by Pete Farmer Yes and no; a typical response from a telecommunications regulatory wonk like myself. Unfortunately, that answer, although wishy-washy…
by Grahame Davies Recently, we advised the Norwegians were blocking traffic presenting their telephone numbers at the international gateway, and now…
By Alex Lane Greetings, We are introducing a new availability zone, and this is going live next week at 21:00 2022-07-06 UTC in North Virginia, US. A…
By Bruce Clark Dear number porting enthusiasts, I’m sure it hasn’t escaped your attention that a lot of porting requests may have been taking a long…
By Grahame Davies We’ve always paid close attention to regulation and compliance in an industry which has had a reputation for playing fast and loose…
By Grahame Davies The idea that Simwood might ever have a CEO other than Simon had rarely crossed my mind until discussions about how the future migh…
By Bruce Clark Just like last year, Simwood’s porting desk will remain open and operational throughout the festive period, with the exception of the…
by Bruce Clark As many of you are likely aware, the whole UK porting process is somewhat flawed in many areas. Whilst a large volume of the issues ar…
By Bruce Clark, Porting Supervisor After the initial deadline for LOA changes being pushed back a month, the relevant changes have been made and the…
By Bruce Clark, Porting Supervisor As you may have seen from the previous blog posts on Porting LOAs, the current “go-live” date for the new format i…
By Bruce Clark, Porting Supervisor We have been informed that the Letter of Authorisation (LOA) changes are no longer taking place from Monday 3rd Au…
By Bruce Clark, Porting Supervisor Over the past few months, Offta (and the NPP&CG (Number Port Process & Commercial Group)) have been talking about…