Telecom Standards
Telecommunication Standards means telecommunications Standards and any related successors or derivatives, including Global System for Mobile (Communications) (GSM), General Packet Radio Services (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Single Carrier Radio Transmission Technology (CDMA/1xRTT), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Evolution-Data Only or Evolution-Data Optimized (“EV-DO”, “EVDO”), Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (“EDGE”), and other such Standards that Microsoft may periodically identify on the Partner Portal.
Standards are essential in creating and maintaining an open and competitive market for equipment manufacturers and in guaranteeing national and international interoperability of data and telecommunications technology and processes.
Standards provide guidelines to manufacturers, vendors, government agencies, and other service providers to ensure the kind of interconnectivity necessary in today’s marketplace and in international communications regarding:
System functionality.
Hardware.
Frequency Spectrum.
Security.
Compatibility with existing network
There are 4 types of Telecom Compliance Standards:
ISO
International Organization for Standardization (ISO). A multinational body whose members are from the standards creation committees of various governments worldwide.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from more than 140 countries, one from each. ISO is a nongovernmental organization that promotes the development of standardization and related activities. ISO’s work results in international agreements that are published as International Standards
IETF
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a professional membership society with more than 150 organizational and 6000 individual members in over 100 countries. It provides leadership in addressing issues that confront the future of the Internet and is the organization home for the groups responsible for Internet infrastructure standards, including the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). All of the RFCs and Internet standards are developed through these organizations
IETF standards documents are called requests for comments (RFCs). They define protocols such as TCP, IP, HTTP (for the Web), and SMTP (for e-mail).
ITU-T
International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standards Sector (ITU-T). By the early 1970s, a number of countries were defining national standards for telecommunications, but there was still little international compatibility. The United Nations responded by forming, as part of its International Telecommunication Union (ITU),
International Telecommunication Union Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) formally approved the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G technology as International Mobile Telecommunications
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It is the largest professional engineering society in the world. It aims to advance theory, creativity, and product quality in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics, and radio as well as in all related branches of engineering. As one of its goals, the IEEE oversees the development and adoption of international standards for computing and communications.
IEEE 802: LAN/MAN Standards Committee develops local area network standards and metropolitan area network standards. The most widely used standards are for the Ethernet family.
What Is Telecommunications Fraud?
Telecommunications fraud, also known as telco or telecom fraud, includes any activity designed to abuse and gain an advantage over telecommunications companies using deception (fraudulent practices).
telecom analytics for fraud management and consumer protection includes IRSF fraud (International Revenue Sharing Fraud), where fraudsters abuse premium phone rates, and interconnect bypass fraud, a form of arbitrage between operators’ call rates.
How Does Telecommunications Fraud Work?
Because telephony is the largest and oldest deployed network in the world, accounting for 48% of the worldwide consumer electronics revenue, fraudsters have long developed tools and practices to exploit it to extract value.
And while fraud attacks usually evolve quickly over time as companies squash them, telco fraud is unique as it’s often taken as a given. Its costs are absorbed by operators, who would rather not embark on integrating complex risk management systems into their architectures.
As the technology to run your own mobile network becomes more widely available, large telecom operators are becoming targets of fraud indirectly, making it harder to identify.
International Revenue Sharing Fraud (IRSF)
Interconnect Bypass Fraud
Telecom Arbitrage Fraud
PBX Hacking
Traffic Pumping
Deposit Fraud
Subscription Fraud
Account Takeover
Account Takeover
Wangari Fraud
SIM Jacking and SIM Swapping
SecurityGen provides protection against these frauds in the most efficient ways. SecurityGen is a global cybersecurity startup firm focused on telecom security.SecurityGen understands that while network owners must and will use technology to deliver value, they must be able to do so without compromising network security and trust.
SecurityGen provides the following telecom fraud detection systems to the users:
SMS Fraud Risk Assessment
The main focus of SMS Fraud Assessments is to detect and report incidents of SMS frauds that attempt to bypass Operator Charging platforms. These reflect all details and threats highlighted in GSMA IR.70, IR.71, FF.09, and AA.50.
A2P SMS Charging Bypass
Inconsistent SMS Sources
SMS-C Spoofing via internal or external ranges
SMS Formatting modifications
SMS Incoming/Outgoing Interception
SMS Home Routing Bypass
SMS Dos/DDoS
Premium SMS fraud
SMPP Security & Fraud Risk Assessment
The SMPP security and fraud risk assessment is aimed at identifying vulnerabilities of client SMPP connections. If an unreliable client exploits the vulnerabilities of the SMPP connection, they will be able to:
Send SMS messages bypassing the operator’s charging systems
Terminate A2P SMS without an appropriate agreement
Send flash and binary SMS (hijacker)
Commit premium rate SMS fraud
Disturb services of another client (competitors)
Voice Call Fraud Risk Assessment
Caller ID spoofing
Check incoming calls with the Caller ID of home subscribers
Manipulation with Caller ID parameters
Wangari
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