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		<title>Muggle or Revenue Assurance Wizard-Listen to the Podcast</title>
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		<title>Why do Telecoms use Revenue Assurance?</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/why-do-telecoms-use-revenue-assurance/</link>
		<comments>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/why-do-telecoms-use-revenue-assurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Revenue Assurance Guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Beginners Guide to Revenue Assurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this, our second session in the “beginners guide to revenue assurance” series, we will tackle one of the biggest and most pressing questions that managers have when it comes to revenue assurance: “Why should the manager choose to use revenue assurance at all?” As we have already established, the telecom industry is unique. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join the Revenue Assurance Tea Party</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/join-the-revenue-assurance-tea-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know how many of you have been following politics in the US the past couple of months, but there is a new “revolution” happening called the Tea Party movement. Now, what the “Tea Party” stands for in the US is open to a lot of debate, and we certainly don’t want to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Great GRAPA NGN Explosion</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/the-great-grapa-ngn-explosion/</link>
		<comments>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/the-great-grapa-ngn-explosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; When we started GRAPA back in 2007, there were many things that we thought would happen. However, one thing we were sure of was that the wire line incumbent telcos would not be high on our list of members. It is not because we did not like them, or we did not want them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting it. GRAPA Style.</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/getting-it-grapa-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grapa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GRAPA Information]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had one of those “million dollar moments”. You know, when something happens that just makes you feel good about yourself. A moment that validates all the work, pain, and struggle that we go through and sometimes question; is it worth it? What happened?&#160; Simple. We were putting on a Revenue Assurance training event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revenue Assurance Discussion: A Bad Case of CAMEL Fraud in Cairo</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/revenue-assurance-discussion-a-bad-case-of-camel-fraud-in-cairo/</link>
		<comments>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/revenue-assurance-discussion-a-bad-case-of-camel-fraud-in-cairo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grapa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fraud Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, we finished another great week of running our Core Xtreme Revenue Assurance training class in Cairo. With fifteen people from Africa and the Middle East, it was another fantastic session for everyone involved. A I have mentioned before, it always amazes me how each time we teach this class, we end up focusing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The FIFA World Cup vs Wrestle Mania: Which Model Will Revenue Assurance Choose ?</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/the-fifa-world-cup-vs-wrestle-mania-which-model-will-revenue-assurance-choose/</link>
		<comments>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/the-fifa-world-cup-vs-wrestle-mania-which-model-will-revenue-assurance-choose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 05:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>grapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I am American. And as many of you know, in America, we in general do not really appreciate what the rest of the world knows as football, or what North Americans call soccer. As most who know me personally know, I am not a typical American. For years,I have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More CEO Love for Revenue Assurance</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/more-ceo-love-for-revenue-assurance/</link>
		<comments>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/more-ceo-love-for-revenue-assurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rob-mattison-blog.com/?p=1282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I again (happily) found myself providing training for another corporate, multi-national revenue assurance group. The room was full of revenue assurance managers and team members all working for the same corporate group, but traveling from a dozen different countries around the world. It fills me with a sense of respect and admiration where I see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Consultants Love GRAPA</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/revenueassuranceconsultants/</link>
		<comments>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/revenueassuranceconsultants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rob-mattison-blog.com/?p=1270</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do Ernst and Young, Protiviti, Infosys, PWC, Deloitte and IBM all have in common? Is it that: a)      They are some of the largest, most successful consulting organizations in the world today? b)      Each has a large, viable commitment to providing professional consulting services to telcos in the Internal Audit, Fraud and Revenue Assurance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elephant Envy and Other Disorders</title>
		<link>http://rob-mattison-blog.com/elephant-envy-and-other-disorders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 15:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consider This]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revenue Assurance Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technical Revenue Assurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having goals is wonderful. That is how set up measures for ourselves and assess our progress. However, goal setting can create problems, especially when it comes to choosing role models. What happened to those who regarded Toyota as the example of how to run a car company? What about those who chose Tiger Woods as [...]]]></description>
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