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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
Read moreTollring’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.
Read moreHow 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,
Read moreOoredoo 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.
Read moreService 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
Read moreWhat 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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