Ranger Addresses 3G Fraud

India and Thailand : Subex Systems, the Bangalore, India-based Telecom Software Products company announced that it has won an order from Total Access Communication (TAC), Thailand, to deploy its flagship Fraud Management System, Ranger™.

Ranger™ FMS is part of Subex’s revenue maximization suite of products and services, RevMax™. Ranger™ helps operators to curb fraud through the use of innovative subscriber profiling techniques and advanced analytical capabilities. Ranger™ is also capable of addressing fraud in emerging areas like GPRS and 3G technologies.

TAC, in association with Telenor Communications, Norway, operates the DTAC brand, which offers a wide range of superior value mobile and Internet communications services in Thailand. DTAC is the leading wireless communications brand in the country, with over 5.5 million customers. The GSM network of DTAC covers more than 92% of Thailand's population.

Commenting on the contract, Mr. Subash Menon, President and CEO, Subex Systems said, "This order signifies a key milestone for Subex since it is a network with a very large subscriber base. It is very significant because Subex can prove its products' versatility even with a large subscriber base as in case of TAC, Thailand". Subex’s global clientele includes AmericaTel, Global Crossing, Sprint and Teleglobe in North America; Sonatel Mobiles, Sonatel Wireline, Cora, Ikatel and Econet Wireless in Africa; Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) in Cyprus; Bharti Mobiles, BPL Mobile, Escotel, Hutch, Idea Cellular, RPG Cellular and MTN Sri Lanka in Asia Pacific, among others.

Global telecom studies have revealed that telecom operators lose as much as 10% through revenue leakage and about 40% in terms of churn leading to substantial loss of revenue and profits and additional cost of acquisition and retention of subscribers.

RevMax™ helps operators tackle these challenges along with issues like poorly designed products and services, order entry errors, network errors that prevent creation of billing records, incomplete bills, inter-carrier billing issues among others. The RevMax™ suite maximizes revenue and profits through assuring earned revenue, enhancement of revenue and cost optimization. The suite addresses vital areas like Fraud management, Billing assurance, Inter-carrier billing, among others. The RevMax™ suite also includes the billing verification system, INcharge™.

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