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.
Six Takeaways from the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report 2021
Never mind somebody else’s fact-free opinions about data security, because here is the leading source of data about data security.
Research Shows Recycling Phone Numbers Threatens Privacy
Academics from Princeton found more than half the numbers they obtained could be linked to personal data about former users.
RAG TV: Assuring PPV Revenue and Preventing Refiling
The final episode of RAG TV Season 2 featured two classy communicators: Kathy Romano of global media firm Discovery and Bryan Rowe of innovative fraud developers Six Degrees.
Human Error Blamed for Growing Number of Data Breaches
More data breaches are caused by mistakes than malware, says the Verizon 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report.
How CDR Analysis Caught a Murderer
Gregory Lewis was convicted of kidnapping and murdering an employee of a Verizon store he wanted to rob. His lawyers argued otherwise, but CDRs showed Lewis was at the location of each crime.
How to Fight Handset Theft, Fraud and Trafficking
Trustonic’s hardware-based security means devices can be remotely locked and unlocked, irrespective of which operator’s network they are connected to.
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.
Verizon Wants to Lock 4G Phones to Stop Crime
The US telco estimates that handset fraud cost them almost USD190mn last year, and continued to rise in January.
China Telecom Misdirected US Net Traffic Through China
For 30 months internet traffic sent from Los Angeles to Washington DC was routed via autonomous systems in China.