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.

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Commsrisk Top Ten for March 2018

Which stories did you miss during March? These were the Commsrisk articles that were most widely read.

Will WeDo Bring Back Their Comic Strip?

Everybody likes superheroes, so perhaps the comic heroes of RAFM should return to fight more battles against marketing penguins and audit robots.

Should Telcos Research Quantum Safe Cryptography?

KPN is investing in the development of new cybersecurity technology. That may work for them, but not for every telco.

John Preston: RA for the Entire Customer Lifecycle

Podcast episode 32 has John talking about the extended remit of his RA team within Tesco Mobile, the UK's largest MVNO.

Private Equity Firm Offers $3.8mn to Buy Cartesian

A deal will almost certainly be done at 40¢ per share but you would need to be a fortune teller to predict what Cartesian's new owners will do with their acquisition.

When Does Social Media Snooping Go Too Far?

Telcos have good reason to use social media to gather data about users. However, even governments find it hard to assess the risks of placing too much reliance on that kind of data.

Subex Changes CEO

Current CEO Surjeet Singh will depart when his contract runs out, and his place will be taken by his effective deputy, the long-serving COO Vinod Kumar.

Web Inventor Berners-Lee Picks the Wrong Fights

Tim Berners-Lee invented the web, but he makes ill-considered suggestions for how it should be managed.

Are UK Mobile Users Wasting 143mn GBs a Month?

A mathematically inept analysis focuses on average monthly usage when the risks are driven by the deviation between months.

Next-Gen Mobile Authentication Coming to the USA

The 'big four' mobile operators in the USA intend to deliver a common secure authentication service by the end of the year.

Six of the Best: Market Leaders Sponsor RAG Program

WeDo, TEOCO, Symbox, Subex, SIGOS and Neural Technologies are the top global firms who are RAG's new Foundation sponsors.

An Argument for RA Managed Services

Araxxe's white paper gives a fair analysis of the pros and cons of telcos subscribing to a managed service compared to buying revenue assurance tools outright.
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