We will be updating our Managed A-Z Termination rates and codes on April 1st 2023. As usual, these changes are colour coded in our full rate files available through the portal as below. Unlike other…

By Simon Woodhead The annual revision to carrier interconnect rates is upon us, effective April 1st 2023. As warned last year, and indeed as raised with the Minister, in addition to the grotesque CPI+3.9% shenanigans,…

By Simon Woodhead As you may, or may not be aware, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a long-standing bank to the global technology sector has just suffered a bank run, much like those seen in the…

By Simon Woodhead It won’t have escaped anybody’s attention that termination rates have been more volatile lately and I thought it would be helpful to explain why. Before doing so though, I need to stress…

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…

By Simon Woodhead It has been 8 or so years since we introduced our various ‘new’ service levels for Carrier Services, so we thought an overview was in order. We also have one change which…

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…

By Simon Woodhead Last October I posted that I was stepping down as CEO and my long-standing colleague Grahame Davies would be replacing me. Today, I pick up the reins again. As you may recall…

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…