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Important changes to 084 / 087 numbers

Effective June 2014 you will need to have replaced many of your 084 and 087 (and where applicable 09) numbers alternatives in order to remain complia…

OFCOM presses ahead regardless

OFCOM, the body in the UK responsible for promoting competition, has spent 18 months consulting with stakeholders over its plans to impose controls o…

Changes in FreePhone

There’s a few things happening to UK FreePhone (0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers) that you need to be aware of and potentially plan for. BT PayPhone Acces…

Is Mandatory IPv6 the new Snoopers Charter?

If you’re reading this you should know IPv4 is exhausted, and IPv6 has been in service amongst forward thinking ISPs for some time. Where properly im…

Communications Data Bill (a.k.a. Snoopers Charter)

Last year details emerged of the draft Communications Data bill, described early on by a Minister as: The proposals being considered would simply upd…

OFCOM review of the fixed narrowband services markets

In February OFCOM published a consultation on its proposals for change in the fixed-line marketplace. Whilst neither Simwood nor our customers operat…

Net neutrality: VoIP is commonly blocked

Earlier in the week we aired our concerns about the performance of VoIP over commodity Internet access during the London 2012 games. BEREC (Body of E…

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