RAPAC: Pilot Proof of Principle Partnerships with Leading Telecoms Carriers

Sept. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- RAPAC (the Revenue Assurance Professional Advocacy Committee) has issued initial recommendations commissioning partnerships with innovative and forward-looking carriers from its global membership to document proof of how effective the implementation of industry standard revenue assurance controls can be as a key differentiator and competitive advantage for operating companies internationally.

"It's not enough for us as RA professionals to know and say that RA teams deliver phenomenal value to their organizations. We have to prove it. And that's what these Proof of Principle partnerships do. They document how applying revenue assurance professional practices and standard controls in the real-world environments of our partner carriers not only delivers large real returns on investment, but models cutting edge best practice to the industry moving forward," said Rob Mattison, GRAPA's President.

"When we talk about carriers that lead the global industry, we mean it – these are RA teams from every part of the world and in every telecoms line of business. These innovative partner carriers "stress test" global standards across Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, North America, Western Europe etc. – whether they are GSM, CDMA, wireline, cable, satellite, WiMAX etc." said Pamela Noreiga, GRAPA's Director of Emerging Markets.

"In a real sense, these are stress tests for both the standards as well as our partners – carriers need to prove that they can truly put in place global standard practice to realize the huge benefits those bring. And those standards need to apply to operating companies and RA teams in a hugely diverse set of situations – not just in start-ups or decades old incumbents, but be implemented by RA teams whether they are new, established or generational," said Louis Khor, GRAPA's Director of Research.

As RAPAC prepares to unveil the results of Proof of Principle Partnerships already conducted or planned, its sub-committees continue to look for nominations of innovative and forward-looking telecoms and their RA teams, so that industry professional practices and standard controls can be tested in an even broader variety of global environments.

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2010 RA Professionalswas a banner year for the Revenue Assurance profession. We saw a tremendous increase in the number of RA professionals around the world and a significant expansion in management's understanding of the role we play in helping the success of the telco. 2011 promises to hold even more growth, expansion, and surprises.