Wholesale Systems: Index

TEOCO Brings Bottom Line Savings & Efficiency to Inter-Carrier Billing and Accounting with Machine Learning & Contract Scanning

January 2021

TEOCO Brings Bottom Line Savings & Efficiency to Inter-Carrier Billing and Accounting with Machine Learning & Contract Scanning

interview with Jacob Howell

Learn the challenges and benefits of developing of new Machine Learning and Computer Vision system for wholesale billing accounting and inter-carrier contract reading.

Special Report: Wholesale Systems for Advanced Services

August 2013

Special Report: Wholesale Systems for Advanced Services

by Dan Baker

Plenty of technology and market changes are disrupting the telecom wholesale market: advanced services, new kinds of partners,,and the need to monitor relationships and services more closely than was ever required in the circuit voice world. This article introduces a TRI special report discussing the kind of Wholesale Systems needed in this challenging marketplace.

Data Integrity Issues Go Global in the Telecom Wholesale Exchange

April 2013

Data Integrity Issues Go Global in the Telecom Wholesale Exchange

interview with Vic Bozzo

Wholesale systems enable operators to expand their global reach and work efficiently with partners in an increasingly interdependent telco business. In this article, you’ll learn about: how many subsystems work together in support of the global trading exchange, why data integrity has become critical, and how wholesale business trends are affecting wholesale systems at Tier 1 and mobile operators.

Carrier Usage Audits: Why Regular Checkups Are the Key to a CSP’s Bottom-Line Health

August 2012

Carrier Usage Audits: Why Regular Checkups Are the Key to a CSP’s Bottom-Line Health

by Brian Silvestri

Many telecoms are wholly unaware of the risks of not having a solid usage auditing program for interconnect bills. Rather than a once-a-year or once-a-quarter audit, this article makes the case for regular monthly audits. Also discussed are: the different types of audits and organizations involved; the dangers of not auditing often; and factors to consider when selecting a cost-management vendor.

Invoice Audit Productivity: From 19th Century Textile Mill to SaaS

October 2011

Invoice Audit Productivity: From 19th Century Textile Mill to SaaS

by Peter Yelle

When it comes to invoice reconciliation, are your processes and tools modern and efficient, or is your company stuck in a 19th century time warp? This article show how operators can vastly reduce their manual audit steps by automating via a SaaS solution. The detailed case study and diagram show which tasks were automated to achieve an 80%+ productivity gain.

An Automated Self-Audit Approach to Telecom Cost Assurance

December 2010

An Automated Self-Audit Approach to Telecom Cost Assurance

interview with

What’s the value of an automated approach to invoice validation? This article explains the power of the SaaS model where the vendor supplies the data-processing expertise, relieves the operator of tedious manual work and boosts auditor productivity so more money is saved.

Cost Assurance: Dealing with Rating Variety in Wholesale Bills

September 2010

Cost Assurance: Dealing with Rating Variety in Wholesale Bills

by David West

Validation of intercarrier wholesale invoices seems like a fairly straight forward process. But regulatory rules and a variety of bill rating methods have made it very complex. This article details the challenge by walking through a wireless carrier case, then laying out the argument why operators should opt for a custom solution based on a core reporting engine.

Recent Articles

An Easy-to-Deploy Fraud-Control Handshake for Voice Operators is Here: When Will it Takeoff? — interview with Vasily Birulin — Real-time sharing of signaling data between originating and terminating carriers delivers a fraud-watching handshake before a call starts and as long as the call is active.
Well done, Fraud Fighter. I Now Promote You to Superhero of Trusted Communications — interview with Peter Ford — A “trusted communications superhero” campaign raises awareness of several inter-related professions that protect digital engagement for telecoms, enterprises, and the public sector.
The Bite Group Teams with Elitnet to Deliver Advanced Wangiri and ML-based Fraud Control — interview with Jonas Milerius & Vidmantas Sablinskas — The Lithuania-based Bite Group has adopted Onyx, an ML- and rules-based off-the-shelf FMS from Elitnet. Bite’s head of fraud management and Elitnet’s solution architect discuss challenges and opportunities faced by small- to mid-sized MNOs as they implement and customize an affordable rules- and machine-learning-based FMS.
GCX Builds a Layer 1 Subsea OSS: Wavelengths to Data Centers and Persistent Edge Connectivity for Clouds — interview with Jim Fagan — A tutorial on the business of undersea cables and how edge computing, clouds, and a subsea software defined network (SDN) will work together to deliver connectivity and advanced IoT use cases such as the connected car.
Registered Caller: A Centralized Registry Service to Collect, Vet and Send Enterprise STIR/SHAKEN and Rich Call Data to Consumers — interview with George Cray & Tom Sawanobori — A fraud control solution vendor and national wireless association have teamed up to drive adoption of a new, central cloud service for enterprise vetting and validation to leverage STIR/SHAKEN info for telecoms in the U.S. market.
Special Report: The 2021 State of Communications-Related Fraud, Identity Theft & Consumer Protection in the USA — by Dan Baker — This 49-page free Report on communications-related fraud analyzes the FTC’s annual Sentinel consumer fraud statistics and provides a sweeping view of trends and problem areas. It also gives a cross-industry view of the practices and systems that enable fraud control, identity verification, and security in our “zero trust” digital world.
How HGC Global Communications Builds Integrated Fiber, Undersea & Platform Solutions for Southeast Asian ISPs & Content Providers — interview with Ravindran Mahalingam — The head of an international telecom division explains the challenges and opportunities faced by content providers, ISPs, gaming firms, and streaming firms. Learn about the market forces at play to win eyeballs in Southeast Asia and why partnering to deliver infrastructure and platform makes sense.
Tokopedia, Indonesia’s E-Commerce King, Partners with 11 Million Merchants; Adopts Multi-Cloud to Drive Innovation — interview with Warren Aw & Ryan de Melo — Indonesia’s Tokopedia, founded in 2009, has grown to become one of world’s leading e-commerce players. Read about its success, technology direction, and multi-cloud connectivity adoption.
An ASEAN Vision: Bring Telecom-Infrastructure Enabled Healthcare & Remote Doctor Access to Everyone — interview with Chern Chet — A medical doctor at the forefront of driving telecom connectivity enabled healthcare lays out his expansive and compelling vision of the key role 5G, clouds, mobility and AI connectivity play in serving the sick, the healthy, and those living in remote areas.
Bridge Alliance: Knocking Down Regional & Mobile Connectivity Barriers so Connected Car Markets Get Rolling in Asia — interview with Kwee Kchwee — The CEO of an Asian consortium of mobile operators explains how they help simplify and harmonize their members‘ operations in support of multi-national corporations. This integration is enabling two huge industries to come together in Asia: auto manufacturing and telco.
Subex’s New HyperSense AI-Platform Aims to Turn Telcos into Agile, Analytics-Driven Ubers and Rakutens — interview with Rohit Maheshwari — An expert explains why telcos must swiftly adopt the AI/analytics methods of hyperscaler firms. Giving telco examples where cross-company data sharing can make a difference, he explains the 12 key features of a new platform designed to deliver more agile and collaborative intelligence across a telco.
Epsilon’s Infiny NaaS Platform Brings Global Connection, Agility & Fast Provision for IoT, Clouds & Enterprises in Southeast Asia, China & Beyond — interview with Warren Aw — Network as a Service, powered by Software Defined Networks, are a faster, more agile, and more partner-friendly way of making data global connections. A leading NaaS provider explains the benefits for cloud apps, enterprise IT, and IoT.
PCCW Global: On Leveraging Global IoT Connectivity to Create Mission Critical Use Cases for Enterprises — interview with Craig Price — A leading wholesale executive explains the business challenges of the current global IoT scene as it spans many spheres: technical, political, marketing, and enterprise customer value creation.
Subex Explains its IoT Security Research Methods: From Malware & Coding Analysis to Distribution & Bad Actor Tracking — interview with Kiran Zachariah — IoT security trends and an inside-look how research and monitoring teams coordinate to deliver a full-service IoT and OT security program.