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Regulation

The Ministry of Messages

Orwell gave us the vocabulary. Kafka drew the floor plan. On 15 July, Ofcom published the regulations. Here is the short version, for the busy. Your…

Omlets v Omlettes

We all know the saying: “you’ve got to break eggs to make an omlet(te). Those who know me know that I have a general suspicion of Americana, but, I w…

The Four AI Strategies of our time

A month after Raj joined Simwood and took on our ambitious sales and marketing team from my temporary tenure in that field, I’ve had a lot of time to…

Whack-a-shell

Here at Simwood, we have a policy on not providing Haynes Manuals to enable scrotes to bypass our controls and processes, which are a line of defence…

Aww bless – protecting consumers is too hard

Ofcom recently released “Statement: Reviews of Call Termination Markets and End-to-End Connectivity Condition”, a consultation we had a lot to input…

The rubicon has been crossed

Last week, Ofcom fined (another) pornographer a seven-figure sum because they might allow a teenager to see boobies on the interweb. Why is that news…

USD RMD Recertification Deadline

This is just a quick courtesy to remind any of our customers who have been suballocated numbers in the US, to submit your RMD recertification with th…

Ofcom’s New Priority: Protecting Wayne Rooney’s Ego While Ambulances Get Lost

I don’t often credit my neighbours to the south with much. Regular readers will know I’m a dual national – Canadian and British, and currently reside…

Don’t do a Virgin

Recently, Virgin was fined £23.8m by Ofcom for failing its duties to vulnerable consumers in migrating to digital landlines. This is a topic relative…

What does AI Regulation have to do with the Superbowl?

Superbowl LXV (so, 2031), will be contested between the Tennessee Titans and the Arizona Cardinals, with the AFC Champions coming out 17-15 on top wi…

Honour

I was brought up to tell the truth. In fact, in the spirit of honesty, lying to me is about the most offensive thing someone can do to me. In busines…

999 Groundhog Day

Here we go again. Ofcom have launched another own initiative investigation into the industry’s compliance with its obligations re 999/112 calls. Whil…

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