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

Vodafone Charging Mess Leads to Huge Fine

The failure to exert adequate control and assurance in Vodafone UK has ultimately led to an unprecedented regulatory fine.

10 RAFM Issues: Will AI Help You or Replace You?

The penultimate installment of this 10-part series explores whether deep learning will be used to cut staff costs or augment human expertise.

Cherrill Swint, Verizon

Cherrill Swint is a Senior Manager at Verizon with over three decades of experience in the telecoms industry. During her career she has...

Robert Keyser, T-Mobile US

Robert Keyser is a manager of revenue assurance for T-Mobile USA. He joined Sprint in 2000, having previously worked for AT&T. During...

Six Trends in Revenue Assurance

RA teams must repeatedly review their scope and methods if they are to avoid stagnation.

OTT Bypass Is Biggest Threat to Mobile Operators, Says Revector Survey

We know OTT bypass is a serious issue, but it may take more than hyping the scale of the threat to overcome the obstacles.

Lorene Hunt, Optus

Lorene Hunt works for Australian telco Optus, where her role is Commercial Director, Networks & Strategic Vendor Management. In this position she is...

Jeremy Paynter, Equinix

Jeremy Paynter works for digital infrastructure business Equinix in the role of Senior Revenue Assurance Manager. He joined Equinix in September 2021. ...

Inguna Ievina, Tele2

Inguna is the manager of the Revenue Assurance Shared Service Centre for Tele2 Group. Based in Latvia, she supports revenue assurance across the...

Lisa Meeks, Etisalat Group

Lisa currently holds the position of Director of Internal Audit for Etisalat's international operations. She is a senior risk management professional with...

Glenn Hovey, Macquarie Telecom

Glenn is the Head of IT Operations at Macquarie Telecom Group, a B2B service provider headquartered in Sydney, Australia. His IT Operations teams...

Julianne Mweheire, Uganda Communications Commission

Julianne works as the Director of Industry Affairs and Content at the UCC, the comms regulator for Uganda. She joined the UCC in August...

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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