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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

Turning WiFi into an IMSI-Catcher

Oxford academics found two privacy flaws which allow WiFi devices to track mobile phones.

WeDo and Subex to Enter Test Call Market

There is a long history of using automated test calls to pursue various RAFM goals. This market may be shaken up by new technology and the entry of the two biggest RAFM vendors.

Divya Shridhar, BT

Divya Shridhar is the Head of Business Assurance for Enterprise customers at BT Group. She is a natural leader with a strong track record...

Greg Tack, Telstra

Greg Tack is the Head of Operations and Commercial for Telstra. Based in London, he leads teams in the UK, Hong Kong and...

TM Forum’s Fraud Survey Open

This is the third year that the TMF has run a fraud survey.

Willie Hofmeyr, National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa

Willie is a Deputy National Director of Public Prosecutions in South Africa. He is the current Head of the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU)...

Hand-Written Contract Change Causes Big Vodafone UK Overcharge

Telcos may be better at negotiating deals with customers than at remembering what was agreed.

Bareah Al Shanqiti, Integrated Telecom Company

Bareah Al Shanqiti is the Revenue Assurance Senior Director at Integrated Telecom Company (ITC), a comms provider that uses the Salam brand to trade...

Penny Walton, United Utilities

Penny Walton is a Sales & Billing Manager for UK water provider United Utilities. She is a proven professional with two decades of...

Andy Mayo, Vodafone Group

Andrew Mayo is the Senior Group Fraud Manager for Vodafone Group. He is broadly responsible for fraud management across Vodafone's extensive group, having...

Amdocs RA Service Sold to Globe Telecom

A big Philippine operator bought something from the ex-Cvidya. That is all we learned from the typically ludicrous press release.

10 RAFM Issues: Ranking Their Importance

The 10-week 'reverse survey' yielded surprising results. Practitioners were more worried about the death of classic controls than the threat to jobs posed by new technology.

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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