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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

Underestimating the Internet of Things

The 'internet of things' is what we get when we let machines talk to each other. Hoorah! Yippee! Our industry becomes ecstatic at the...

Million-User Android Botnet Found in China

Xinhua has reported the discovery of a trojan that has infected over one million Android smartphones in China. For an English translation of the...

Big Data is Here (and will change assurance forever)

Duh. That must be stupidest headline I have ever written. Of course big data is here. What I mean is there...

Measurement and the Eureka Moment

As we reach the end of the year, my thoughts turn to the passage of time, and its measurement. Do any of us...

Telstra Overcharged Roaming Customers Since 2006

Australian operator Telstra has started to issue refunds after the discovery that its outbound mobile roamers have been overcharged for data services since 2006....

The talkRA Review of 2012

Once again, it is the time to wish you well and to remember the big news stories of the year. So without further...

When Did Voice Leakage End?

Here is a pop quiz. Who said the following, and when did they say it?"Leakage on voice services, by far the greatest revenue...

Core Risks for Telcos

Dan Baker recently asked a good question about telecoms risk management:Thanks for this . It’s a very fine explanation for a layman like myself....

Embracing Wrong with Kathryn Schulz

Have you ever seen a business that made a mistake? Duh. Of course. I work in RA/fraud/risk etc. I deal...

From Ensemble to Horizontal – what makes RA special

It is good to be back in Britain. After three years away, I have busily reacquainted myself with what Britain does best: bangers...

Subex Sells RA ROC to Thai Operator

Subex, the Indian RA vendor, has announced the sale of its revenue assurance ROC software to True Corporation, a multiplay provider in Thailand. ...

WeDo Continues Retail Expansion Strategy

WeDo, the Portuguese business assurance vendor, has long aimed to generate superior revenues from outside of the communications sector. Now they intend to...

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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