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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.

SimCon2 – Asterisk & FreePBX Update by David Duffett

David Duffett of Digium updates us at SimCon2 on the Asterisk and FreePBX projects.

SimCon2 – Are you Using the Web Platform Enough by Dan Jenkins

Dan Jenkins of Nimble Ape updates us at SimCon2 on new APIs available within the web platform.

GC C6: CLI Update

by Ross McKillop As those of you who attended SimCon will know, there’s been a few issues around General Condition C6 and the inconsistent interpreta…

Watch the SimCon Awards

The video for the inaugural SimCon Awards is below. It turns out there were well over 300 viewers on the stream once the various social platforms wer…

Announcing global numbering!

By Simon Woodhead In addition to our top tier position in the UK, and our build-out to a similar goal in the USA, I’m delighted to say that numbers a…

SimCon2: Agenda

With just under a month to go until the big day, we’re pleased to announce the agenda for SimCon2! Below is the planned schedule of the events for th…

Thanks for a great 2018!

By Simon Woodhead As we near Christmas I wanted to say a huge thank you to all of our customers and wish you and your families the very best for the…

Please Update Our US Payment Details

We’ve amended our bank details to reflect changes made to our USD payment account, so from now on if you pay us in USD using Transferwise you must en…

Rachel Riley to host the SimCon Awards

By Simon Woodhead Seriously recognising the efforts of a technical industry in a room full of some very bright minds requires a seriously bright host…

Ofcom enforces Ofcom’s rules

By Simon Woodhead Please forgive the cynicism the title conveys but we’re genuinely surprised to see in recent weeks that Ofcom has taken action for…

We do NOT operate wholesale VoIP for anyone else!

By Simon Woodhead It is frustrating when you work hard to innovate and differentiate, to enable your customers to deliver unique and fabulous service…

Management changes

By Simon Woodhead I’m delighted to announce a few changes in our team! I mentioned recently how Thomas Hadden had joined us as COO of Simwood Inc, br…