Replay Every Episode from our Second Season

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  1 November 2023: The Finale

  The second season of The Communications Risk Show concludes with a special show reviewing the big themes covered during the series and offering predictions for the future. Is privacy dead? Will artificial inflation of traffic swamp networks? Can the comms ... click here to continue

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  25 October 2023: Getting the Most from Analytics

  How much could comms providers increase their profits if they made better use of analytics? Is there a conflict between the apparent certainty of mining data and the inherent uncertainty of managing risk? These questions are addressed by Mike Willett, ... click here to continue

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  18 October 2023: Refiling Fraud

  Refiling has become a scourge on the telecoms industry, effectively serving as a tax paid by honest telcos to crooks, before it is passed on to consumers through higher charges overall. However, governments and law enforcement agencies pay no attention ... click here to continue

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  11 October 2023: The Wider Threat Posed by Denial of Service Attacks

  How severe are the risks to the rest of society when hackers are determined to take networks down? Access to mobile networks and the internet has been a game-changer that has improved the lives of billions of people worldwide but ... click here to continue

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  4 October 2023: Turning Bank ID into Caller ID

  The global banking system may have already solved the problem of spoofed phone calls and online identities; the solution just needs to be explained to telco regulators and internet engineers. The story begins in the aftermath of the banking crisis ... click here to continue

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  27 September 2023: Adversity, Inspiration and Data

  Divya Shridhar, an independent consultant who was formerly a rapidly-rising analytics and assurance manager with BT and Tech Mahindra, gives an interview about how to impress executives with insights gleaned from data, the ways she has overcome adversity in her ... click here to continue

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  20 September 2023: Quantum Computing Is Already a Threat

  Quantum computers are difficult to build today, but their radically different design means they can rapidly crack encryption codes that would defeat any other computer. Many encryption algorithms that currently protect the privacy of electronic comms and banking transactions will ... click here to continue

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  13 September 2023: The Country with the Most Unwanted Calls

  Brazilians receive more unwanted calls than any other nationality. We discuss the reasons why with representatives of the Brazilian comms regulator, Anatel, before examining their radical plan to restore confidence in telemarketing calls. Topical news items are also debated by ... click here to continue

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  6 September 2023: Why Signaling Firewalls Go Wrong

  It is highly recommended that every network operator protects their security by having a signaling firewall, but some still suffer from lots of gaps in their defences. We discuss the reasons why comms providers fail to get comprehensive protection from ... click here to continue

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  30 August 2023: Global Cooperation for Call Validation

  Consumers in some countries are inundated with scam and spam calls from overseas, many of which are spoofed to appear domestic in origin. The lack of integrity surrounding the apparent A-number of a call also means carriers get hit with ... click here to continue

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  23 August 2023: The Big Catch-up

  The first episode in the second series of The Communications Risk Show begins with a review of dramatic news stories that affected the communications industry during the break between seasons. And there has been a lot of drama! The topics ... click here to continue