A1 Telekom Austria Group welcomes GLF initiative to prevent fraud in international telecommunication business

The ITW Global Leaders´Forum (GLF), a leadership body of the international carrier industry, has announced a process to attest the compliance of international carriers with the industry´s code of conduct

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Tollring’s scam protect helps telcos defend against scam calls

Tollring launches Scam Protect, a cloud-based solution to help telecoms providers to reduce risk from scam calls, protect their network and customers, and meet regulatory obligations.

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How the U.S. response to one-ring ‘Wangiri’ robocall scams affects non-U.S. service providers

Wangiri is a global scourge that costs service providers $1.82 billion (€1.53 billion) annually, making it one of the top five fraud types, says John Haraburda, principal solutions engineer director,

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Ooredoo adopts crowdsourced FraudGuard to prevent criminal activity across its global network

Ooredoo Global Services, part of telecommunications services provider Ooredoo Group, is using  BICS’ crowdsourced fraud prevention platform, FraudGuard, to block fraudulent telecoms activity targeting Ooredoo’s international traffic.

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Service providers and enterprises beware: Industrial-scale telecom fraud is here

Everyone can agree that new problems require new solutions. This is particularly true, says Peter Ford, EMEA regional vice president at iconectiv, for service providers and enterprises hoping to halt

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What strategies should operators adopt to prevent telecoms fraud?

$38 billion. That’s how much telecoms fraud is costing the industry annually. Scams that originated from calls initially took the form of impersonators. But, says Graham Moore, product director at

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