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The Simwood blog.

Telecoms, AI in the call path, network engineering and the occasional strong opinion. Several times a week since 2009.

SMS on US numbers

The USA is an incredibly hostile market at the moment as you might have picked up from some of our blogs. SMS is one battleground and, frankly, one b…

2024 Financial Statements and Strategic Report

In keeping with tradition (here’s last year), I’d like to share our 2024 accounts. Our serious competitors have to do so in the public domain so doin…

Here in Georgia

Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of heading over to Tbilisi, Georgia, to spend some proper in-person time with our brilliant team out there, and…

Telecare – the industry needs to pause and rethink

For more than 15 years, customers of Simwood have come to us having experienced difficulty with Telecare / red button devices when migrating to a SIP…

Meet Davit

Hello there, I’m Davit, one of the newest faces you’ll meet here at Simwood. I’m based in the beautiful city of Tbilisi, Georgia, and, like many Geor…

3.4m reasons to change carrier

In the last 30 days, we’ve blocked 3.4m “nuisance” calls on the Simwood network. That’s 3.4m opportunities for people to be harassed, robbed, or aggr…

Unwanted Calls 2.0

It’s been a while since we updated our website guidance to the general public on unwanted calls, and with some changes in the industry, it is worthwh…

Unwanted Calls 2.0

It’s been a while since we updated our website guidance to the general public on unwanted calls, and with some changes in the industry, it is worthwh…

Educating children in Africa

Picture this… In Nairobi, capital of Kenya, 60% of the population, roughly 2.5m people, live on just 6% of the land in informal settlements (but let’…

We’re on the Cover of Comms Business – May 2025 Edition!

Simwood is featured as the cover story in the May 2025 edition of Comms Business. The article dives into some of the cool innovations cooking at Simw…

Relocating, Reskilling, Rising @Agnes

Have you ever felt the joy of being someone’s partner? I’ve felt special on many occasions in life, but obtaining a dependent visa with a job offer a…

SimCron5: Conversational AI & What’s next for AI innovation in Q2

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