Telecoms, AI in the call path, network engineering and the occasional strong opinion. Several times a week since 2009.
By Simon Woodhead If you’ve followed our previous blogs on origin surcharges, what comes next will probably not surprise you. If this is the first yo…
By Simon Woodhead Given the ongoing cost of living crisis, I’d like to shine the spotlight on another of this industry’s dirty little secrets. It isn…
By Simon Woodhead It has been a week or so since we updated you on our plans for blocking inbound and outbound calls according to Ofcom’s DNO list. I…
By Simon Woodhead Ofcom publishes the ‘DNO list’, a list of inbound only phone numbers from high profile organisations that should never originate ou…
By Simon Woodhead In ye olde days, when punishment by hanging was a thing, life wasn’t fun but there was one positive (beyond being there to witness…
TLDR: Regulations are getting ever tighter around US termination traffic. Simwood Inc customers can expect increased levels of scrutiny and Know Your…
By Simon Woodhead TLDR: All conserved and desirable 020 ranges (i.e. 020 7 and 020 8), and Conserved area codes, will now have a small set-up charge…
By Simon Woodhead In the latest act of the relentless re-localisation of telecoms, as domestic operators seek to re-enforce their monopolies, major N…
By Simon Woodhead In the latest twist to the sordid tail of origin surcharges, it seems to me that those emboldened by having got away with surchargi…
Today we are announcing the arrival of our new handset Auto-provisioning feature for our Simwood Partner Platform. Auto-provisioning uses the power o…
By Pete Farmer Once upon a time, everyone started offering international numbering services, mainly because they could at a technical level. A simple…
TLDR: We’re not going to answer that question, but we are going to explain why! The best way to avoid anti-spoofing procedures is simply not to spoof…