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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.

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Ghana to Extend National RA Audit to Mobile Money

Ghana's Minister of Communication stated that regulatory monitoring was needed to protect customers from crime and also to identify the finance of terrorism.

FraudBuster

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Are Subtitles an Anti-Piracy Measure?

Obtaining a good copy of video and audio content is hard enough; subtitles place an additional demand on pirates.

Telkomsel Share Vid of Busted Simbox Operation

Telkomsel created a YouTube video showing the gear used by a bypass fraudster, but later decided the video was not suitable for an external audience.

You Are in the Money and Identity Business (Whether You Like It or Not)

If you enable somebody else's business, you can also be held responsible for the mishaps that afflict them.

Teaching 7 Year Olds About Online Piracy

Even little children know more about intellectual property than some of the people embarrassing our profession.

Malawi RA Program Accused of Spying and Nepotism

It is alleged the revenue assurance system deployed by Malawi's regulator can be used to spy on phone users.

This Is How Revenue Assurance Plagiarists Win

In the absence of any professional body that can impose ethical standards of behavior, a lawless attitude to intellectual property continues to dominate revenue assurance.

Time to Fix the UK’s Fraud-Enabling Dial Plan

The UK's 070 number range leads to confusion, resulting in fraud. But the proposed regulatory reform does not deal with the root cause, and has undesirable side-effects.

Commsrisk Top Ten for January 2018

Which Commsrisk articles grabbed the attention of your peers? Here is the rundown of the most popular content during January.

Four Key Themes from the RAG Sydney Conference

The participants of RAG Sydney charted the areas where risk and assurance work is succeeding, and where it needs to mature.

B/OSS for Free?

Instead of levying a charge based on the cost of their software platform, might a B/OSS provider charge only for the actual service performed?
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