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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

Bitcoin: Threat to the US Dollar?

Recently I wrote about how peer-to-peer internet currency Bitcoin could emerge as a long-term threat to mobile banking and money transfer services. Since...

Mixed Messages from cVidya

It is pure speculation, but a run of peculiar events suggests that cVidya, the Israeli revenue assurance vendor, is up to something. Maybe...

The Threat of Intellectual Property Theft

See here for an excellent interview about IP theft, given by Rockie Brockway of Logos Communications to the Smart Business Network. It gives...

Alex Leslie on Making Sense of Data

Look here for a great article from Alex Leslie on the relationship between revenue assurance and fraud management, and about how telcos struggle to...

Verizon Wireless Demands USD233k from Small Businessman

This news story speaks for itself; see the video below. The real question: why do telcos keep getting bills so wrong?...

Razorsight Raises USD7.3M

Razorsight, the US vendor of revenue assurance and cost management software, has raised USD7.3M through a new equity offering; see here for the news...

Malawi’s Regulator Implements Technology for RA… or to Spy?

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) is reportedly buying equipment to check call records of all phone subscribers in Malawi, despite protests from operators...

Taking a Robust Approach to Accenture’s Research

On the surface, Accenture's 2011 report into risk managment for comms and tech firms tells us a generally positive story. Businesses are taking...

MACH Acquires OpTel Informatik

MACH, the global clearing house business, has purchased fraud management vendor OpTel Informatik for an undisclosed sum; see here for the press release on...

Virtual Currency Under Fire

Fans of Bitcoin, the digital currency, will tell you it is safer, cheaper, freer and more transparent than ordinary state-backed currencies. The currency...

Subex & Swisscom Win Award for Sharing Fraud Risk

Swisscom and Subex have walked away with the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award in the Business Service Innovation category. The two companies innovated...

Solar Flares and Satellite Comms

Could storms on the sun disrupt our communications infrastructure? Yes, they can... and do. The potential impact of solar events on satellite...

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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