Since the 3GPP released the 5G New Radio (NR) specification for non-standalone (NSA) operation, the telecom industry experienced a flood of 5G announcements by vendors and operators. It is expected that 5G will provide much faster connections than the existing system.

Previous generations of mobile networks addressed consumers predominantly for voice, SMS, web browsing, higher-speed data and video streaming. The transition from 4G to 5G will serve both consumers and multiple industries...

Krista Saarinen, presented the summary of the operator reports on the FASG meeting #11 in May 2018. The report summarizes the fraud and abuses issues operators are facing. Following are the latest analytics of the mobile fraud trend.

International Revenue Sharing Fraud (IRSF) remains the most prevalent telecom fraud reported representing 51.5% of the total reported fraud abuses, with hardware/service reselling, and interconnect bypass are also big issues...