Posted: 25th January 2008: New Training Course scheduled for March 2008
Telcora is pleased to invite you to attend our popular 5-day training programme on “Telecoms Fraud, Interconnect Leakage and Revenue Assurance” to be held in Manila, Philippines on 10th-14th March 2008 at the New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati. Click here for more information and on how to register for the said training.
Posted: 2nd January 2008: Telcora Services
Telcora offers a wide range of fraud management and revenue services including training, consultancy, fraud and revenue assurance reviews, bypass and interconnect fraud detection and call data analysis. If you would like us to deliver any of our services to you, please contact us at info@telcora.com.
Posted: 30th November 2007: Training In Iran, Another Success
Once again, Telcora has proven it’s excellence when it comes to delivering it’s intensive training courses. Positive feedbacks were achieved after the successful Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management training held in Iran. Telcora’s Director Steve Ormesher and Principal Consultant Maane Maralit delivered and shared their expertise on the said 5-day training which was joined by people from different departments of one of the largest telecoms company in Tehran,Iran last 24th – 28th of November 2007.
Posted: 28th September 2007: Training Schedule For 2008
We are now in the process of setting the training schedule for 2008. If you would like to attend a course or would like us to bring our training to you, please contact us at info@telcora.com.
Posted: 27th July 2007: Fraud Management and Revenue Assurance Training in Nigeria Hailed Another Success
Telcora has again been praised for the delivery of its intensive Fraud Management and Revenue Assurance Training held in Lagos, Nigeria on the 4th to 13th of June 2007. Telcora Directors Steve Ormesher and Ricky Estrella conducted the training joined by people from one of the largest telecom companies in Nigeria. As always, feedback from the delegates was again extremely positive underlining the experience and expert capabilities of Telcora in telecom fraud management and revenue assurance area.
Posted: 10th April 2007: Telcora is BT’s preferred supplier for Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management Services
Telcora was today praised by BT for the work we carried out on one of their BT Telconsult projects for a major African operator. Brian Wheller, BT Telconsult Business Director said: “In all aspects the Telcora staff demonstrated their expertise of the subject matter and conducted themselves in a professional manner. The standard of their work was high and was well received by the client.” Mr. Wheller added “Telcora Limited is BT Telconsult’s preferred Associate for Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management and Security services.”
Steve Ormesher, Managing Director of Telcora said “We are delighted to have received this accolade from such a prestigious client as BT. Our project team, headed by Maane Maralit, worked long and hard to meet the customer requirements and are a credit to Telcora. It is through their efforts that we have been selected as the preferred supplier.”
Posted: 19th January 2007: Telcora to present on the 2nd Annual Telecoms Fraud Africa Conference in May
IIR Conferences presents the 2nd Annual Telecoms Fraud Africa with the theme "Practical Strategies For Detecting, Combating And Managing Fraud In Both Traditional And Next Generation Telecom Networks".The said event will be held in Southern Sun Cape-Sun Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa on the 22nd to 24th of May of this year.This 3-day event will be joined by experts and high profile speakers in telecommunications industry.Steve Ormesher,Director of Telcora,will be presenting on the topic of Prepaid Fraud wherein it will tackle some various strategies in detecting and combating fraud and the possible threats that may occur. So why not take the chance to meet Steve and other experts in telecommunications industry and acquire all the things you should know to combat and prevent fraud on your network.
Posted:21st September 2006: Excellent feedback for Telcora after TUFF conference in London
Speaking after the TUFF Annual Seminar this week in London where Ricky Estrella,Director of Telcora presented on Interconnect Fraud, Jack Wraith, Chief Executive Officer of TUFF (Telecoms UK Fraud Forum) said "Ricky did an excellent job and his workshops attracted 50% of the delegates on both days. His content and approach were excellent and a number of delegates remarked on the usefulness of the information given out". To quote one remark "This is great stuff - it really is a check sheet for all I need to know to do my job".
Posted:18th September 2006: Telcora to present at "Telecoms Fraud Africa" in January 2007
Following the successful Telecoms Fraud – Africa held in Johannesburg South Africa, IIR Conferences UK will again be conducting a follow up Telecoms Fraud – Africa event which will take place in Accra, Ghana on the 30th of January to 2nd of February of 2007.Steve Ormesher, Director of Telcora, has again been invited as one of the speaker for the said event.Together with the other speakers of the event, Steve will share various strategies on detecting and minimizing fraud on telecoms industry and possible threats that may occur.So why not take the opportunity to meet Steve and other experts in telecoms industry and find out how the fraudsters get their service from you, what they do with it and how you can stop them.
Posted:21st August 2006: Telcora to run workshops on interconnect fraud at annual TUFF conference in London
Telcora will be running two workshops at the annual TUFF conference in London on September 19th and 20th. Ricky Estrella, Director for Data Services, will present to delegates of the conference and chair the workshops. On the first day he will discuss the issues and processes of interconnect and then on day two he will lead the workshop covering the different types of interconnect fraud and how they can be managed.For more details on TUFF click here.
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Posted:17th July 2006: Trainings for September 2006
Telcora are pleased to announce that we will be conducting training courses for September 2006 to be held in Manila, Philippines which are "Managing The Cost of Fraud" and "Interconnect Fraud & Revenue Leakage".Click here for more details.
Posted: 29th June 2006: Telcora on Telecoms Fraud Africa
“Simply excellent…” one of the delegates commented in the presentation of Telcora on the recently concluded Telecoms Fraud Africa conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa last 29th of May to 1st of June. Steve Ormesher, Director of Telcora, presented possible threats and different strategies for combating prepaid fraud during the conference and post-conference workshop with positive feedbacks such as:
Very practical session which brought up interesting notes that are overlooked when finding a manufacturer and also within the organisation.
Steve’s presentations are always interesting, thought provoking and fun. Everyone walked away with increased awareness about prepaid fraud.
I consider Steve’s presentation very detailed, and brilliant. His delivery is great, humorous and extremely engaging. His knowledge of the subject is deep, and coupled with the hands-on experience, he was able to make the session very enjoyable. I would recommend his session for a long time.
After acquiring the very hard information, it would be prudent to undergo training under Telcora so as to fully develop strategies for combating prepaid fraud.
Steve, as always, presented very useful and relevant material, which opened my eyes to the scale of possible threats to prepaid. I now feel fairly confident that the risk on prepaid vouchers can be minimised by putting in place control measures that I’d previously overlooked.
I am better equipped to oversee the proper set-up of the Fraud Unit in my organisation and to better identify the risks that my organisation may be facing.
Posted: 14th June 2006: Vacancy for Arabic speaking Fraud and Revenue Assurance Consultant
Telcora currently has a vacancy for an Arabic-speaking Consultant. We currently have several ongoing projects with customers in the Middle East and are looking to recruit an experienced Telecoms Fraud and Revenue Assurance Consultant to work in this area. Applicants should be fluent in both Arabic and English and should be prepared to travel worldwide on assignments. If you are interested in this opportunity please submit your CV and application letter (in English) to jobs@telcora.com.
Posted: 10th March 2006: Telcora to present at "Telecoms Fraud Africa" in May
Steve Ormesher, Managing Director of Telcora, will be speaking at Telecoms Fraud Africa conference to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in May on the subject of Prepaid Fraud. Why not take the opportunity to meet Steve at the conference and to hear how the fraudsters get their service from you, what they do with it and how you can stop them.
Posted: 10th March 2006: Cable & Wireless praise Telcora Interconnect fraud training
Telcora has been praised for the delivery of its intensive 2-day training course with Cable & Wireless held in United Kingdom last 8th & 9th of February 2006. The “Managing Interconnect Fraud & Revenue Leakage” training course proved to be a great success with feedback such as…
“The course was extremely informative and covered off all necessary angles. The interconnect knowledge combined with the detailed fraud information would be difficult to find elsewhere …”
--- J Savage, Fraud Manager ---
“Excellent training on a complex subject. The course was easy to follow and understand…”
--- R Ellen, Fraud Control Specialist ---
“Essential…this training took away the belief that interconnect is complicated…”
--- A Beesley, Senior Fraud Analyst ---
Posted: 13th December 2005: Telcora to run prepaid workshop in Bangkok
Telcora are pleased to announce that we have been selected to speak at the "6th Annual Asia Pacific Billing and Revenue Management Week 2006" and also to run a workshop at the same event. We will be speaking in both the prepaid conference stream and also the Fraud and Revenue Assurance conference stream and will run the Prepaid Revenue Risks post-conference workshop. At the workshop Telcora will take delegates through the revenue risks that exist in the operation, delivery and management of prepaid services, highlighting the pitfalls and providing practical advice on how best to manage and reduce those risks.
The event, which is hosted by IIR, will be held in Bangkok from 8th - 12th May, 2006 and is the only event in Asia dedicated to revenue management and the telecom operators bottom line.
Posted: 28th November 2005: Telcora Fraud Bureau on Target for Great Success
Ricky Estrella, Director for Data Services said today that he was very pleased with the take up of the Telcora Fraud Bureau Service by clients: "We are already serving clients in Europe, Africa and Asia and the signs are that this will continue to grow.
The most popular service through our bureau is that of interconnect analysis to identify bypass fraud, ISR (International Simple Resale) and other revenue losses. We are identifying significant losses for our customers in their interconnect data. Some of the these losses are down to fraud and many are also due to incorrect network configurations. Unlike some analysis services, we identify the individual accounts responsible for fraud."
If you would like Telcora to save you money by identifying losses in your data please call one of our offices or email fraud@telcora.com | Back
Posted: 15th November 2005: Training Schedule For 2006
We are now in the process of setting the training schedule for 2006. If you would like to attend a course or would like us to bring our training to you, please contact us at training@telcora.com.
Posted: 2nd November 2005: Another Training Success
Telcora has again been praised for the delivery of "First class fraud management training". Telcora ran their "Managing Telecoms Fraud, By-pass and Interconnect Fraud’ training course in October at the New World Renaissance Hotel (Makati) to delegates from around the world including countries such as Senegal, UAE, Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
"Feedback from the delegates was again extremenly positive, underlining our experience and expert capabilities in this area." said Ruben Bonifacio, VP Telcora Philippines. Back
Posted: 4th August 2005: Fraud Management Training: October
Following the previous success, we will again be conducting our popular 3-day training on Fraud Management. The course, "Managing Telecoms Fraud, Bypass and Interconnect Fraud" will be held at the New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati, Manila, Philippines and will run from 26th - 28th October.
3 days of high-quality fraud management training delivered by experts with significant experience gained from our work around the world for just GBP200 (less than US$400) per delegate when booked before 1st October or GBP250 after 1st October (normal course price GBP900). Join us in Manila to learn how fraudsters compromise telephone services, how you can detect and stop them and learn about the different types of interconnect fraud that cost operators millions of dollars every month. To book your seat on this event, email us at training@telcora.com
Note that due to the nature of the material covered, this training course is only open to Telecom operators, law enforcement, Government Agencies and companies within the Telecoms Fraud Management industry. Telcora reserve the right to refuse admission without stating a reason.
Posted: 7th June 2005: Telcora to Speak at TUFF Annual Seminar in London
The Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum (TUFF) will be holding it's annual seminar in London on 13th-14th September. The theme for the event will be "Intelligence and Information Exchange" and Steve Ormesher from Telcora will be speaking at the event on Wednesday 14th September.
For more details on TUFF click here. For Telcora's' event schedule click here. Back
Posted: 1st June 2005: Telcora launch Fraud Bureau to detect fraud on customers’ networks
Telcora are pleased to announce the launch of our Fraud Bureau Service providing a cost-effective fraud detection and management capability for telephone operators of all sizes with a varying range of fraud monitoring needs.
Steve Ormesher, Managing Director of Telcora explains “We use proprietary tools and mechanisms to detect all types of telecom fraud including both Account-Based frauds such as call sells and PRS frauds and Route-Based frauds such as International Bypass (ISR), GSM Gateway Bypass or Interconnect Fraud on our customers’ networks. Our Fraud Bureau Service relieves the pressure of fraud on operators and helps them to focus on their core activities of delivering telephone services to their customers whilst we help to protect their bottom line.” Click here for more details.
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Posted: 24th May 2005: Sonny Stops off for a Curry
During the Telecoms Fraud Africa conference in Cape Town, Charles Brooksons' globe-trotting teddy, Sonny was snapped at a Waterfront restaurant whilst taking time out of his busy schedule to eat a curry. Sonny has travelled the world with his owner Charles and been photographed in more places than I've had hot curries. Back
Posted: 16th May 2005: Telecoms Fraud Training Hailed a Huge Success
Makati, Philippines – Telcora has again been praised for the quality of its fraud management training entitled ‘Managing Telecoms Fraud, By-pass and Interconnect Fraud’. The 3-day course was delivered last 9th-11th of May 2005 in New World Renaissance Hotel (Makati) to 25 delegates from the Philippines telecommunication companies and from the Maldives. Click here for press release and photo Back
Posted: 4th May 2005: Telecoms Fraud - Africa, 23-26 May 2005
Telcora will be chairing and presenting at the "Telecoms Fraud - Africa" conference to be held in Cape Town in May. Steve Ormesher, Managing Director of Telcora will chair the conference on Thursday 26th May and will also talk on the subject of Fraud Classification and Fraud Measurement and will share the Telcora Fraud Classification Methodology with delegates.
The conference, which is being hosted by IIR, will run from 23rd May to 26th May at the Strand Street Holiday Inn, Cape Town, South Africa.
Posted: 25th March 2005: Telecoms Fraud Training
We are pleased to announce that we have now filled our April Fraud Training course and due to the high level of demand for this bargain service, we will be running a second course in May. The course, "Telecoms Fraud, Bypass and Interconnect Fraud" will be held at the New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati, Manila, Philippines and will run from 9th - 11th May.
3 days of high-quality fraud management training delivered by experts with significant experience gained from our work around the world for just GBP200 (less than US$400) per delegate when booked before 15th April or GBP250 after 15th April (normal course price GBP900). Join us in Manila to learn how fraudsters compromise telephone services, how you can detect and stop them and learn about the different types of interconnect fraud that cost operators millions of dollars every month. To book your seat on this event, email us at training@telcora.com.
Note that due to the nature of this training the course is only open to Telecom operators, law enforcement and Government Agencies. Telcora reserve the right to refuse admission without stating a reason.
Posted: 21st February 2005: Bargain Fraud Training
To mark the recent opening of our office in Manila we are offering a bargain-priced 3-day fraud training course in April. The course, "Telecoms Fraud, Bypass and Interconnect Fraud" is being held at the New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati, Manila, Philippines and will run from 11th - 13th April.
3 days of high-quality fraud management training delivered by experts with significant experience gained from our work around the world for just GBP200 (less than US$400) per delegate when booked before 15th March or GBP250 after 15th March (normal course price GBP900). Join us in April to learn how fraudsters compromise telephone services, how you can detect and stop them and learn about the different types of interconnect fraud that cost operators millions of dollars every month.
Note that due to the nature of this training the course is only open to Telecom operators, law enforcement and Government Agencies. Telcora reserve the right to refuse admission without stating a reason.
Posted: 26th January 2005: Fraud Analyst Vacancies
Telcora is expanding our Fraud Team and now has 2 vacancies for Telecommunications Fraud Analysts.
Applicants should have previous experience working in a telecommunications fraud management environment and should be able to demonstrate a good understanding of telecommunications services. Our Fraud Team is based in our Manila office and operates in a dynamic environment with occasional opportunities for overseas travel.
If you have the skills we are looking for please send your CV to jobs@telcora.com | Back
Posted: 17th January 2005: Telcora Appoints New Director
Telcora are pleased to announce the appointment of Ricky Estrella as Director of TDS: Telcora Data Services. Ricky joined Telcora in July 2004 with a wealth of telecommunications fraud management experience gained through 18 years as an analyst and Fraud Manager with the Fraud Department at PLDT, Philippines. Since joining Telcora Ricky has led the introduction of a fraud and revenue assurance department for one of our major African customers. As Director of Data Services Ricky will be responsible for the delivery of our CDR Analysis product line. | Back
Posted: 19th December 2004: Meet Telcora's UK Director in Manila, 27-28 January
Steve Ormesher, Managing Director of Telcora, will be speaking at the Mobile Philippines conference in Manila in January on the subject of Mobile Telephony Fraud. Why not take the opportunity to meet Steve at the conference and to hear how the fraudsters get their service from you, what they do with it and how you can stop them.
Posted: 12th December 2004: Marketing Assistant Vacancy
We are looking for a Marketing Assistant to work from our new Manila office. The successful candidate will be responsible for development of marketing material and for marketing our services to potential customers. Candidates should be immaginative and resourceful. We are more interested in your ideas and capabilities than in a long list of qualifications and experience. If you think that you have what we want and can work in a small and dynamic team please submit your CV and application letter to RP@telcora.com | Back
Posted: 6th December 2004: Telcora Launches CDR Analysis Service
Telcora are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new CDR analysis service helping operators to identify interconnect fraud in their traffic. Just send us samples of call data each month and allow us find the fraud for you. In a customer trial of our new service we identified bypass fraud for one operator amounting to an annual loss of over US$5 million.
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Posted: 12th October 2004: Fraud Management Training
We are now booking courses for operators on our popular and cost-effective “Managing The Cost of Fraud” training course. Train your whole fraud team and supporting business units in a single course run in your own offices. For a fixed fee we will come to you and train your people. No hidden extras, no travel or hotel costs for your staff, no per-delegate charges. The fixed fee includes all telcora charges, expenses and training material. After the fee, all you supply is the venue and the delegates. Email training@telcora.com for more details. | Back
Posted: 1st October 2004: Telcora Opens Office in The Philippines
Telcora are pleased to announce the opening of our new office in Manila , Philippines . The new office opened it’s doors for service on 1st October 2004 . You can now also find us at Unit 31J Mayon Street, Mandaluyong, Manila, Philippines or email the Philippine office directly on RP@telcora.com. To email our UK office directly, send to UK@telcora.com. | Back
Posted: 1st October 2004: IRM Becomes Telcora
IRM has renamed to Telcora to place greater emphasis on Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management and Security Audit for the telecommunications industry. Following IRM’s successful first 3 years we are now pleased to announce that we have re-branded and renamed to Telcora.
At this time we have also separated from the South African arm of IRM to allow us to focus purely on the telecommunications industry. Please note that Telcora has no further links with the former office in Cape Town and we wish them every success in their security guarding business.
Telcora: Same good telecommunications consultants, same good work, same high standards, same cost-effective services – New name. | Back
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Very practical session which brought up interesting notes that are overlooked when finding a manufacturer and also within the organisation.
Posted: 24th May 2005: Sonny Stops off for a Curry
Posted: 1st October 2004: IRM Becomes Telcora
IRM has renamed to Telcora to place greater emphasis on Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management and Security Audit for the telecommunications industry. Following IRM’s successful first 3 years we are now pleased to announce that we have re-branded and renamed to Telcora.