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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

Revenue Assurance for 5G

Inventive RA manager Shahid Ishtiaq also told RAG TV how he is using robotic process automation and NoSQL databases to deliver superior results.

Why the UK’s Supreme Court May Have to Decide If Simboxes Are Legal

The UK could have just passed a law to ban GSM gateways, like other countries do. Layers of bureaucracy made a mess instead.

Subex Announces First Dividend in 14 Years

Chairman Anil Singhvi welcomed the dividend, which comes after shares in the Indian RAFM vendor have reached their highest price since 2012.

RAG TV: Telcos, Planes and Autonomization

Bartek Bukowski of BT was the expert guest for Episode 5 of the current season of RAG TV. Root cause analysis was the nominal subject of the show, but we talked about much, much more.

US Extradites Australian and Chinese for $50mn Premium SMS Billing Scam

The long arm of the American law still pursues more convictions after already imprisoning and fining a series of business executives.

Telco IT Exec Accused of $8.6mn Fraud Following Internal Audit

A former Executive Head of IT at mobile network Cell C was arrested by the serious crimes 'Hawk' division of the South African police.

Commsrisk Top Ten for January 2021

The rundown of the most popular Commsrisk articles during January unexpectedly demonstrated that some things are more important than business.

Anti-Spam Webinars Share Emails of All 1,693 Participants

Email addresses for every registration to the SIP Forum's SIPNOC 2020 webinars were added to a list that could be seen by anyone.

Protecting Online Identities in a Chaotic World

Author and analyst Edward Finegold discussed the evolving challenges surrounding digital identities and the revenues they generate for episode 4 of the current season of RAG TV.

Are SIM Swaps Rising? Freedom of Information Disclosure Shows UK Police Figures Are Unreliable

UK newspapers said SIM swaps were up 400% since 2015. Dig into police data and you realize how little truth supports that claim.

Overcoming the Risk Professionals Who Resist Change

Racism, sexism, a lack of respect and professional inertia all persist because of a collective timidity when faced by obstructionists.

The Assassin That Was Tricked by a Spoofed CLI

Russian politician Alexei Navalny wanted to know how he was poisoned using the deadly Novichok nerve agent, so he simply called one of the team responsible.

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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