Dirty surcharges now on more British Isles calls
By Simon Woodhead If you’ve followed our previous blogs on origin surcharges, what comes next will probably not surprise you. If this is the first you’ve heard, allow me to recap: We know not what…
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Dirty surcharges come to 03 and 08 (except here)
By Simon Woodhead In the latest twist to the sordid tail of origin surcharges, it seems to me that those emboldened by having got away with surcharging calls to fixed and mobile have decided to…
Origin Surcharges Claim Another Victim – Price Rises Coming
By Simon Woodhead It has been a while since I wrote about dirty origin surcharges and the harm they’re reaping. The last time in fact was after I spoke in Westminster and had the opportunity…
Reminder: No dirty surcharges
By Simon Woodhead With origination surcharges coming to UK fixed destinations from August 1st (following mobile on July 1st), we felt the need to remind you that Simwood has taken the decision NOT to pass…
Joining the surcharge party
By Simon Woodhead Before starting, let me be absolutely clear that the title does not mean we are about to start passing on surcharges to our customers. We remain unique in NOT doing so and…
EU local-breakout / Origin Based Surcharges
By Simon Woodhead For some time now EU traffic has mostly been breaking out in-country, i.e. rather than being dumped on an international carrier and transited into the country, we deliver it to carriers who…
Carrier Services rate update (2023-02-01)
We will be updating our Managed A-Z Termination rates and codes on February 1st 2023. This update features significant changes to UK Mobile billing and USA billing which are explained on the respective links. As usual,…
Carrier Services Pricing Review
By Simon Woodhead We don’t go in for annually escalating prices like some, or even annual reviews, and in reality operate in a market where prices are generally decreasing over time. I learned from an…
I’ve got it all wrong
By Simon Woodhead Getting back into the saddle and seeing this industry with fresh eyes, I realise nearly everything we’ve done over the last 26 years has been wrong. We’ve been too honest, too transparent…
We’ve come up with a great deal!
By Frazer Barnett TL:DR – Simwood Launches a new Dealer product. It’s been a while now since Pete, our Chief Compliance Officer, started talking about the UK’s new telecommunications security regulations (or the TSRs to…