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Regulation

Fit and Proper

<RANT> In the UK, if you want to ride a moped, you have to be trained and pass a test. Why? Because you’re a danger to yourself and others, without a…

Mobile Service Numbers

What is a mobile number? Contrary to popular belief, it is not just +447x, as you have to omit personal numbers (long story,) which are +4470 and rad…

We’ve a new TLA – UAP – and why it matters

You know us regulatory types (for those that don’t know, that’s my background). We love our three-letter abbreviations and defined terms etc. So I wa…

Clipboards don’t cut it anymore

This is my take on Simon’s recent post about essentially the same topic – yes, we were both driven to rant independently, and you can’t waste a rant!…

Gigaclear’s issues expose (more) cracks in Government logic

By now, you’ve probably heard that Gigaclear have had a slap on the wrist for a data management situation which could have resulted in 948 blue-light…

Does anyone listen to Regulators?

Back in my financial services days, I remember the strict difference in regulatory scariness between the USA and the UK. The SFA (as was then) in the…

STIR/SHAKEN update

Following our warning a few weeks ago about disruptive changes in the USA, we have seen very little change in compliance by other operators, with man…

Service affecting STIR/SHAKEN changes (updated)

Back in 2020 when we went live with STIR/SHAKEN signing in the US, we published a matrix of the various levels of attestation we’d apply to calls. Th…

Telecare – the industry needs to pause and rethink

For more than 15 years, customers of Simwood have come to us having experienced difficulty with Telecare / red button devices when migrating to a SIP…

What does the ‘08 crash and scam traffic have in common?

Regular readers of my missives will have picked up on my reading (ok, listening to an audiobook) about the history of Google. I’m currently on a chap…

Update on Simwood Parliamentary Engagement

We don’t publish the full details of our correspondence with regulators or Governments, because they don’t like it… and we have some sympathy with th…

NANPA call blocking

The US remains an incredibly hostile market and the tsunami of rubbish traffic looking for a home shows no relent. We mostly filter it out in our sal…

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