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Billing Errors, Fraud Devastate Wireless Providers

Mobile network operators face losing nearly one-quarter of revenues, or $300 billion, to billing error and fraud by 2016. But there are some ways to plug those holes in the dam. ...More
May 16, 2012
Posted in News, Billing, Revenue Management
Mobile Banking Increasing in Emerging Markets

A new report from On Device Research finds that 53 percent of mobile Internet users in India, Kenya, Indonesia, Ghana and Nigeria have engaged in mobile banking and payment activities. ...More
May 9, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
Cerillion Extends Contract With yuMobil for CRM

Cerillion Technologies, a provider of next-generation customer management systems, today announced a contract extension with Essar Telecom Kenya (yuMobile), a unit of Essar Group. ...More
May 2, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
Feds Sue AT&T over Telecom Service for Deaf in Nigerian Scam

AT&T, the lawsuit alleges, sought payment for so-called IP Relay calls by international callers who were ineligible for the service and attempted to use it to commit fraud. ...More
March 22, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
BT Takes On Major EMEA Expansion

Research shows the market in Turkey, the Middle East and Africa was worth a combined $8.5 billion in 2011. ...More
February 14, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Potential Changes in the Sub-Saharan Africa Telecom Market

Subscriber numbers have grown dramatically in sub-Saharan Africa, but several factors pose a threat to operators' profitability in the year ahead. ...More
February 3, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News, Revenue Management
Gratifying Ghana: Why Listening to Operators Trumps Vendor Technology and Size

TRI's Dan Baker talks with Ludvig Lindqvist of Stockholm-based Basset, who shares some insight into telecom fraud in Africa. ...More
February 1, 2012 By Dan Baker
Posted in Blog, Revenue Management
Online, Mobile Fraud: Dubious List Names Worst 5 Nations

One fraud-protection company detected a 400 percent increase in fraud via mobile devices last year. ...More
January 31, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Revenue Management
Obopay Debuts Mobile-Payment Service in Uganda

There is growing demand for mobile payments in Uganda, where Warid Pesa provides a prepaid account that enables customers to perform e-money transactions, pay for goods and services as well as settle accounts. ...More
January 31, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service Creation & Delivery
Verizon Takes Enterprise Platform Deeper Into Africa, Middle East

Verizon said it now offers its private IP services in 21 African countries. ...More
January 26, 2012
Posted in News, Service & Network Management