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CLI Groundhog Day

Here we go again… although unlike the seminal film starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, it’s ceased to be funny. Way back when, Ofcom updated th…

vmWare exploit could be interesting…

By Simon Woodhead There’s an interesting blog post out today which I suspect will make a few of our competitors hot under the collar, even though thi…

Why do UK telcos dislike Haiti?

By Pete Farmer In a recent blog about ITW, I said the UK’s dirty surcharge regime represented a transfer of wealth from the poorest nations on earth…

Greed, lies and telecoms!

By Simon Woodhead I was drawn to this industry by the opportunity to leverage technology to make the world better. For those who don’t know our backs…

The big 999 myth

By Peter Farmer Operate a voice service in the UK? Does it use telephone numbers? Then you have to provide access to 999/112. Oh, it’s over the top y…

The USA is losing the plot

By Peter Farmer Many of you know of my dual-nationality. Being both British and Canadian, means I give twice as much grief to Americans (and get twic…

What is going on in the US?

By Simon Woodhead I’ve always loved the US market because of its straightforwardness. One doesn’t have Regulators beating around the bush, making eve…

On STIR/SHAKEN, Ofcom nailed it. On spoofing….?

By Peter Farmer By now, you’ll be aware of a Statement issued by our regulator, the Office of Communications, that kicked any form of STIR/SHAKEN or…

Sweden CLI blocking

By Simon Woodhead In keeping with a list of countries we’re now losing track of, Sweden has jumped on the CLI blocking train. Following guidelines fr…

CLI Authentication: Central database boringness abounds (again!)

By Simon Woodhead TL;DR CLI authentication has some risks, some seriously acute risks for our customers, so don’t let the naive and self-interested o…

TSRs and Encryption

By Simon Woodhead There’s a bogus narrative circulating that the Telecommunications Security Act 2021 doesn’t apply to all but the largest entities.…

Are you inadvertently enabling scammers?

By Pete Farmer We’ve mentioned it before, but it may have gotten lost in the excitement of the TSRs and the recent CLI changes and the myriad of othe…

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