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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.

Articles by This Author

Virgin Router Password Fuss Shows Lack of Priorities

The problem with risk management is the tendency to do nothing useful for a long time, before suddenly deciding to panic.

No Rest for the Ragged

Both objective and subjective measures tell us that last week's Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) conference in Germany was a success.

Reporters Put Spotlight on BAE Surveillance Sales

Are Danish authorities risking their own country's security by approving exports of surveillance and decryption systems?

Plagiarism in Revenue Assurance

A pack that has been widely shared on LinkedIn demonstrates how blatant copyright infringement is destroying the incentive for innovation.

The Rights and Wrongs of WeDo’s Fraud Cloud Service

One obstacle to cloud-based RAFM services is sending data outside the telco. This should be turned into a selling point.

4 Takeaways from Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Report

The tenth annual report confirms that crooks keep stealing data and employees keep being tricked by them.

Dish Network Fined $280mn for Telemarketing Calls

The judge considered the penalty justified because of 'millions and millions' of sales calls made to people on the USA's National Do Not Call Registry.

Who or What Will Save Cartesian?

The US-headquartered supplier of a mishmash of telecoms services, including RA, agrees that they need to turn around their fortunes... but cannot say how they will do it.

Customer Billed 11 Years after Canceling Contract?

The customer claimed not to have noticed the regular monthly transfers from his bank account.

Subex Repositions as Analytics Provider; Unveils Logo

The shift to analytics hints at the kinds of business that Subex will buy, or the kind that Subex wants to be bought by.

Commsrisk Top Ten for May 2017

Did you miss some big stories? These are the Commsrisk articles which received most attention during May.

Subex Revenues Up; 2017 Results Reverse Decline

FY17 operating revenues were up 11 percent but Subex took a big exceptional hit after writing down goodwill for both its US and UK subsidiaries.

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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