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

Why Are RA Managers Treated as Inferior to Fraud Managers?

There are many associations for telco fraud managers, but revenue assurance managers are denied the chance to help each other.

Commsrisk Top Ten for April 2020

Which stories grabbed the attention of your colleagues? April ranked as the sixth most popular month in the history of Commsrisk, and these were its ten most popular articles.

RAG TV: Colin Yates on IRSF and Europol

Why are so few telco fraudsters punished? Is it sufficient to block the top ten IRSF destinations? Does RA suffer a lack of innovation? These and other questions were covered in this week's episode.

COVID-19, Privacy and Telecoms: A Round-Up

From satellite tracking to CDR data to contact-tracing apps, many mechanisms are being used to monitor people's movements. This raises concerns about the balance between health and privacy.

Telecoms Risk Community Comes Together for First Virtual Conference

RAG Online will bring together live speakers from Australia to the USA and many countries between on May 13th and 14th.

US Threatens to Bar Four Chinese Telcos on Security Grounds

Subsidiaries of China Telecom and China Unicom are amongst the telcos whose US operating authorization may be revoked.

RAG TV: SIP, Signals, Fraud, Robocalls and Politics

Arnd Baranowski, Oculeus CEO, was the guest of RAG TV for a wide-ranging and topical discussion about the way IP networks have altered the fraud landscape and the mitigation of risks.

Zimbabwe Telco Insiders Accused of Using Mobile Money to Steal $69k

An employee of Econet created a SIM for a merchant account so he could use it to make payments to bogus agents.

Some RAFM Vendors Should Be Excluded

Collaboration will only deliver lasting results if we exclude the bad to protect the good.

US Sets Deadline for Telcos to Use STIR/SHAKEN

The IP network of every US telco must follow the protocol for authenticating caller IDs by 30th June 2021. There are estimates that some telcos will incur up-front costs of over $10mn.

RAG TV: Corrupt Regulators and Investigating Data

Yesterday's episode of RAG TV featured Joseph Nderitu sharing his story of being falsely accused by the Tanzanian regulator, and veteran investigator Ray Green explaining how to get the most from data.

$6mn Fine Proposed for MVNO That Used Fake Customers to Collect Government Subsidies

Tracfone agents generated commission by inventing fictitious applications for the US government's Lifeline program.
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