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Announcing webhooks!

By Simon Woodhead OK, so webhooks aren’t completely new – we’ve had them for certain API functions, notably incoming fax and SMS, and we significantl…

Switch to Direct Debit and get 30 days credit

We’ve offered Direct Debit as a payment option you can configure in the portal for donkey’s years now, and the majority of our payments by value come…

Are we first in route?

By Simon Woodhead Our humungous new rate update is live today (9th August 2019) and it marks the beginning of a great experiment – to apply initial m…

Humungous, monster rate update!

By Simon Woodhead We mentioned a few weeks ago how we were tweaking our rate-setting algorithms and you’ve hopefully noticed some changes to terminat…

Ofcom: Marking their own homework

It is that time of year when Ofcom gives us their school report, prepared of course by Ofcom, in the form of a number of annual market reports. They…

Pricing Strategy – we need your help

By Simon Woodhead We wrote recently how, for customers and prospective customers, comparing wholesale prices without actual traffic or retrospective…

Comparing our Rates

By Simon Woodhead We’re very fortunate in that difficult conversations about our rates are rare, and with established customers they’re almost non-ex…

Simwood Awarded ISO 9001 and ISO 27001

by Simon Woodhead Following back-to-back audits, I’m delighted to report that Simwood has been certified to two ISO standards! Firstly, ISO 9001:2015…

Ofcom Consultations – the future of interconnect and porting

Ofcom are presently consulting on two topics very close to our hearts. These are first consultations, there should be others, and we’d encourage all…

Interoperability? Meh!

By Simon Woodhead We’re noticing a worrying trend in UK telecoms that is evidenced by a rise in what we call tickets about ‘weird shit’. The days of…

SimCon Microsite

SimCon now has its own micro-site where we’ve uploaded details of the inaugural SimCon Awards. Check it out at https://simcon.io/

US Update & Global Numbering

By Simon Woodhead Numbering We’re really pleased to confirm that the US numbering porting interface is available in beta. Thanks to those customers w…

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