Case study · Telecom & Media

Same-day activation without same-day risk

An operator activating subscriptions the day they are requested, on identity documents it had no time to verify properly.

The client

Who they are.

A telecom operator that competes on activation speed. It promises a subscription live the day it is requested, on identity documents supplied by the subscriber and verified by nobody.

Anonymised at the client’s request. Client names are never disclosed without written permission.

310kactivations per year
5documents per subscription
2 minto verdict
The task

What had to be solved.

Speed and verification were treated as a trade-off: there was no time to check properly, so a reused identity document looked like any other. Fraud was measured after the fact, in bad debt.

The goal

What success looked like.

  • Verify an intake fast enough not to slow activation
  • Detect a document already used on another subscription
  • Keep the activation decision with a person, on evidence
The solution

What Ceertia does here.

A use case for subscriber intake that runs in minutes: identity consistency across the document, the mandate and the contract, plus a portfolio check for documents already used elsewhere. A match is flagged with both subscription references.

A real rule One rule, as it runs.

Flag any identity document already used on another subscription, citing both subscription references.

The procedure

How it runs, step by step.

1
Intake

The file arrives with its documents, in any format, from whoever sends it.

Identity documentsProof of addressSigned mandatesBank detailsSubscription contractsConsent records
2
Recognition & classification

Every page is identified and mapped against the expected document list. Missing documents, duplicates and out-of-scope pages are flagged on receipt.

3
Verification

Each rule asks the file a question and answers it directly on the documents, with page, zone and source text attached to the verdict.

4
Arbitration

The team approves, requests a fix, or rejects. No file is approved or rejected automatically.

The result

What changed.

Verification now takes about two minutes, so speed and checking stopped competing. Reused documents surface at intake, and the activation call stays with a person looking at sourced evidence.

Before
  • Activation speed was a commercial promise that made verification impossible.
  • A reused identity document looked like any other.
  • Fraud was measured after the fact, in bad debt.
After
  • Verification runs in minutes, so speed and checking stopped being a trade-off.
  • A document already used on another subscription is flagged immediately.
  • The activation decision stays with a person, on sourced evidence.

Anonymised case. Client names are never disclosed without written permission. Figures describe the file volumes and checks in this scenario.

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