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4 quick ways to help stay safe from VoIP fraud this Christmas

We want you to relax this Christmas so if you don’t already, why not make use of the multitude of features we offer to restrict the VoIP traffic you…

Limit your fraud exposure by locking your balance

We offer lots and lots of features to help you avoid or contain the cost of fraudulent traffic from either your or your customer’s equipment being co…

TLS/SRTP and why you need them!

In January 2013 we enabled both TLS and SRTP on outbound calls. Today it is available on all incoming calls, i.e. using Simwood numbering with us del…

Have you got your 03 numbers yet?

03 (+443 outside the UK) was introduced a few years ago as a replacement for the 0870 range which had been arguably abused. It was intended for use a…

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…

Real-time big-data!

‘Big data’ is a bit of a buzz phrase lately and is typically used to refer to large volumes of data, crunched over prolonged periods to determine lon…

Advanced Call Cost Control

Uniquely we allow our customers to leverage our own call control platform to set their own limits on a per trunk, and per class of destination, basis…

Simwood Virtual Interconnect – Inbound

We’ve had a fantastic year so far at Simwood, growing our customer base substantially. Whereas in past years this was from new entrants to the VoIP s…

Join Us on VUC

VUC, or Voip Users Conference, is an excellent weekly conference call for industry professionals and enthusiasts. We’ve been been lucky enough to be…

Our VUC Interview

VUC, or Voip Users Conference, is an excellent weekly conference call for industry professionals and enthusiasts. We’ve been been lucky enough to be…

QoS for VoIP

Introduction QoS, or Quality of Service, is a term used in VoIP circles but often misunderstood and as a consequence rarely implemented, despite the…

New SIP stack

Our new SIP infrastructure is available for your traffic in our Slough site. Manchester will be available shortly and London will follow. The feature…

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