Hackers Fool Telco Staff into Installing Remote Desktop Software, Claims Magazine
Persuading the unwary to allow remote access to their computers is an old trick, but it supposedly is used to execute SIM swaps.
Sprint Wrongly Took Government Subsidies for 885,000 Inactive Customers
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said Sprint’s actions were “outrageous”. The merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US may now be in jeopardy.
12 US Telcos Form Anti-Robocall Alliance
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has persuaded the bulk of US telephony providers to adopt eight principles for stopping nuisance robocalls.
Scorn for Web Identity Scheme of US Mobile Operators
The operators want to authenticate subscribers when they use online services provided by other businesses.
RAG Events Venture Into New Territories
Safaricom, Sprint and Batelco have agreed to host telco risk and assurance conferences in Kenya, USA and Bahrain respectively.
Next-Gen Mobile Authentication Coming to the USA
The ‘big four’ mobile operators in the USA intend to deliver a common secure authentication service by the end of the year.
Telco Boss Cloned Phones; Gets 6 Year Prison Term
Ramon Batista admitted that his telco had cloned mobile phones and used the compromised accounts to make international calls, resulting in losses of almost USD800,000 for Sprint and Verizon.
Sprint Faces $300mn Lawsuit for Not Billing Sales Tax
The New York Attorney General wants damages worth three times the amount Sprint failed to collect from customers.
David Beckham vs. Complicated Tariffs
Do you think mobile phone tariffs are too confusing? So does David Beckham!
Capex Optimization: For growth, or defense?
Operators need to invest in network capex just to retain customers. To prevent declining margins, they also need to offer more services than before.