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BT pushes ahead with plans to switch off telephone network

Posted on July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

BT is forging ahead with plans to shut its traditional telephone network in Britain, with the intention of shifting all customers over to IP telephony services by 2025. The closure of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) is part of plans by BT toward internet-based voice calls via a fibre network. As such it will be looking to close a chunk of exchanges. Openreach wrote to its communic...
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Changes which are going to affect 070 UK Personal Numbers

Posted on October 30, 2018May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

070 Personal Numbers will be discontinued from October 1st, 2019 and all 070 Personal Numbering will become standard pay-as-you-go 07 mobile phone numbers. Due to changes in Ofcom regulations, 070 Personal Numbers will no longer available after October 1st, 2019. Existing customers are recommended to move from 070 personal numbers to 087 numbers, as in the next 12 months 070 personal numbers w...
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How will Brexit affect you!

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Daniel Kobale

Last year the UK public voted to leave the EU. The government has now triggered Article 50. This means that the process of leaving the EU has started. Some laws will change in the future - but not immediately. Everything will stay the same until new laws are made. If you’re an EU citizen living in the UK, your rights to live, work or get benefits won’t change unless the government pass...
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Brexit: All you need to know about the UK leaving the EU

Posted on July 26, 2016June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

What does Brexit mean? It is a word that has become used as a shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU - merging the words Britain and exit to get Brexit, in a same way as a Greek exit from the EU was dubbed Grexit in the past. Why is Britain leaving the European Union? A referendum - a vote in which everyone (or nearly everyone) of voting age can take part - was held on Thursday 23 June, ...
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UK Calling made simple for consumers

Posted on April 28, 2015May 29, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Every day, people use service numbers to make phone calls to companies and organisations, contact directory enquiries or even to vote in TV shows. But the cost of calling these numbers - which start 08, 09 or 118 - used to be difficult to find out. This changed in July 2015, under a system that makes the cost of calling service numbers clear for everyone. It's called UK Calling, and it's the...
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EE 4G UK – details on coverage, phones, prices, speeds for the 4GEE network

Posted on June 17, 2013August 21, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

EE has launched the UK's first 4G mobile network, called 4GEE, allowing for on average five times faster mobile network browsing speeds than 3G. Where can you get 4G in the UK? The 4G network is now live in the following 62 places in the UK Amersham, Aylesbury, Barnsley, Belfast, Berkhamstead, Billericay, Bingley, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Brentwood, Bristol, Cardiff, Chelmsfo...
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SMS Functionality from Galaxy Control Panels Using PSTN

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Honeywell Security Group has recently received the following email extract from the BSIA (British Security Industry Association), regarding the O2 network and the TAP gateway used for SMS texting via PSTN. The O2 centre number (07860 980480) has been unreliable for a period of time, and even though the panel will transmit the message, a failure by the O2 server will result in an “SMS Comm Fail”...
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TFS EMEA Technical Support Services TIB072INT12 SMS and G2 v1.51 Update

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Date of issue: 16 January 2012 Purpose: This Customer Advice Note (CAN 039) provides information relating to the SMS functionality from Galaxy control panels using PSTN landlines and information regarding an update to the G2 Control Panel. Problem: The following email extract has been sent to us by BSIA (British Security Industry Association), who have received information regarding the O2 net...
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING TEXECOM SMS SERVICE CENTRE NUMBERS

Posted on February 27, 2013June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Please see below for an important announcement from Texecom regarding the SMS Service Centre Numbers: SMS Service Centre Numbers Texecom have been notified that the O2 network and the TAP gateway used for SMS texting via PSTN will be switched off at the end of March 2012. The O2 centre number (07860 980480) has been unreliable for a period of time and on numerous occasions the service has...
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EE 4G pricing revealed

Posted on November 7, 2012August 6, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

What is 4G? 4G is the latest mobile phone technology that promises up to download data up to five times faster than 3G networks. In practice this means you could stream and HD video on your phone, or tablet, without any buffering or delays, just as you might on a good quality home broadband connection. Read our What is 4G? guide for more information about 4G and how it could affect you. How...
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