Telecom market oversight
for Burkina Faso’s regulator
Operators’ data, revenue and taxes in one system
Burkina Faso’s national regulator asked Forward for a tool to oversee telecom operators. Forward built Helicopter View in 8 months. The platform checks operators’ data and reports, monitors real revenue from telecom services and mobile money, calculates taxes and detects fraud.
Highlights
8 months
project duration
5 Forward products
in one platform
Mobile money
wallet turnover monitored together with telecom revenue
Tax revenue
increased from launch
About the client
National regulator of Burkina Faso
The national telecom regulator of the Republic of Burkina Faso. The project was carried out with the active support of the Eurasian-Sahel Business Council for Economic and Cultural Cooperation.
Task
Main goal
Give the regulator a tool to oversee telecom operators: check their data, see revenue from telecom services and mobile money, calculate taxes and detect fraud.
- Operator data — correct transmission of operators’ data and reports
- Revenue — real revenue from telecom services and mobile money wallet turnover
- Taxes — tax calculation and checks against actual figures
- Fraud — anomalies and fraud schemes
Forward’s
solution
Helicopter View, built from five Forward products
Forward built Helicopter View in 8 months from five products of the Forward platform.
Forward MD (Mediation Device)
Collects call and data records (CDR, EDR) from operators, normalises and loads them
Forward DWH
Central data storage and analytics
Forward PC (Product Catalog)
Price lists for rating
Forward Billing
Rating and tax calculation
Forward Monitoring
Central oversight with dashboards
Quote
“We are proud that we delivered such a large-scale project in a short time and gave the state of Burkina Faso a tax control tool that both increases trust in the market and helps operators fight fraud schemes”.
Maxim Sysoev Executive Director, Forward Project
results
Quote
“The company did an excellent job with the task set by the state regulator, despite many technological and organisational difficulties. Forward’s solution and the effectiveness of its implementation confirmed the competitive expertise of Russian high-tech companies”.
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