LATRO’s Tips for Launching a Successful Revenue & Fraud Assurance Program for Mobile Money Operations in Developing Countries

August 2020

LATRO’s Tips for Launching a Successful Revenue & Fraud Assurance Program for Mobile Money Operations in Developing Countries

interview with Don Reinhart

A company building mobile money RA/FM tools and  managed services gives a concise, but detailed tutorial on how the Mobile Money Ecosystem works.  Revenue assurance pros will get tips on  what to look for in analytics/assurance tools, controls, and professional services.

PrologMobile’s Simple and Brilliant Plan to Save US MNOs Billions a Year in Recovered Phones & Retained Customers

October 2019

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.

MTN Agility: Mastering Exponential Technologies in Revenue/Fraud Assurance and Beyond

November 2018

MTN Agility: Mastering Exponential Technologies in Revenue/Fraud Assurance and Beyond

interview with Danie Maritz & Tony Sani & Luke Taylor

An in-depth look at RAFM operations and innovation at the MTN Group.  Topics discussed include RA/fraud control challenges, strategies, and MTN’s journey to exploit exponential tech (AI, robotics, and ML) in its RAFM program and support of internal non-telco businesses.

From Byzantine Software Contracts to Simple & Flexible RA Managed Services

April 2018

From Byzantine Software Contracts to Simple & Flexible RA Managed Services

interview with Philippe Orsini

Is the way B2B/enterprise software is sold and delivered today progressive — or is it Byzantine in the age of cloud?  An expert lays out the case for managed services in RA and billing verification.

WeDo Hosts Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management Conference in Washington DC

September 2015

WeDo Hosts Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management Conference in Washington DC

by Dan Baker

Black Swan is pleased to announce what looks to be a first class revenue assurance and fraud management conference being put on by WeDo Technologies, on October 1st and 2nd in beautiful Washington DC.

Migrating systems or launching LTE next year?  Don‘t forget transformation assurance & optimisation

November 2013

Migrating systems or launching LTE next year?  Don‘t forget transformation assurance & optimisation

by Efrat Nissimov

System transformations and network migrations are major  revenue impacting events and they should raise a big red flag.  Why?  Because data integrity issues are bound to crop up as CSPs move vital data from a legacy system to something new.  It’s time for transformation assurance.

Make Business Assurance Progress Every Day: How to Set Goals, Automate, and Energize Your Team

April 2013

Make Business Assurance Progress Every Day: How to Set Goals, Automate, and Energize Your Team

interview with Kathleen Romano

Business assurance (BA) skills have wide applicability outside the revenue assurance and fraud mangement domains.  In this article, a telecom executive explains how she’s applying her BA skills in the Payments area.  In addition to discussing the key operational challenges in Payments, the interview also provides keen insights on setting goals in business assurance, leading a team, and making critical decisions.

LTE Rollout: Make it a Smashing Success with Risk Assessment, Controls, and Marketing Offer Analytics

November 2012

LTE Rollout: Make it a Smashing Success with Risk Assessment, Controls, and Marketing Offer Analytics

by Gadi Solotorevsky

LTE brings splendid new capabilities to mobile users.  But like 2G and 3G deployments before, operators can only make money if they successfuly plan, coordinate, deploy fast, and pay attention to pricing plans and the customer experience.  This article lays out a 3-phase tactical guide on  how revenue analytics professionals can add value in LTE service risk assessment, controls, and marketing offer analytics.

Precision Clockworks: How Revenue Assurance Synchronizes with the Business at Swisscom

October 2012

Precision Clockworks: How Revenue Assurance Synchronizes with the Business at Swisscom

interview with Marco Pollinger

An expert revenue assurance department is one whose work dovetails well with the lines of businesses it supports.  In this interview you’ll learn how Swisscom manages its revenue assurance function for maximum effect.  The article discusses: the operator’s innovative RA organization, the screening and RA approval of new services, its pre-production bill audits, and its coordination with corporate risk management.

Bringing Strategic Planning & Value Engineering to Revenue Assurance

July 2012

Bringing Strategic Planning & Value Engineering to Revenue Assurance

interview with Maged Fawzy

Engineering and architectural techniques have a role in revenue assurance.  This interview with a top Egyptian RA consultant explains how continuous risk assessment and long range — yet flexible — RA planning can sharpen a carrier’s RA program and lead to better use of revenue assurance software and integration services.

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