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Missed Call Traffic Abuse and Scams

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
Missed Call Traffic Abuse and Scams If you receive a missed call on your mobile phone from a number you don't recognise, think twice before calling it back. That's because there's a chance if you do ring back, you could fall victim to a scam which could leave you out of pocket. The following explains more about 'missed call' scams, how to spot them and what to do if you think you may have f...
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Get a Free of Charge Virtual UK Number for your UK and EU business presence

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
Get a Free Virtual UK Number and give your business a UK and EU presence! Get a Free UK virtual phone number with free divert to your international phone line and make it easier for your UK and EU callers to get in touch with you. Add some call credit and a VoIP phone and you can also use your UK virtual phone number for making calls too at low cost competitive rates. What is the catch? The...
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We are updating our privacy policy

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
We have updated our Privacy Policy in line with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union. It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU. On the 25th May 2018, the new data protection rules will come into effec...
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GDPR Myths

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
As GDPR frenzy hits fever pitch, The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is keen to squash some of the more outlandish myths that have been swirling around. As Elizabeth Denham, UK Information Commissioner put it, “I want to set the record straight. I want to bust the myths. Because I know that most organisations want to get GDPR right when it comes into force.” To separate fact from fi...
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The Bank of England has left interest rates on hold at 0.5%

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
The move follows a slowdown in economic growth at the start of the year and indicates the bank doesn’t think the economy is yet strong enough to handle higher interest rates, The Guardian reports. Back in November, the bank raised rates from 0.25% to 0.5% – the first increase for a decade. The majority of economists polled by Reuters said they don't think the bank will raise rates until August.
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BT is cutting 13,000 jobs in a drive to save £1.5bn

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
The telecom giant's UK workforce will bear the brunt of the job cuts (about two-thirds), with the remaining third affecting BT's 18,000 overseas staff. Those in back-office and middle-management roles are most likely to be impacted. BT confirmed it is also going to move out of its central London HQ. BT CEO Gavin Patterson said the decision was reached as his firm is currently "too complex and over...
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Resolve one-way audio issues with Port Forwarding for VoIP/SIP

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
Using Port Forwarding for VoIP to overcome NAT issues. Port forwarding sometimes referred to as tunnelling, is a method of opening a port or ports in a router or firewall to allow communication from a party outside the network.  Port forwarding is the act of actually forwarding a network port from one network node to another.  This enables an external source to reach a port inside the private LAN...
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International Calls to 084, 087 and 070 UK Numbers not going through!

Posted on by Daniel Kobale
Calls to 084, 087 and 070 virtual UK numbers from international phone lines not working! We have covered this subject in previous articles, but so many customers still do not understand how telecoms companies work! Most international telecoms networks allow calls to 084, 087 and 070 virtual UK numbers, but there are also hundreds more which choose to block calls to 084, 087 and 070 virtual UK ...
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Global SIP Trunks and UK DID Numbers for Call Centres, PBX and IP Infrastructure

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SIP Trunking with DIDcomms made easy! BT is phasing out ISDN by 2025, so now would be a good time to move to SIP trunking and VoIP phones services, if you have not already considered it. With ISDN you are limited to no more than 30 channels per E1, but the a single SIP trunk from DIDcomms, you have unlimited SIP channels for inbound and outbound calls. You can either just use your SIP trunk fo...
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