage Policies So Inconsistent?
There is a lot of overlap between behavior indicative of fraud and behavior that should be stopped by a fair usage policy.
US Considers Bill-and-Keep Fix for Toll Free Arbitrage
The FCC proposes a three-year plan that would tackle the motivation for inter-carrier fraud and traffic pumping.
The Threat of Signaling
Both SS7 and Diameter signaling protocols can suffer serious security vulnerabilities that few telcos are equipped to deal with.
New Traffic Pumping Study: $150M Annual Cost to US Wireless Providers
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…
Traffic Pumping Costs US Carriers $400m Annually
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…