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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

Floriano Paulino da Costa Neto, Business Assurance Leader

Floriano Paulino da Costa Neto is a leader of business assurance functions who has held senior management roles across Brazil's leading telcos. He...

Farhan Malik, Omantel

Farhan Malik works at Omantel as an Advisor to their Chief Audit Executive. His responsibilities include: formulating the strategy of the Internal Audit...

Subex Extends Deadline, Names Judges for Excellence Awards

The Subex Excellence Awards are a rare opportunity to recognize the good work done by telcos and individuals.

Kathryn Garland, JT Group

Kathryn Garland is the Fraud & Revenue Assurance Manager at JT Group. Founded in 1888, JT is the oldest and largest telecoms operator...

Where Are Cartesian’s Shares Headed?

Cartesian's share price is so low that they are in danger of slipping off the Nasdaq. A brave firm may see them as an acquisition target.

Vahid Mazaheri Far, MTN Irancell

Vahid is the General Manager Revenue and Finance Control at MTN Irancell. In this role he is responsible for managing, directing and leading the...

Commsrisk Top Ten for September 2016

Which articles were read by your peers during September? These were the ten most popular.

Jiles Smith, Frontier Communications

Jiles Smith WCCP, CPDM, EP is the Director of Risk Management and Claims at Frontier Communications. He has three decades of experience in...

10 RAFM Issues: Caring for Customers

Overcharging, compliance, reputation... there are as many views about the extent to which RAFM should care for customers as there are ways of measuring performance.

Mahesh Thakkar, Freedom Mobile

Mahesh Thakkar is Director of Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management at Freedom Mobile, a Canadian wireless operator that serves Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta.Mahesh...

Robert Teichmüller, Deutsche Telekom

Robert Teichmüller is Head of Deutsche Telekom's Global Carrier Fraud Management, a position he has held for the last three years. It is...

Noel Clement, Smile Nigeria

Noel Clement is the Manager of Revenue Assurance and Interconnect at Smile Communications Nigeria. When launched in 2014, Smile Nigeria's 4G LTE network...

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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