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

Mixed Messages on Privacy and Security at MWC

Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Group CEO, has been praised for talking about security and privacy during his speech at Mobile World Congress. But did he say enough? And was it undermined by what DT CEO Timotheus Hottges said afterwards?

Hackers Steal TalkTalk Customer Data

Customers of TalkTalk have been plagued by malicious scammers after hackers stole data from the UK telco.

Visa Uses Phone Location To Verify Payments

From April, Visa will use software on mobile phones to check the customer's location when they make a credit card payment.

Small Telcos Should Demand Fraud Cover From Wholesalers

Anti-fraud expert Jan Dingenouts tells Dan Baker why wholesalers should provide better fraud protection on behalf of their customers.

cVidya Revenue Probably Grew 8% in FY13

Data from a Deloitte index of fast-growing Israeli tech companies suggests cVidya's revenues were USD45.6mn in the 2013 financial year, a rise of 8% compared to the year before.

NSA and GCHQ Steal Keys to SIM Cards

Whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals how US and UK intelligence agencies hacked the world's largest SIM maker, and mobile operators, in order to steal encryption keys.

Smileys Cause Bill Shock

Some mobile customers are angry about receiving unexpectedly large bills after they typed text emoticons into their SMS messages, only for the handset to convert them into images.

Simbox Row Provokes More Tension In Ghana

Ghana's extraordinarily public and political fight over simbox fraud continues with an opposition MP denouncing the government and Vodafone defending its reputation.

More Dodgy Numbers In Another RA Market Report

If you work in revenue assurance, you surely need the instinct to spot numbers which look suspicious. I am often bemused by market...

New Sales and Marketing Exec at cVidya

Israeli assurance vendor cVidya has appointed a new exec to take responsibility for sales and marketing, though seemingly they have chosen not to make...

Simbox Fraud Debated On Ghana TV News

If there's simboxing in your neighbourhood Who ya gonna call?Wampamba!Organized crime committing telecoms fraud Who ya gonna call?Wampamba!Old buddy Nixon Wampamba is famous for many things:...

Poll Result: CEOs struggle with RA, but so does everyone else…

The last talkRA poll asked whether you felt telco CEOs understand revenue assurance. Thanks to everyone who responded - and sincere apologies to...
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