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Get a Free of Charge Virtual UK Number for your UK and EU business presence

Posted on May 23, 2018June 16, 2020 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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Ofcom confirms free of charge 0800 numbers from mobile phones

Posted on February 17, 2017June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Telecoms watchdog says overhaul clarifying costs of non-geographic numbers makes 0808 and 116 lines free too Freephone numbers are to become free of charge from mobiles under an overhaul designed to clarify telephone call charges and dialling codes, the regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed. The telecoms watchdog said that from June 2015, "freephone will mean free" for 0800, 0808 and 116 numbers –...
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DIDcomms launches Prepay070 with Free Roaming to VoIP/SIP divert!

Posted on November 29, 2016May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

We are moving into the digital age of the internet with rapidly developing technology, products and services and with that DIDcomms want to open the doors and break down the boarders starting with 070 Free SIP Roaming Worldwide. Free roaming you say, well how does that work? With our state of the art switch and billing platform, we have the ability to offer our 070 Personal Number customers fre...
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Ofcom confirms free of charge 0800 numbers from mobile phones

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Daniel Kobale

Freephone numbers are to become free of charge from mobiles under an overhaul designed to clarify telephone call charges and dialling codes, the regulator,Ofcom, has confirmed. The telecoms watchdog said that from June 2015, "freephone will mean free" for 0800, 0808 and 116 numbers – which at present are free only when used in a landline, and which cost mobile phone user...
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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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SMS Gateway Provider for Burglar Alarm Text Messaging

Posted on December 8, 2013February 25, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

Does your security alarm system, pager or other monitoring device use TAP to SMS messaging alerts? Does your security alarm system, pager or other device use TAP to Mobile SMS text messaging alerts? DIDcomms has the solution for you! Our dial-up TAP to Mobile SMS text and email messaging gateway is completely free of charge to use, you only pay for the call to the dial-up access phone line! Al...
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SMS over PSTN Phone Lines (Endorsed by Texecom Ltd)

Posted on July 16, 2013June 16, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Vodafone the last man standing? SMS over PSTN phone lines has been used in varying industries for many years and was often sold as an additional service by alarm companies, allowing the user to be notified of alarm conditions and open/close events. For many years there were two main players operating the service in the UK, O2 and Vodafone. In 2012 the ...
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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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Problems with TAP SMS over PSTN

Posted on February 27, 2013February 25, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

Problem: Having only just realized that the O2 SMS gateway is not reliable [when I first realised I should have had alerts, I thought my SD2 dialler had died], I have contacted O2 who are looking into the service, and they maintain that it should be running at the time of writing [November 2011] but advise me that it will cease operation around April 2012. I have discovered a long list of TAP ...
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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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