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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

UK Press Slams Vodafone Billing Mess

British journalists have finally discovered the Vodafone billing fiasco, and they have taken the opportunity to tear into the telco's repeated failures.

George Geronikos, NETSCOUT

George Geronikos is the Senior Account Manager for the Australian and New Zealand region at NETSCOUT, a leading provider of network security for telcos,...

Ghana National Auditor Claims to Have Cut 300K Simbox Lines

Afriwave says they will eliminate simbox fraud by doing more of the tests that previously failed to eliminate simbox fraud.

Reviewing the TMF’s ERM Standard

A small team from Detecon has authored an unusually useful checklist of the most important risk management processes in telcos.

Adebo Odusina, LATRO

Adebo Odusina is a Vice President of LATRO Services, and is responsible for sales across Africa. Based in Nigeria and the United Arab...

Netflix Shows Why Net Neutrality Is Biased

Netflix throttled videos on some networks, but not others. The net neutrality lobby needs to grow up, and stop moaning about hypothetical risks whilst turning a blind eye to real abuse.

Commsrisk Top Ten for March 2016

Last month one Commsrisk article received far more views than all the others, and for good reason. Check out which posts your peers read during March.

Toufic Mobarak, NuLeef

Toufic Mobarak is one of the co-founders of NuLeef Communications and he serves as its President and Chief Technology Officer. In these roles...

Hackers Sell Data for 1.5mn Verizon Customers

Security expert Brian Krebs reported that a complete database of Verizon Enterprise customers can be purchased for USD100,000.

UK Reg Gets More Complaints from Vodafone Subs Than All Other Mobile Telcos Combined

There was a 60 percent rise in complaints to the UK regulator by Vodafone UK mobile subscribers, with billing the top issue.

New from RAG: Video Piracy, Sales Tax Fraud, and RA for Utilities

The Risk & Assurance Group have shared three recent presentations online.

Free WiFi Providers Not Liable for Piracy by Users

Should free WiFi providers enjoy the same legal protections as telcos? That was the common sense opinion of Advocate General Szpunar of the EU Court of Justice.

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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