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A bit of a confession…

By Simon Woodhead Sometimes, I get the chance prototype things outside of our CTO Charles and his loyal band of DevOps Ninjas. They’re always non-cri…

Affordability of broadband in the UK

By Peter Farmer In late July, the UK’s regulator, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) published a series of documents with some inter-related themes…

Reminder: No dirty surcharges

By Simon Woodhead With origination surcharges coming to UK fixed destinations from August 1st (following mobile on July 1st), we felt the need to rem…

Joining the surcharge party

By Simon Woodhead Before starting, let me be absolutely clear that the title does not mean we are about to start passing on surcharges to our custome…

3 big wins for Simwood customers

By Simon Woodhead I get so tied up in the ‘today’ and the ‘tomorrow’ that I sometimes forget to look in the rear-view mirror. To be honest, when I do…

Call forwarding behaviour change

Following the introduction of origin surcharging, we’re having to make an emergency behaviour change to our wholesale platform where numbers are set…

The Clustercuss Begins!

By Simon Woodhead I’ve made no secret that I find origin surcharging a disgusting hijack of good intent. It is an embarrassing spectacle of economic…

CLI manipulation – Just Say No!

By Peter Farmer Those of us of a certain age will remember the “Just Say No!” campaign in relation to the war on drugs. Fast forward from Nancy Reaga…

What to expect on July 1st

By Simon Woodhead There’s a massive change coming July 1st in that most UK mobile operators will be surcharging calls to their subscribers based on w…

Origin based charging – what a mess!

By Simon Woodhead We wanted to update you on the latest state of the train-wreck that origin-based charging is rapidly becoming. We first advised in…

Three & EE join the surcharging party

By Simon Woodhead Effective July 1st, in-line with Vodafone’s delayed implementation date, UK mobile networks Three and EE will be implementing simil…

UK Origin Charging delayed

Please note that Vodafone’s origin based charging effective June 1st has now been delayed until July 1st. As we’ve implemented it it doesn’t directly…

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