At that point, the only option is proprietary, which is what is being done now. All in all, it was a thoroughly frustrating two years in an unbelievably dynamic environment, and by far the most enjoyable job I have held with my company. I had the unique opportunity to meet with carriers and their customers. Although you may wonder what this has to do with fraud, there are in fact many similarities between the two. There was and is an interested user base but the carriers are not interested.
Carriers sign up record numbers of users each year.
There is little financial incentive to do anything about fraud if the bottom line looks good already. Within two years, analog will no longer be an issue and security and fraud problems will disappear. Our sales forces only know how to sell phones. They have lost the ability to sell services. If it were in a Motorola flip phone, we'd buy it in a minute.