THE EFFECTS OF SIM BOX FRAUD on QoS
Prepared By Amadou Sowe
KEY FOCUS AREAs
OVERVIEW OF SIM BOX FRAUD
WHY SIM BOX FRAUD
EFFECTS OF SIM BOX FRAUD
ECONOMIC IMPACTN
REGULATORY CHALLENGES
KEY ACTIONS TAKEN
KEY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
1
2
3
5
4
6
7
OVERVIEW OF SIM BOX FRAUD
• Is a hot topic in the telecoms industry
• Preventing it is challenging • Tough to quantify the amount of revenue
loss
Industry
• Continue to experience a growing trend
• Face overwhelming annual loss in revenues Operators
• Decline in government revenueGovernment
WHY SIM BOX FRAUD
Termination
• Huge international call termination rates • Call termination rate to Gambia is $0.45• Local call rate is $0.069
Bundle packages
• Design packages which include Voice, data and SMS
Technology • Growing sophistication around SIM box technologies
EFFECTS OF SIM BOX FRAUD
ECONOMIC IMPACT
-
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
International Traffic
0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
3500000
4000000
Traffic Revenue 2017
REGULATORY CHALLENGES
Government’s intervention in setting the call termination rate
Incumbent operator managing the international gateway
Lack of tools to measure, track and monitor international
incoming calls
laws which criminalizes Sim box fraud
Lack of National ID cards
Lack of tools to verify IDs during SIM registration process
KEY ACTIONS TAKEN
Procure National and International Traffic Measurement and
Monitoring System
Task force for the effective and efficient detection of SIM Box
Operation
Advisory note for the Policy makers to draft laws which
criminalizes Sim box fraud
KEY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN
Complete liberalization of the International Gateway
To drastically reduce the incoming international call
termination rate which is currently set at $0.45.
To review and amend the compliance guidelines
To Introduce a Centralized SIM card registration system
THE END