Recent Articles

• PrologMobile’s Simple and Brilliant Plan to Save US MNOs Billions a Year in Recovered Phones & Retained Customers — interview with Seth Heine — An expert in the mobile phone reverse supply chain explains how MNOs — via a neutral third party information exchange — can recover their original phones on the used market and save huge sums in multi-year customer retention.
• Black Swan Solution Guide: The IPRN Database and its Use in IRSF & Wangiri Fraud Control — interview with Dan Baker & Colin Yates — The IPRN Database is a powerful new tool for helping control IRSF and Wangiri frauds.  The pioneer of the category explains the value and use of the IPRN Database in this 14-page Black Swan Solution Guide.
• ARM Data Center Software’s Cloud-Based Network Inventory Links Network, Operations, Billing, Sales & CRM to One Database — interview with Joe McDermott & Frank McDermott — A firm offering a cloud-based network inventory system explains the virtues of: a single underlying database, flexible conversions, task-checking workflow, new software business models, views that identify stranded assets, and connecting to Microsoft’s cloud platform.
• White Paper: A Real-Time Cloud Service to Protect the Enterprise PBX from IRSF Fraud — by Dan Baker — Learn how a new cloud-based solution developed by Oculeus, any enterprise can protect its PBX from IRSF fraud for as little as $5 a month.
• WeDo Explores the IoT Ecosystem in Search of Tomorrow’s Pivotal Fraud & Business Assurance Solutions — interview with Carlos Marques — A veteran product manager scans the IoT terrain, discusses key fraud and assurance challenges, and explains the preparatory steps WeDo is taking to become a key player in this emerging market.
• New Report: Telecom Fraud & Business Assurance Solutions, Services & Strategies — by Dan Baker & Luke Taylor & Colin Yates — TRI publishes a new market research report, Telecom Fraud & Business Assurance Solutions, Services & Strategies.  Free executive summary available.
• Big Data without the Database: SIGOS Delivers Purpose-Built Analytics for Mobile Money, Fraud Control & Assurance — interview with Kenneth Mouton — A strategic look at the innovative SIGOS Analytics managed service that leverages purpose-built solutions across many fraud/RA cases such as SIM Box Fraud, Reporting, and Mobile Money.
• Deep Fraud Investigations: Mavenir and the Role of Machine Learning in IRSF Control — interview with Ilia Abramov & Marie Casey — Machine Learning-based fraud protection promises an answer to blocking fraud with precision, especially in roaming and nextgen mobile networks.  An ML champion discusses unusual and interesting fraud schemes uncovered by deep investigations.
• Why SIM Box Bypass Fraud is a Growing Concern in A2P SMS, Especially on the Roaming Side — interview with Philippe Orsini — ASP SMS traffic is a big money maker for operators, but fraudulent routing remains a big issue.  Learn about the highly complex scheme fraudsters use to exploit Europe’s popular roam-like-home tariffs to bypass SMS aggregators and spike up interconnect costs.
• Dynamic Reference Data: How Symmetry Helps O2 UK Simplify its Processes, Reduce Errors, and Keep its Businesses in Synch — interview with Nev Phillips & Luke Taylor — How a master data system can enable an a operator to exploit its reference data to: 1) update linchpin data across the enterprise; 2) simplify complex enterprise processes; and 3) get quick answers to assurance and marketing questions.
• Safety in Numbers and NRTRDE: Syniverse’s Strategy to Constantly Enrich Its Mobile Fraud Intelligence — interview with James Stewart — A discussion on NRTRDE, the Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange, the complexity of the roaming settlement process, and the fraud challenges mobile operators face as their subscribers roam.
• Araxxe on the Art of Deception and Analysis in SIM Box Fraud Warfare — interview with Philippe Orsini — A temporary call-forwarding method of foiling SIM Box fraudster attempts to detect test calls via a white list.  Also discussed: how wholesale pricing trends can measure the pulse of SIM Box fraud activity in a market.
• TELUS Analytics Users Get Productivity Boost from Internal Team of Data Access & Showcasing Experts-for-Hire — interview with Mange Kumarasamy — How a large organization with hundreds of analytics users gets help from an  internal Big Data team who sources multiple back-end databases; builds tailored reports; and drives campaigns that answer strategic questions for users.
• Oculeus Launches IRSF Fraud Defense-in-Depth for Enterprises; Cloud Service Screens & Blocks Calls at PBX — interview with Arnd Baranowski — A revolutionary IRSF fraud service stops and blocks fraud at the enterprise PBX.  The story explains the service’s SIP signaling, global PBX registration, security, and plans for telecoms to offer the service to their enterprise customers.