GDPR Consent
By Ross McKillop Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last year or so, and especially the last few months, it’s been hard to miss GDPR and I’m sure, like us, you’ve been…
Category Archives: Regulation
Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2)
By Ross McKillop You may have heard of the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2) which has recently been adopted into UK law through the Payment Services Regulations. These regulations have never been of much concern…
CLI Changes
Ofcom have recently published Draft CLI Guidelines which will likely become part of the General Conditions in 2018. Notably, these proposals will require much stricter checks of CLI in an effort to protect consumers from…
GC4 999 Fees and Services
If you’re operating a PECS or PECN service in the UK you must comply with the General Conditions. One of these is GC4, providing access to the Emergency Services (999), and the provision of address…
Unbundled Tariff Numbers
Non-Geographic Numbers The UK National Numbering Plan has a huge range of numbers and most of our customers’ numbering requirements are met by our 01, 02, 03, and 080 numbers which can be freely used…
Re-monopolisation through the Secret Club
By Simon Woodhead What follows is a matter of opinion based on personal experience and belief, shared for the betterment of a fair and transparent marketplace. Readers should form their own opinions and do their…
Barfy Trump’s Deckchairs and Phone Books (entirely unrelated)
Picture the scene: Barfy Trump has always rented deckchairs, on a big ship. In fact many years ago he used to own everything on that ship but the somewhat overweight civil service type at the…
Important: Mandatory Caller ID
We’ve blogged before about the importance of sending valid caller ID on all calls, and warned that we will begin rejecting call attempts with invalid CLI. Simwood is committed to reducing misuse of telecommunications networks,…
Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review
Further to our initial response, we have now responded to Ofcom’s actual Strategic Review of Digital Communications. Should customers wish to make their own response, and we would encourage you to do so, the deadline for…
Ofcom’s definition of Significant Market Power (and porting)
We’ve just responded to Ofcom’s legal direction to provide commercial information on the call charges we’ve levied on BT and others for the last 3 years for our own number ranges and those of Virtual…