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

Big Tax Fraud Shows Lax Attitude to Trading Airtime

UK authorities barred a businessman from being a company director for 12 years after his firm contracted to trade GBP43mn (USD52mn) of airtime with a fraudulent enterprise.

WeDo CEO Runs for Political Office

After negotiating the sale of WeDo to Mobileum, Rui Paiva has agreed to represent the new Iniciativa Liberal party in this year's election for the Portuguese National Assembly.

London Utilities Meeting: 3 Dec 2019

On Tuesday 3rd December RAG will hold its second annual meeting dedicated to water and energy providers. The venue will be in central...

AT&T Staff Took $1mn in Bribes to Help Theft of 2mn Phones

A Pakistani citizen has been extradited to the USA after allegedly paying staff to install malware on AT&T phones and IT systems.

TMF Drafts Guidance on Security Design for IT

The TM Forum's Open Digital Architecture (ODA) project has written advice on how to assess risk whilst designing security and privacy into IT systems.

Safaricom API Warns Banks about SIM Swaps

Banks and other businesses can safeguard against account takeover fraud by checking if a customer's SIM has recently been replaced.

Commsrisk Top Ten for July 2019

There was plenty of good and bad news during July, leading Commsrisk to set a new all-time record for monthly visitors. These 10 articles received most attention.

UK Regulator Fines MVNO $1.7mn for Charging Errors

giffgaff overcharged millions of customers since 2011, but the real concern should be that Ofcom seems incapable of learning from its own mistakes.

Johannesburg Conference: 1-2 Oct 2019

RAG will return to South Africa and MTN for a second time, with the goal of repeating the success of the 2017 Joburg conference. African experts will come together to address the risks in this dynamic region

Ghana MP Says National RA System Violates Privacy

Samuel George MP claimed that encryption filters which should protect voice calls and messages are not working.

RA President Pretends He Was Never RA President

'Papa' Rob Mattison spent 10 years saying he was the President of GRAPA, a business that masqueraded as an association. Now he has deleted his Presidency from his LinkedIn profile.

Obituary for Santhosh Gopalan

Many readers will have known Santhosh Gopalan, a widely respected telecoms professional who passed away on the morning of 23rd July.
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