Telecoms, AI in the call path, network engineering and the occasional strong opinion. Several times a week since 2009.
By Simon Woodhead It is widely regarded that ‘Inbox zero’ leads to a state of calm and reduced stress. We’ve embarked on a project we call ‘BT Zero’…
By Simon Woodhead I’m old enough to remember the BA Dirty Tricks campaign against Virgin, where BA admitted to trying to poach Virgin customers and s…
Numbers are a limited resource, and CPs have a duty to ensure numbering is managed effectively and efficiently (General Condition 17). Also, no-one w…
As a special offer for customers with paid Direct Connects* to Simwood, or ordering new ones before September 30th, we’re now offering free IP Transi…
As we have previously announced, there are big changes to CLI coming with the new Ofcom General Conditions which take effect from 1st October 2018. A…
by Neil Brown, decoded:Legal The new General Conditions of Entitlement — the rulebook which makes up part of the regulatory framework for the provisi…
We’ve long banged the drum, often seemingly alone, about how BT’s IP Exchange (IPEX) service is a managed service, and not equivalent to the regulate…
By Simon Woodhead Those of you who know Simwood well, know we believe passionately that everyone in the supply chain to the end-user should be adding…
We invested hugely in our network in 2017, or more accurately, continued the program we’d started in 2016. That hasn’t really stopped, with the addit…
Following our updated Porting Policy this week, we’ve had a number of ‘what if’ type scenarios posed that we wanted to give some clarity on. The word…
Consider this an open letter to all wholesale operators, leading with many of those we have porting agreements with. It is not open to resellers of t…
By Simon Woodhead I’m delighted to have been asked to Keynote Astricon 2018. This is by the far the biggest event globally in open-source telephony a…