Are you ready to deal with the new challenges imposed by your local roaming regulation?
Over the last years, telecoms regulators worldwide have proposed new regulations of roaming services, such as the Wireless Code of Conduct in Canada, the International Mobile Roaming standard in Australia or the Euro Tariff in the European Union. And this is not over. For instance in July 2014, Operators in EU will have the choice either to a) offer tariffs that apply everywhere in EU or b) allow the customers to opt for an alternative roaming service provider without having to buy a new SIM card. Complying with all these new roaming regulations means more complexity for the Operator and definitely increases the risk of revenue leakages.
IN THIS CHALLENGING CONTEXT, CAN YOU ONLY RELY ON YOUR PARTNERS TO QUICKLY DETECT ROAMING BILLING ERRORS?
The roaming billing chain includes many technical systems worldwide and involves multiple international partners, i.e. roaming partners, international carriers, data clearing houses... Part of this billing chain cannot be consistently monitored by the Operator which usually relies on its Partners' monitoring with the following risks:
The debate about SMS death has never stopped over the last years. If on the one hand there are factual reasons to expect SMS decline, on the other hand the facts are obstinate: SMS is still going strong!
Do you know that SMS is still growing in most of the countries worldwide? The smartphone penetration and the growing usage of OTT apps definitely have a negative impact on SMS messaging, especially on Texting (person-to-person SMS). But a recent Portio Research study shows that SMS volumes are growing nearly everywhere.
The past months, fraudsters have become very innovative when it comes to interconnect bypass fraud. Although traditional bypass fraud will exist as long as termination rates are higher than retail tariffs, several trends & new types of fraud have popped up, all having the same goal, which is to avoid paying you interconnect termination fees.