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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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Users Celebrate 25 Years of Neural Technologies

There are many reasons to attend Neural's user forum, which will be held Sep 29 to Oct 1. Chief amongst them are an agenda promising several fascinating presentations.

Telcos Should Be Paid to Censor

Recent events in India reiterate how politicians shift government burdens to privately-owned telcos. To manage risk, telcos must resist the ill-defined transfer of government obligations.

Heavyweight Speakers for Subex User Event

It will be my honour to introduce a strong line-up of guest speakers at the Subex User Conference, to be held in Prague this October.

OTT Provider Admits It Is a ‘Threat’ to Operators

Martin Nygate, CEO of Nanu, has a refreshingly straightforward analysis of why OTT providers and network operators need to cut win-win deals.

Subex Launch New Awards for Telcos

Subex is sponsoring two new awards that will recognize telcos and individuals who excel at risk management and assurance. Nominations are open until September 15th.

New UN Privacy Chief Wants a ‘Geneva Convention’ for the Internet

Joe Cannataci wants to change how governments and big businesses behave, but has made an unconvincing start.

Commsrisk Top Ten For August 2015

Which stories have your peers been reading? These posts received the most hits during August.

How to Respond to OTT Bypass

OTT bypass takes voice calls on a detour, terminating them via an app on the receiving user's phone. Revector is developing the technology and legal strategy to mitigate this emerging risk.

Wearables Security Tests Being Developed by UL

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), pioneers of safety certification for electrical goods, aim to deliver a safety and security framework for wearables by the end of the year.

Tax Authority ‘Storms’ Vodafone Ghana

The offices of Vodafone Ghana were threatened with closure after a 'miscommunication' with the Ministry of Finance.

New Fraud Research from Dan Baker

Nearly USD600m will be spent on anti-fraud tools and services during 2015, but the analysis shows new technology is helping some frauds to rise whilst causing others to fall.

Email Extortion Aimed at Ashley Madison Users

Our industry needs to think seriously about how we maintain the integrity of email addresses, if we want to keep using them as a key that opens access to other online services.

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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