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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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The Test Call Generator in Your Pocket

Why do telcos buy specialized test call generators when they could just use standard consumer-grade phones? And how can a standard phone be used to detect OTT bypass?

Survey Says Most Telcos Have Big Data Strategy

Guavus, the Big Data vendor, reports that the overwhelming majority of telcos have implemented or are currently implementing a Big Data analytics strategy.

Vodafone Bill Complaints Fiasco Reaches One Year Mark

The previous three quarters were terrible, but there has been a further rise in complaints from UK postpaid mobile customers.

USA Must Not Dictate Global Data Protection Law

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch may be a Harvard-educated lawyer, but her advice on European data protection law is woeful and slanted.

Comms without Content Is Nothing

Apart from a few notable exceptions, the retail telecoms sector is ignoring the greatest strategic risk it faces.

SIGOS to Do Simbox Testing for All of Ghana

The global test call vendor will execute 400,000 calls a month as part of a national program to detect fraud.

YouTube to Defend Customers’ Fair Use in Court

For selected videos, YouTube will reject any takedown requests and go to court to defend the 'fair use' rights of the people who uploaded them.

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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