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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

WeDo Launches New Predictive Credit Model

Analytics that calculate the risk of customers not paying their bills are just as important as reconciliations that check the completeness of those bills.

Neural Acquires Data Integration Business

The risk software firm has purchased Enterest, an established partner, for an undisclosed price. The deal was presented as a good technological fit.

Ghana’s Regulators Fight Over Revenue Audits

Ghana's telcos received contradictory letters from the government tax collectors and the comms regulator, disputing which body has the right to audit international traffic.

4 Takeaways from Customer Data Monetization Survey

Do telcos believe they can use advanced analytics and customer data to increase sales? Are they too afraid to try?

Amdocs Rumored to Buy Cvidya for $30mn

As long expected, the underperforming Israeli RA vendor will be bought for a low price by their big brothers in billing.

Commsrisk Top Ten for October 2015

Which Commsrisk articles are read all around the world? This is the countdown of the most popular posts during October.

Obama Favors Tech Realists over Snoops

The US government has decided it will not force tech companies to weaken encryption or create 'back doors' for surveillance.

Criminals Access Vodafone Customer Accounts

The perpetrators gained access after obtaining the passwords and email addresses of 1,827 Vodafone UK customers.

Court Orders MTN to Reconnect Simboxers

The High Court of South Africa judged that grey routing is not the same as illegal bypass, and that no law may have been broken if the relevant traffic does not terminate in South Africa.

MTN Nigeria Fined $5bn for Not Blocking SIMs

The failure to meet a Nigerian security requirement has destroyed 20 percent of the value of MTN Group.

Knockout Agenda for Risk and Assurance Group

With data from two global surveys, plus three case studies on new assurance, risk and anti-fraud techniques, everyone will want to attend the London RAG on November 12th.

Revector Launch OTT Bypass Detector

The British fraud specialists are responding to urgent demand from telcos, who are panicked by a surge in voice traffic being redirected to data networks to avoid termination fees.

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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