Asiacell, the prominent Mobile Carrier in Iraq, has selected MCP to provide their anti-fraud and compliance monitoring solutions for Asiacell’s Value Added Services and Direct Carrier Billing services. MCP will be working closely with IQ Services, the Carrier’s internal Master Aggregator, who manage all merchants offering services on Asiacell’s network. MCP’s combined Scanner and Shield solutions enables Asiacell to detect fraudulent and non-compliant traffic on all advertising campaigns from the initial banner right through to billing. It is this cross analysis of data gathered that provides the 360 degree picture of what

Effective 13th of May, the carrier Proximus Belgium introduced new requirements for its Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) payment flow. The Proximus official statement (released end of March 2022), stated that the old ‘click flow’ was “..a frequent source of end-customer complaints and a source of questioning by journalists, both posing a risk to Proximus’s reputation”. The statement added, “the Belgian FPS Economy department opened an enquiry having received a high number of end-customer complaints related to Direct Carrier Billing Services that resulted in a Pro Justitia, containing multiple infringements of the

LONDON - 26/02/2022 - MCP welcomes the announcement that UK Mobile Billing Regulator, the Phone-Paid Services Authority (PSA), is to commence the process of handing back the day-to-day regulation of the market to Ofcom. The expected transfer date is late 2023. MCP believes this recognises the success of Industry proactive rule enforcement, which has worked alongside the foundational authority of PSA statutory regulation. With Industry providing a framework for swift and intelligence-driven action, to correct or switch off services when they drop below-expected standards; the Regulator has acted more recently as