Telecoms, AI in the call path, network engineering and the occasional strong opinion. Several times a week since 2009.
It has been 28 years since we had our first API (the term ‘API’ didn’t exist then – they were ‘web services’) and something like 24 years since we fi…
By Peter Farmer Many of you know of my dual-nationality. Being both British and Canadian, means I give twice as much grief to Americans (and get twic…
By Simon Woodhead I’ve always loved the US market because of its straightforwardness. One doesn’t have Regulators beating around the bush, making eve…
By Peter Farmer By now, you’ll be aware of a Statement issued by our regulator, the Office of Communications, that kicked any form of STIR/SHAKEN or…
By Simon Woodhead There are different approaches to maintenance around our industry and they are very revealing, if not concerning, as to architectur…
By Simon Woodhead We don’t normally go in for vapourware but we’ve got some really cool proof-of-concepts working in the lab which we wanted to talk…
By Simon Woodhead As I write this, we’ve just wrapped up at Capacity Middle East in Dubai. It was an incredibly multicultural event, bringing operato…
By Simon Woodhead It was great to catch up with so many of our international customers at Capacity Middle East, but at the same time a bit frustratin…
By Simon Woodhead As I write this, we’ve just wrapped up at Capacity Middle East in Dubai. It was an incredibly multicultural event, bringing operato…
By Simon Woodhead Avid readers may recall we warned about another of this industry’s dirty secrets in October 2022 – the “CPI+3.9%” wheez. We gave a…
By Simon Woodhead It is customary for me to write something at this time of year, reviewing the year that is coming to an end and recapping on highli…
By Simon Woodhead For the last 6 months or so, I’ve been quietly working with journalists and producers from Canada CBC’s “The Fifth Estate” – their…