RA for MVNO

Ahmad Fairuz Ali

 RA and Fraud Risk Overview
# Risk Description Impact Process System Prevention
Involved Involved
1 The identification of Gap in -Interconnect Interconnect -Perform
service usage records to invoices to Billing System Billing System routine trend
be sent to an MVNO for MVNO. Rating. analysis.
billing to their customers - MVNO -Ensure
was inaccurate, resulting Invoices. possible file
in undercharging of the tracking
MVNO as well as the mechanism
MVNO’s customers. in place.
2 GPRS usage by roaming Margin -Roaming Interconnect -Online
MVNO subscriber could be analysis Settlement Billing System authenticatio
abused by the subscriber between -MVNO n.
since the authentication is roaming cost Invoices. - Put
done offline. Hosting and MVNO maximum
Operator(HO) has to pay revenue will GPRS usage
more for the GPRS show low for roaming.
roaming. margin.
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# Risk Description Impact Process System Prevention
Involved Involved
3 If MVNO utilize its own Increase of -Interconnect Interconnect Suggest to
SMSC, Hosting cost pay to Billing System Billing System implement
Operator(HO) unable to MVNO. Rating. SMSC in
capture the SMSMT CDR. -Verification Hosting
Hence, couldn’t verify Operator(HO)
OLNOS traffic invoices to network.
Hosting Operator(HO).
4 Unable to differentiate Conflict of -CPA. CPA For each new
services offer by MVNO revenue -MVNO Interconnect services offer
and Hosting Operator(HO) sharing with Invoices Billing System by MVNO,
which linked to 3rd party. CP who identify the
Unclear cost and revenue connected to cost driver
value chain could lead to Hosting first.
cost leakages to 3rd party. Operator(HO)
Baraka and Hosting .
Operator(HO) are
competing directly in CPA.
5 MVNO subscriber wrongly Gap in Provisioning HLR Weekly check
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# Risk Description Impact Process System Prevention
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6 MD or Interconnect Billing Gap in Settlement MD To provide
System failed to identify invoices to Interconnect weekly or bi-
MVNO subs from the MOC MVNO Billing System weekly
CDR. This happen due to checking on
MSISDN and IMSI not MVNO
maintain properly. MSISDN and
IMSI range.
7 Signaling congested at Network Network GMSC To dimension
GMSC performance capacity GMSC
congested capacity with
and call drop. added of 20%
of reserved
band.
8 Conflict of interconnect Gap in Interconnect Interconnect To design
settlement between invoices to Billing System complete e2e
adjacent rate and non- MVNO call flow
adjacent rate which can
resolve the
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# Risk Description Impact Process System Prevention
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9 Conflict of 2 transit Overcharging Settlement Interconnect To
CDR from MVNO GMSC to MVNO Billing System differentiate
to Hosting the 2 transit
Operator(HO) GMSC. CDR.
10 How to differentiate Overcharging Settlement Interconnect To
MOC cdr for late call to MVNO Billing System differentiate
forwarding and early the 2 transit
call forwarding? CDR.
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