How AI can help in the fight against fraud

Telecoms fraud is an expensive business, writes Katia Gonzalez, the head of fraud operations at BICS. According to the most recent Global Fraud Loss Survey by the Communications Fraud Control

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2018 means innovating communications for a ‘connected world’, says one operator

Shifts and fluctuations occur in every sector, with political, economic, and social factors all guiding peaks and troughs, positive and negative. According to the CEO of BICS, Daniel Kurgan, the

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France-IX supports rapid internet growth in Africa

France-IX, the Internet Peering Service Provider in France, announced that its presence in Africa expanded rapidly in 2017, making it the leading choice for African networks and content providers wishing

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BICS completes acquisition of TeleSign

BICS, a global provider of international wholesale connectivity and interoperability services, announced it has closed the acquisition of TeleSign, following the April 25th announcement of entering a definitive agreement to

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Low ARPUs, fraud and client culture clashes are backdrop as TeleSign acquisition accelerates BICS transformation

Carriers 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

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Cloud communications provide cost-effective alternative to traditional telecoms

The cloud is now an integrated part of most enterprise IT structures, with organisations running applications, storing and processing data, or hosting platforms in the cloud. The benefits of this

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BICS to acquire USA’s TeleSign Corp for US$230m, aims to be first end-to-end CPaaS provider

BICS, a global provider of international wholesale connectivity and interoperability services, has agreed to acquire privately held TeleSign Corporation, a US company active in the provision of authentication and mobile

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How IoT and collaboration are transforming the mobile communications industry

Despite its name, Mobile World Congress is about so much more than mobile handsets. Now in its 31st year, MWC retains its title as the biggest event in the telecoms

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Combating fraud through collaboration

The telecoms market is an increasingly crowded one, with incumbents and challengers alike struggling to find new streams of revenue and contending with ever-smaller margins. 

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BICS launches voice roaming firewall system

BICS, 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

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