AI, Data & Analytics
The First 2,500 Commsrisk Articles: What Have We Learned?
This is the 2,500th article on Commsrisk. Many valuable lessons are learned during such a long journey but none involve short cuts.
Inconsistent Rules for Supplying Digital Evidence Complicates Cross-Border Police Work
A report from Europol's cross-border digital evidence team shows how the nationality of a business affects the data it will supply.
Wholesale Carriers Lose 3.8% of Revenues to Frauds and Leakages
Cutting the data from the RAG RAFM Survey reveals interesting differences between wholesale carriers and other telcos.
All Leakages and Frauds Suffered by Comms Providers, Ranked by Value
Bad debt topped the tables for the greatest single cause of leakage per the Risk & Assurance Group's RAFM Survey.
Should Telcos Use Data to Recommend Better Deals to Existing Customers?
Giving advice about the best tariff for a subscriber might also encourage customers to act on other recommendations.
Making Money by Calculating Where to Put 5G Masts
The intersection of capital costs and subscriber behavior is an area where data and finance professionals could augment decisions usually trusted to engineers.
US Telcos Given Freedom to Use Analytics to Block Illegal Robocalls
An FCC order means traffic may be blocked if reasonable analytics suggests it would not be wanted by the recipient.
Why LinkedIn Marketing Matters Less Than You Think
The data shows LinkedIn is only a minor source of traffic for Commsrisk, and the number of likes and comments on a LinkedIn post is not a good predictor of how much traffic it will generate.
RAG TV: Data Drift and Reducing False Positives for Fraud Cases
Drift means any automated model for evaluating fraud risk needs to be updated, no matter how sophisticated the technology used.
Significant Fall in UK Nuisance Calls
A survey by the UK regulator found that fewer than half of landline and mobile subscribers had received a nuisance call in the previous four weeks.
How CDR Analysis Caught a Murderer
Gregory Lewis was convicted of kidnapping and murdering an employee of a Verizon store he wanted to rob. His lawyers argued otherwise, but CDRs showed Lewis was at the location of each crime.
Araxxe Offers Free Sample of International Termination Rates Report
The French vendor provides analysis of the termination rates charged by international carriers.
The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard
Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.
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