Telecom market oversight for regulators
Operators’ data, telecom and mobile money revenue, tax calculation and fraud detection in one system for a telecom regulator. Built for Burkina Faso.
Forward gives a telecom regulator one system that collects operators’ data, checks it, shows revenue from telecom services and mobile money, and calculates taxes. Forward built this platform, Helicopter View, for Burkina Faso’s national regulator in 8 months. From launch, it helped the regulator increase tax revenue.
- Project
- National regulator of Burkina Faso, 8 months
- Data
- Call and data records (CDR, EDR) from operators’ networks, mobile money wallet turnover
- Installation
- On your own servers or in your cloud
- Products
- Forward MD, DWH, PC, Billing and Monitoring
01 Control
What the regulator controls
Operators report their own figures. To check them, the regulator needs data from the operators’ networks. The platform collects this data, calculates revenue and taxes from it and checks operators’ reports against it.
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Operator data
Correct transmission of operators’ data and reports
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Revenue
Real revenue from telecom services and mobile money wallet turnover
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Taxes
Tax calculation and checks against actual figures
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Fraud
Detection of anomalies and prevention of fraud schemes
- 01
20
years of BSS development
- 02
100+
projects delivered
- 03
30 billion
CDRs a day
- 04
3
countries: Russia, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso
02 Scheme
From operator networks to the regulator’s dashboards
- 01 Forward MD (Mediation Device) Collects call and data records (CDR, EDR) from operators and normalises them.
- 02 Forward DWH Stores and analyses the data.
- 03 Forward PC (Product Catalog) Holds price lists.
- 04 Forward Billing Rates usage and calculates taxes.
- 05 Forward Monitoring Gives the regulator dashboards.
03 Case
Burkina Faso
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National regulator of Burkina Faso
- 8 months
- project duration
- 5
- Forward products in one platform
From launch, the platform helped the regulator increase tax revenue and made the telecom market more transparent.
04 Questions
Questions and answers
How long does a project take?
The Burkina Faso project took 8 months.
Where is the system installed?
On your own servers or in your cloud.
What data does the platform collect?
Call and data event records (CDR, EDR) from operators’ networks and mobile money wallet turnover.
Can it calculate our country’s taxes and fees?
Yes. In Burkina Faso, Forward Billing rates usage and calculates taxes.
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