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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

Subex CEO Resigns

Subex, the Indian RA giant, has announced that its founder, Subash Menon, has stepped down from the role of CEO. You can read...

Connectiva’s Disconnected Line

Update: since this post was written, the news about Mara-Ison buying Connectiva has finally been acknowledged publicly. Sort of. There are none...

New Revenue Protection Service for OTT TV

It is worth remembering that when business models get disrupted, the disciplines embedded in those business models also get disrupted. OTT providers of...

Report Claims Huge Rise in Mobile Fraud Malware

Lookout Mobile Security has issued their 2012 report into the threats they are encountering, and it makes for both uncomfortable and compelling reading. ...

Nigerian Masts Come Under Attack

Nigerian police have been called in to defend mobile phone masts after dozens were destroyed by Islamist militants. You can read the Reuters...

Time for a Maturity Upgrade

It is good to see that Black Swan keeps coming up with thought-provoking content, and this time it was Mark Yelland who stepped up...

Communications Privacy Also Stops Crime

The launch of the Calyx Institute, driven by American privacy campaigner Nicholas Merrill, has prompted a lot of conversation amongst the talkRA authors. ...

Facebooks and Sales Ledgers

So, if I understand it correctly, the way to become the world's youngest billionaire is to sit up late at night, in your college...

Convergence of Assurance and Security

Listeners to our last podcast may have picked up on the panel's views on whether revenue assurance should merge with fraud management. My...

Revenue Assurance Book Now On Kindle

I am proud to share the news that Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, the collaborative book by all the talkRA authors, is...

Subex Has ‘Tough’ Quarter

Subex, the Indian Business Assurance firm, has announced their Q1 results for FY13. They do not make pretty reading. In the press...

The Economist on Huawei and Security

An excellent article in The Economist describes the security fears prompted by Chinese telecoms manufacturer Huawei; see here. Chinese hackers are relentlessly pursuing...

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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