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UK parliament suspended amid Brexit chaos. Bedtime browsing? It’s a thing, and more top news

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

UK parliament has been suspended until 14 October after prime minister Boris Johnson was once again denied a pre-Brexit election. Johnson told a raucous parliament, that he was committed to taking the UK out of the EU at the end of October. MPs will return for a Queen’s Speech in mid-October. Commons Speaker and MP John Bercow announced that he will stand down at the next election or on 31 October...
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Why every HR agency needs Services of Termination VOIP Providers?

Posted on August 8, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

If you are a HR agency, making hundreds of calls to scout for right talents then the wholesale A-Z VOIP termination services are absolutely necessary for you. The calls made by an employment agency or firm are completely different in purpose and pitch than conventional marketing calls. Though clarity is required in both these calls, it is absolutely essential for HR agencies, why? The end custo...
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OTT VoIP Calling Apps are Telecom Services under EU Law

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Telephone calling apps, such as Skype, Viber and Google Hangouts, are subject to European telecom regulation, the European Court of Justice has ruled. Such services may now be required to comply with EU obligations that apply to traditional telephone services, such as registration, privacy, consumer protection and law enforcement access to user communications. In other countries (notably the US...
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Important changes to your 084 and 087 numbers

Posted on June 10, 2019May 20, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

The communications regulator OFCOM are making changes to the way consumers are charged for calling 084 and 087 numbers. These changes have been introduced to make the call charges more transparent and easier to understand. Therefore this is great news for your business and more importantly your customers, who will feel more comfortable calling your 084 or 087 number. All DIDcomms cust...
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VoIP to replace ISDN

Posted on April 20, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

After nearly 25 years of continuous service, ISDN channels are finally coming to their end of days. As more and more businesses migrate away from ISDN technologies we explore the reasons for the decline and the replacements on offer to businesses in more detail. So what is ISDN? ISDN stands for integrated services digital networks. It is a standard developed to cover a range of mediums like voi...
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BT to shut EE headquarters in cost-cutting drive

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Britain’s biggest mobile operator, EE, will abandon its headquarters to move into BT’s nerve centre at St Paul’s later this year, its chief executive has confirmed. Marc Allera told The Telegraph that EE was making preparations to move from its offices in the Paddington Basin to occupy multiple floors in BT Centre, overlooking Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece cathedral. The migration i...
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History of VoIP (Short Version)

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

History of VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transmission began in 1973 as a result of the experimental Network Voice Protocol invented for the ARPANET. However, it wasn’t until 1995 that the first Internet Phone Software – Vocaltec – appeared. Vocaltec brought to market the first internet phone software called the Internet Phone. The Vocaltec software compressed the voice signal, translat...
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The History of VoIP (Full Version)

Posted on March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

The History of VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol, abbreviated VoIP, is a fairly recent technology. It goes by many names, including Voice Over Broadband (VoBB), Internet Telephony, IP Telephony, and broadband phone.The advent of the Internet brought with it an abundance of innovation regarding communication. Of course, there was email in the beginning, but then people started wondering whether th...
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Abandoned and silent calls

Posted on February 22, 2019June 22, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

The phone rings, you rush to answer but there's no-one on the line. Abandoned and silent calls can be annoying and irritating at the best of times. These are also known as CC and ping calls. But for some people – for example, those living alone – these calls can be particularly frightening. This guide explains more about these calls, what can cause them and what you can do about them. What...
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Life after Ofcom’s 3% rule

Posted on December 18, 2018May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Uncertainty, we are told, is bad for business. Uncertainty over Brexit is bad, uncertainty over exchange rates is bad, uncertainty over unpredictable world leaders is bad. As of March 1st 2017, there’s a new type of uncertainty being introduced into the world of outbound calling. The previously clear guideline of a 3% maximum abandoned call rate is set to silently disappear overnight on the 28th F...
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