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Thanks for an amazing 2019!
As another Christmas nears, alarmingly quickly after the last one, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of our customers and community friends, and wish you and your families the very best for the festivities. Before I do so, let me address the…
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SimCon3 – get in quick!
Congratulations (and thanks) to all those who took up the SimCon3 early-bird pricing in December. If you haven’t booked your ticket yet, please get in quick to avoid disappointment! The agenda is shaping up to be strong with some excellent external speakers bringing valuable content…
Wholesale rate update (2020-01-20)
We will be updating our Managed A-Z Termination rates and codes on January 20th 2020. This update features more dramatic reductions (especially to the EU) – please see “Are we first in route?“. Please note though, at the Startup Level we have recently restored the difference between Gold…
API
Realtime Call Webhooks
We recently introduced a number of webhooks, and realtime Call Control functionality allowing you to end calls in progress via the API.…
Intelligently Rejecting Nuisance Calls since 2014
Back in 2014, we launched Intelligent Call Rejection, a Simwood…
Commercial
Wholesale rate update (2020-01-20)
We will be updating our Managed A-Z Termination rates and codes on January 20th 2020. This update features more dramatic reductions (especially to the EU)…
Simwood Partner – our plans for Sipcentric
By Simon Woodhead It has been a week since we…
Switch to Direct Debit and get 30 days credit
We’ve offered Direct Debit as a payment option you can…
Intelligent Solutions
SimCon3 – get in quick!
Congratulations (and thanks) to all those who took up the SimCon3 early-bird pricing in December. If you haven’t booked your ticket yet,…
John Souter appointed to the Simwood Group plc board
By Grahame Davies I am super excited to announce the…
Management Changes
By Simon Woodhead I’m delighted to announce some fairly significant…
IP Network
FREE IP Transit!
As a special offer for customers with paid Direct Connects* to Simwood, or ordering new ones before September 30th, we’re now offering…
Inbound Calls and Availability Zones
Many of our customers connect to us in multiple sites,…
End-user connectivity from Simwood
Regular readers will know the lengths we’ve gone to maximise…
Regulation
020 (4)
By Ross McKillop There is a common misconception that London had two area codes, 0207 and 0208, and then 0203 was added.…
Re-monopolisation through the Secret Club – Part 2
By Simon Woodhead In 2017, I articulated in a blog…
Ofcom Consultations – the future of interconnect and porting
Ofcom are presently consulting on two topics very close to…
Security
Simwood Awarded ISO 9001 and ISO 27001
by Simon Woodhead Following back-to-back audits, I’m delighted to report that Simwood has been certified to two ISO standards! Firstly, ISO 9001:2015…
USA Caller ID changes – SHAKEN and STIR
by Thomas Hadden, COO Simwood Inc. Many of you may…
PSD2 compliance and some great new anti-fraud features
As we mentioned last week, the new Payment Services Directive seems…
Voice
Christmas & New Year 2019 Porting Desk
Our porting desk will be operating as usual over the festive period, with the exception of the bank holidays. When submitting a…
Mexico Dialplan Changes
The Federal Telecommunications Institute of Mexico are introducing a new…
Simwood Christmas Opening Hours
By Ateeq Rehman As we approach this wonderful festive time…
Capacity, capacity, and a huge thank you!
By Simon Woodhead Over the course of 2018 we’ve quadrupled…
White Papers
Our VoIP Fraud presentation at LINX84
We had the pleasure of speaking at the London Internet Exchange’s LINX84 meeting on February 17th regarding our VoIP Fraud research. Below…
Simwood VoIP Fraud Analysis – get your copy now
As regular readers will know, Simwood has operated a VoIP…
Get your DNS in order!
With the Olympics ever closer and our warnings over commodity…