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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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Commsrisk Top Ten for March 2017

Which stories grabbed the attention of your peers? These were the ten most popular posts during March.

Vodafone UK Billing Complaints Up Again

The latest stats show an upward surge from Vodafone postpaid customers who believe they have been billed incorrectly. Ofcom responded by making excuses instead of taking action.

Poor Cartesian 2016 Results; Share Price Falls

Cartesian had seemingly bounced back from the threat of being delisted, but the announcement of disappointing 2016 revenues has knocked them again.

Subex to Raise $12mn from New Equity; Eyes Acquisition Targets

The money would allow Subex to strengthen their product portfolio and take advantage of M&A opportunities.

What Stops Women Doing Risk and Assurance?

For a discipline that works with numbers, we seem to have a blind spot when it comes to analyzing the number of women in our ranks.

Big Fine for Plusnet after Overcharging Customers

Plusnet's error will be tediously familiar to anyone with experience of telco billing (in)accuracy. The regulator responded with tough talk of a kind we have also heard before.

Breakthrough Thinking: Powerful Response to RAG Education Plans

Different thinking and better education were two connected themes that excited the audience at RAG London 2017.

Workflows Added to TMF ERM Standard

The authors from Detecon have added workflow diagrams which improve their guide to telco enterprise risk management.

New Data Breach Claimed by TalkTalk Customers

Previous hacks have left TalkTalk customers vulnerable to fraudsters. But is new customer data being compromised as well?

A Fake Identity for a Phony Telecom Software Firm

A businessman calling himself Aaron Jacobson wanted to promote his telecoms software on Commsrisk. Some research confirmed his identity is a sham.

Anti-Piracy Emails Will Fail, Says New Survey

A survey of British internet users finds that 72 percent believe copyright piracy warning notices will be ignored.

New RAG Docs Apply Maths and Logic to Revenue Assurance

Consistently using simple maths and logic can reduce mistakes and add value to the work of the revenue assurance team.
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