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Eric Priezkalns

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

Articles by This Author

The Origins of Revenue Assurance and Why They Matter

We interviewed David Smith, an author of Successfully Managing Revenue Assurance, the 2001 publication that defined RA.

Bidding Opens in the Commsrisk Advertising Auction

Marketeers wanting to participate in the half-yearly auction for advertising spaces on Commsrisk should submit their bids by 23rd September.

The Fraud Officers Who Certified Themselves

If you issue a qualification to yourself, then you are morally unfit to issue qualifications to anyone.

Anti-China ‘Clean Network’ Program Is USA’s Wake-Up Call for the World

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is driving a wedge through the telecoms and tech industries, forcing everyone to pick sides.

RAG TV: A2P SMS Fraud and Making Learning a Game

This week's episode featured Dario Betti, CEO of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum, and Tony Sani demonstrated his new 'Risky Business' video game.

US Claims Progress with Tightening Diameter Security

Lisa Fowlkes of the FCC's Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau says US wireless telcos are proactively improving the security of Diameter signaling.

Commsrisk Top Ten for July 2020

Another new record was set for Commsrisk audience numbers during July, with visitors rising 29% year-on-year.

RAG Announces New Online Conference for Telco Risk and Assurance Professionals

20 speakers are already confirmed for RAG Americas Online, to be held on September 15th and 16th.

Telcos Increase Focus on A2P Messaging Fraud

The Mobile Ecosystem Forum is updating their A2P SMS Code of Conduct, and one of their board members will lead a new i3forum working group on messaging fraud.

RAG TV: Education, Information and Pattern Detection

Episode 7 of RAG TV featured Ingrid Azzopardi, who leads the internal audit function at Maltese operator GO, and machine learning guru Dr. George Bolt of Neural Technologies.

US Telcos Given Freedom to Use Analytics to Block Illegal Robocalls

An FCC order means traffic may be blocked if reasonable analytics suggests it would not be wanted by the recipient.

Europol Report Links TV Piracy to Cryptocurrency Money Laundering

Cryptocurrency mining was used to disguise the illegal profits of two different digital TV piracy gangs.

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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