The document discusses SIM box and bypass interconnect fraud that costs the telecommunications industry over $3 billion per year. SIM box fraud involves deploying boxes with many SIM cards to avoid paying termination fees to mobile operators, while bypass fraud sells cheap international call termination. XINTEC offers a SIM box detector software solution that analyzes call records in near real-time to detect SIM boxes and bypassed calls using customer profiling and call identification. The solution provides traffic visibility, detection, alarms and analysis to combat these frauds.

1. XINTEC
SIM Box and Bypass
Interconnect Fraud

2. SIM Box and Bypass
Interconnect Fraud
• SIM Box Fraud:
– Deploying SIM Boxes to avoid paying official termination fees to
Operators
• Bypass Fraud:
– Selling the capacity to terminate calls cheaply in countries where the
cost of terminating an international call exceeds that of a national
call considerably
• These frauds are connected
– Therefore, the same solution can combat both together

3. The SIM Box Fraud
Grey Market
• SIM Boxes are machines housing 8 to 32 illegal SIM
cards
– Calls via the internet are sent to these machines and redirected as
illegal VoIP traffic onto mobile networks
• The size varies from country to country
– Countries with high incoming international traffic rates and lax
controls on SIM card distribution are the worst effected
• SIM Boxes are widely available
– Prices range from $500 to $10,000
• Cost the industry over $3 Billion per year

4. Two Unavoidable Issues
• Use of and loose control over Pre-Paid SIM cards
– Fraudsters prefer these to post-paid SIMs as traceability is
almost impossible
– Proof of ownership and address are not always required in
terms of availability
• Cheap packages including bundles
– Necessary due to high competition and low customer loyalty
– Earn lower per minute revenue than the interconnect rate they can
earn from international carriers

5. Solution? – SIM Box Detector
• Ready-made software solution
• Analyses event detail records (xDRs) in near-real
time
• Utilised two methods:
1. Customer Profiling
2. Identifying bypassed calls
• Calculation of impact of avoided fraud hits
• Provides vital capabilities:
– Traffic visibility
– Detection
– Alarms
– Analysis

6. SIM Box Detector –
Key Features
• Built-in statistical function for detecting SIM boxes
• Special algorithms to identify bypassed calls
• Tools to define and test SIM box profiles
• White-listing of trusted corporate SIM boxes
• CDR data browsing and case management
• Integration with FMSevolution platform

7. SIM Box Detector - Benefits
• 100% coverage of the customer network data
• Efficient detection of SIM boxes with minimal
administration
• Bypassed calls documented and revenue loss
measured
• Low cost ownership
• FMS tools – case management, CDR storage, etc.
• User-friendly web interface for real-time access and
control

8. SIM Box Detector with
FMSevolution™
• Integral part of the FMSevolution fraud management
system
• Available in various deployment modules, including:
– On-site
– Managed service
– Cloud service

9. For more information please contact:
info@xintec.com
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