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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

Book Review by Dan Baker

When a respected industry researcher like Dan Baker reviews your first book for B/OSS World, you hold your breath and hope for the best....

WeDo Targets Acquisitions

Tony Poulos always seems to deliver the big scoops - how does he do it? Whilst at the big revenue assurance and billing...

Subex Analysis: Debt Reduction to Boost Profits

A recent stock analysis of Indian RA vendors Subex highlights that their net profitability will be enhanced by the restructuring of their debts. ...

New RA Book, New RA Thinking

Our new book, Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers is out today; to find out more, look here. If you read RA...

Subex Bags $12M ROC Contract

Indian RA giant Subex has landed another big contract for their Revenue Operations Centre (ROC) software - their biggest yet, according to them. ...

Thinking Ahead with Hanno Allolio

Hanno Allolio was my guest for talkRA podcast 14. Hanno is a founder, partner and Managing Director of Allolio & Konrad, an international...

TalkTalk Pays Out GBP2.5M Over Billing Errors

TalkTalk, the UK communications service provider, and its subsidiary, Tiscali, has paid out GBP2.5M (USD4M) in refunds and goodwill after overbilling customers. The...

US Cable Operator Implements TMNG’s Ascertain

TMNG Global, the management consulting and software business headquartered in Kansas, has sold its Ascertain revenue assurance software to an unnamed US cable operator....

Pioneers in Perspective; an Interview with Dan Baker

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dan Baker for his blog at Billing & OSS World. In addition to writing...

February Announcements Confirm Vendor Trends

Two unrelated announcements in February served to confirm two major trends in the revenue assurance market.Growth in managed servicesSubex has announced yet another managed...

Assuring Contact

Over the years, I have witnessed plenty of arguments about the scope of revenue assurance. It should include this, it should not include...

The Flipside of Commission Errors

Any regular reader knows I like to look at errors - what causes them and what the consequences are - from all sides. ...

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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