We will be updating our Managed A-Z Termination rates and codes on July 1st 2022. As usual, these changes are colour coded in our full rate files available through the portal as below. Whilst this…
By Simon Woodhead Please note our next rate update will unavoidably feature a 16% increase in the costs to call 999. Please note we don’t levy any monthly minimum’s for calls to 999, they are…
By Peter Farmer One of the frustrations of being a telecommunications regulatory person is that stuff affecting Simwood and other providers today is a result of consultations and ideas postulated by the government and its…
By Alex Lane TLDR: If your calls to the USA are rejected by us, you need to clean up your traffic because we’ve tightened the screws on our controls. Today I am writing to you…
By Peter Farmer One of the banes of life as someone that works in the field of telecommunications regulation is the expectation that we will somehow magically understand precisely what the regulator means within five…
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…
By Simon Woodhead TLDR: We’ve changed bank details. Please update your records immediately as payments sent to old accounts may not reach us. You can find new details in our knowledgebase (you will need to…
By Simon Woodhead Wow, it felt odd writing ‘interesting year’ for the first time a few weeks ago, or at least as it seems. Actually a year on, a year further towards our self-inflicted dystopian…
By Pete Farmer Simwood’s views on the recent BT Openreach FTTP pricing (called the Equinox Offer) will be known to regular readers. Our response to Ofcom’s consultation on it is here and Simon mentioned it…
By Simon Woodhead I had the pleasure of speaking to Parliamentarians at the Westminster Forum today, on all things Wholesale IP Voice, but specifically on IP migration. I was also asked to Chair a few…
