Category: Fraud
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i3Forum and the Fight Against Fraud
In 2007, eight of the world’s leading carriers set up the i3Forum. It was initially meant to expedite the international telecommunication’s industry to IP but has since broadened its mission. The i3forum’s approach is open, simple and pragmatic and it aims to; • Represent : the views of the International Carrier Ecosystem • Bring together…
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Fraud Protection – Caribbean
In our last few posts we have outlined some of the fraud threats that we face in providing international voice termination. Specifically we have looked at International Revenue Sharing Fraud. See my posts here and here Today I want to alert you to the new hotspot for fraud, the Caribbean. Certain carriers in the Caribbean…
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Fraud Protection – Dial Plan Algebra
AurorA has operated in the International Telecommunications market since 1994. Since that time the telecom landscape has evolved and transformed and the pace of change has accelerated. The liberalization and deregulation of telecoms since the 1990’s, the move to native Internet Protocol (VoIP) and the deployment of fiber optic networks spanning the globe have driven…
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Premium Numbers and Fraud
AurorA has been in the International Telecommunications space since 1994. Route guides for terminating traffic used to be simple; there was a rate per country to terminate a call to a landline telephone and maybe, maybe a second rate to terminate a call to the new cellphones. There were less than 300 lines on the…
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Pakistan shuts down illegal routes
Often here in Canada, when searching for options to call overseas we can be tempted by cheap calling rates that appear too good to be true. At Amitel, we use premium international termination services, high quality terminating with calling line ID at the far end. The attached link, from the Express Tribune, is to a…