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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.

MSA and Service Category Changes

By Grahame Davies It’s been quite a while since we have reviewed our service categories and we have taken a long hard look at where we would like to…

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…

Mexico Dialplan Changes

The Federal Telecommunications Institute of Mexico are introducing a new national numbering plan, changing a number of Mexican dial codes. Mexico has…

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…

USA Caller ID changes – SHAKEN and STIR

by Thomas Hadden, COO Simwood Inc. Many of you may have heard of the changes being implemented in 2019-2020 by USA – ILEC/CLECs/IPES Carriers. The mo…

CommCon – Ticket Giveaway

By Frazer Barnet Those of you that are regular readers of this blog will know that we love all aspects of the Open Source community. Last year saw a…

We’re Hiring!

As a rapidly growing company, we are always on the lookout for exceptional talent to join our team. Whilst we have a policy to not poach staff workin…

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…