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Artificial traffic pumping and IRSF driving uncollectible wholesale and retail charges
Global telecom fraud losses (dominated by IRSF, Wangiri and related artificial traffic schemes) are consistently estimated around $28–40 billion per year, with IRSF alone historically accounting for several billion annually; individual operators report single incidents in the $100,000–$1,000,000+ range when traffic pumping runs unchecked for a weekend.Telecom traffic pumping / international revenue‑sharing fraud (IRSF) generates large volumes of calls to high‑cost destinations where fraudsters share in the termination revenue, leaving carriers with billed but unpaid or disputed usage and bad debt. Fraud rings exploit gaps in real‑time detection so hours of inflated traffic accrue before being blocked, turning what should be revenue into direct write‑offs and chargebacks.
Escalating fraud management and dispute handling costs from inefficient detection
Industry research and vendors note that manual fraud operations and reactive investigations can consume several percent of a carrier’s fraud‑related OPEX, with large operators running 24/7 fraud teams and paying six‑ to seven‑figure annual fees for outsourced monitoring and tools; these costs scale with fraud attempts even when no revenue is recovered.Ineffective or overly reactive fraud detection leads carriers to spend heavily on manual monitoring, investigation, and post‑event disputes with partners over artificial traffic and pumped calls. As fraud volumes and attack sophistication grow, operators must add staff and external vendor services to review alerts and traffic anomalies that could have been filtered automatically with modern analytics.
Paying for Disconnected or Non‑Inventory Access Services
SociumIT reports that errors such as billing continuation beyond disconnect dates account for an estimated 15–25% of recoverable billing errors in most audits; depending on the size of the access inventory, this can represent tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in unnecessary access cost.[5]Telecom billing audits repeatedly uncover recurring charges for circuits and services that have been disconnected, moved, or never properly inventoried, because carrier bills are not reconciled line‑by‑line to a validated inventory. Guidance on hidden telecom billing errors states that continuation of billing beyond disconnect dates and services to closed locations is a common, material error category.[5]
Delayed Cash Collection from Interconnect Partners Due to Protracted Reconciliation
While specific DSO figures are rarely published, the need for arbitration and regulatory involvement to resolve reconciliation disputes implies multi‑month delays in cash realization on affected portions of CABS invoices, increasing working capital tied up in receivables and related financing costs.[2][6]Interconnect and access bills are often paid late because partners dispute billed minutes or charges and require detailed reconciliation before releasing funds. Industry descriptions of interconnect reconciliation highlight that discrepancies routinely require negotiations, recourse to regulators, or courts, extending the time required to resolve and collect amounts due.[2]