FIINA makes African debut

TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators from around the world will today start attending this year’s Forum for International Irregular Network Access (FIINA) conference which will run for five days in Windhoek.

The FIINA conference being held in Africa for the first time, will focus on anti-fraud and telecommunications security. The theme of the conference is ‘Management of fraud – security and emerging technology services’.More than 150 of the world’s top telecom operators are converging and being hosted by Telecom Namibia.According to industry experts there are at least 200 different types of known telecommunications fraud, and the war against these unscrupulous activities is a fast-moving and never-ending battle for telecommunication companies.Telecom Namibia’s Technical Manager for the traffic quality and fraud centre, Gideon Iiyambo, said the conference was a major event on the international telecom sector’s calendar and expressed pride in the event in its African debut.FIINA’s objective is to provide training and expert advice to industry members, keeping them up to date on the latest threats and counter­measures, as technical expert fraudsters continue to devise new scams.Big corporations like British Telecom, AT&T, Deutsche Telecom, Telecom Portugal and European Telecommunications Fraud Operators’ Association are expected to make presentations on key issues.Major international vendors like Alcatel, Inet, Cerebus, Neural Technologies and HP will exhibit their latest anti-fraud technologies.Telecom Namibia joined FIINA in 1995 and other African members are Telkom South Africa, Telecom Mauritius, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation and SONATEL of Senegal.The theme of the conference is ‘Management of fraud – security and emerging technology services’.More than 150 of the world’s top telecom operators are converging and being hosted by Telecom Namibia.According to industry experts there are at least 200 different types of known telecommunications fraud, and the war against these unscrupulous activities is a fast-moving and never-ending battle for telecommunication companies.Telecom Namibia’s Technical Manager for the traffic quality and fraud centre, Gideon Iiyambo, said the conference was a major event on the international telecom sector’s calendar and expressed pride in the event in its African debut.FIINA’s objective is to provide training and expert advice to industry members, keeping them up to date on the latest threats and counter­measures, as technical expert fraudsters continue to devise new scams.Big corporations like British Telecom, AT&T, Deutsche Telecom, Telecom Portugal and European Telecommunications Fraud Operators’ Association are expected to make presentations on key issues. Major international vendors like Alcatel, Inet, Cerebus, Neural Technologies and HP will exhibit their latest anti-fraud technologies.Telecom Namibia joined FIINA in 1995 and other African members are Telkom South Africa, Telecom Mauritius, Botswana Telecommunications Corporation and SONATEL of Senegal.