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  • 19 Apr 2021 | Only 1 in 5 Mobile Operators Believe GSMA/3GPP Security Guidelines Cover All Signaling Threats
  • 16 Apr 2021 | RAG Learning Celebrates Third Birthday and Offers New Course on Roaming SMS Fraud
  • 15 Apr 2021 | Why Closing the Digital Divide with Smart Credit and Smart Security Is Good for Everybody
  • 14 Apr 2021 | Last Chance to Benchmark Your Leakage Coverage
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South African Regulator Issues Data Billing Rules

By Joseph Nderitu 5 Dec 2017 General

ICASA’s new regulations should indirectly lower the cost of data services. They are likely to be copied by regulators around Africa.


Big Bills and Passed Bucks

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Oct 2017 Assurance & Audit

Two recent stories in the UK press show how everyone hopes network operators will suffer the cost of other people’s mistakes.


Aussie Wins 3-Year Legal Battle over Stolen Barcelona Phone Bill

By Eric Priezkalns 16 Aug 2017 Assurance & Audit

TeleChoice wanted AUD191,000 (USD151,000) from a customer whose SIM was used to make hundreds of calls per hour.


Customer Billed 11 Years after Canceling Contract?

By Eric Priezkalns 8 Jun 2017 Assurance & Audit

The customer claimed not to have noticed the regular monthly transfers from his bank account.


Telstra Turns $225 Bill Into $2mn Overdraft

By Eric Priezkalns 27 Jun 2016 Assurance & Audit

The Australian telco says the customer made the initial mistake, but they debited the customer’s bank account after assuring him they would not.


Bill Shock and Roaming Frauds Can Be Tackled

By Luke Taylor 19 May 2016 Risk, Fraud & Security

When my mobile phone was stolen in Barcelona I realised how much victims suffer and how easy it would be to protect them.


The Health Check

By Joseph Nderitu 20 Apr 2016 Assurance & Audit

Businesses need to examine themselves in order to ensure their wellbeing, just like people need to monitor their own health and fitness.


Bill Shock Represents 14% of Big Business Mobile Costs

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Feb 2016 Risk, Fraud & Security

Wandera surveyed 1,000 IT managers and found surprising amounts were spent on roaming and data breaches.


Big Phone Bill Blamed on Apple-Microsoft Glitch

By Eric Priezkalns 1 Jul 2015 Assurance & Audit

Who is liable for high data usage costs incurred when software on a personal handset fails to correctly interact with an employer’s email system?


Smileys Cause Bill Shock

By Eric Priezkalns 16 Feb 2015 Assurance & Audit

Some mobile customers are angry about receiving unexpectedly large bills after they typed text emoticons into their SMS messages, only for the handset to convert them into images.


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American Lawyers Turn Anti-Robocall Law Into Hot Steaming Mess


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RAG Learning Celebrates Third Birthday and Offers New Course on Roaming SMS Fraud


Why Closing the Digital Divide with Smart Credit and Smart Security Is Good for Everybody



Last Chance to Benchmark Your Leakage Coverage


A Brief Guide to the Digital Divide


Canada Postpones STIR/SHAKEN Deadline Yet Again


Mobile Money APIs, Society and Risk



RAG TV Season 3

Commsrisk Editor Eric Priezkalns is back presenting a new season of RAG TV! Watch the replays if you miss the live show. Here is the season opener, where Eric and co-presenter Lee Scargall reviewed the events of 2020.

 

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