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05 October, 2017Carriers and even carriers’ carriers need to stimulate growth and reduce their dependency on declining voice revenues. All of which comes as news to no-one, says Jeremy Cowan. But how they manage this transformation is critical and presents fascinating challenges. (more…)
10 August, 2017Mobile devices are the backbone of digital transformation, enabling new innovations such as smart cities and connected cars but they are also the backbone of disruption in the digital banking world, writes Howard Berg, the senior vice president and managing director for Gemalto UK. (more…)
16 February, 2017According to KPMG’s latest UK Fraud Barometer, 2016 saw a rise in cyber-enabled fraud. This is an increase of 1,266% on 2015 figures. Amid growing sophistication by fraudsters, Jeremy Cowan hears a call for better education and integration of cyber security and fraud management measures. (more…)
19 January, 2017In recent months, machine learning has become somewhat of a buzzword, with major players such as Google highlighting the positive impact it can have for businesses. (more…)
11 January, 2017Brazil, the U.K. and Mexico have been identified as the top three home countries affected by mobile fraud attacks in a new report published by Syniverse. The report uncovered that the top three countries where fraudulent calls originated are the US, Spain and Peru, while the country in which the most fraudulent calls terminated was […]
20 December, 2016Starhome Mach, a provider of mobile inter-carrier roaming and M2M/IoT services, recently analysed the implications of the new EU regulations eliminating communications service providers’ (CSPs) ability to charge for roaming within EU borders. Permanent roaming and fair use issues are expected to have the greatest effect on CSPs’ bottom lines. (more…)
21 November, 2016Mobile network operators have lost 20% of termination revenues to over-the-top (OTT) hijack in the last 12 months on average, with some operators losing more than 70%, according to a new survey conducted by anti-fraud specialist Revector. (more…)
10 November, 2016More than half of the world mobile operators are losing more than half of their potential revenue from enterprise application to person (A2P) SMS traffic which bypasses network charging by using grey routes, according to recent research from Dialogue Communications. The company’s founder and chief executive, Hugh Spear, claims operators could generate up to US$15bn […]
08 November, 2016WeDo Technologies has announced the results of its revenue assurance (RA) and fraud management (FM) survey, which highlights that the telecoms industry is gradually recognising the benefits machine learning can bring to RA and FM, but reveals there is still progress to be made. (more…)
20 October, 2016BICS, a global wholesale carrier for voice, mobile data and capacity services, hasannounced the launch of its Voice Roaming Firewall solution, which automatically blocks incidents of voice fraud in roaming for its customers. (more…)
