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

FBI Warns SIM Swapping Has Undermined Multi-Factor Authentication

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation wants businesses to consider using stronger authentication methods like biometrics.

Huge Roaming Overcharges by Vodafone UK

Legions of customers took to Twitter after being incorrectly charged thousands of pounds for data roaming within the European Union.

Expanded Subex Agenda Reveals Limits of RAFM

Telecoms risk professionals must keep adding to the scope of their work in order to remain relevant. The resulting tension can lead to cracks in their coverage.

WeDo Founder Falls Short in Political Campaign

Rui Paiva, former CEO of WeDo Technologies, was the lead parliamentary candidate for his party in the Vila Real region of Portugal, but they finished 12th with just 425 votes.

LATRO Shows How to Fight Wangiri

LATRO Services is setting a positive example by promoting the use of the RAG Wangiri Blockchain at their user conference, to be held in Dubai on October 16th and 17th.

How to Lose a Lot of Money from a Change in Roaming Steering

It is unwise to assume a new wholesale roaming deal will always work as expected.

Strength in Adversity: Africans Come Together at RAG

Joseph Nderitu and Willie Hofmeyr both used humor to lighten the stories of corruption they recounted at the RAG Johannesburg conference.

Study Blames Low Pay for Mobile Money Fraud in Ghana

It was also reported that some Ghanian mobile money operators have a lax control environment from top to bottom.

Commsrisk Top Ten for September 2019

The charts for September's most popular Commsrisk articles were dominated by stories about wangiri fraud.

Gambia Seeks National RA Deal Despite Controversies

Gambian Information Minister Ebrima Sillah wants to purchase a tool to monitor international gateway revenues amidst accusations of fraud and misspending both at home and abroad.

Corruption Scandal Expected to Cost Ericsson $1.2bn

The leading network vendor believes they have violated US anti-corruption laws and will need to pay USD1bn in fines as punishment for how their staff did business in six countries.

Telstra CEO Says They Blocked 2.9mn Scam Calls in July

Andrew Penn, boss of Australia's largest telco, called for industry, government and regulators to collaborate on wangiri fraud.
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