Have you ever wondered?
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…
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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…
Important Banking Update
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…
Thanks for another interesting year!
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…
Which equilibrium will prevail?
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…
Speaking at Westminster Forum
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…
Ofcom’s Christmas Gift to You All
By Pete Farmer Readers who are members of Comms Council UK will have a passing familiarity with what’s coming next month, as there has been a few webinars on the subject. For those that are…
Good news for AWS customers
By Simon Woodhead There’s a lot that goes on in Simwood and we move fast. Quite often, what’d be earth shattering global PR justifying an entire propaganda department elsewhere is just business as usual for…
Have you been shafted yet?
By Simon Woodhead We’ve made our views on UK origin surcharges pretty clear: they’re a filthy money grab that we believe is going to harm competition, cause a lot of stress at all levels of…
Management reshuffle
By Simon Woodhead Whenever I post a blog about management changes, the click through rate is astonishing which I could take the wrong way! Today’s post is what some of you may have been looking…