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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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How PSTN and ISDN switch off will impact your business

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

How PSTN and ISDN switch off will impact your business. As we all know, in 2015 BT announced that they will be switching off the PSTN and ISDN networks by 2025. With this, BT will no longer accept any new orders or amendments to services applicable to any ISDN products from 2020. Once the switch-off has taken place, customers will be migrated to the IPEX (IP Exchange) core network using SIP (S...
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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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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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Billing minimums and increments

Posted on October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 by Daniel Kobale

What are Billing Minimums / Increments? Billing minimum / Increments indicate what minimum and incremental measures of time are used to calculate the duration of each call, usually for billing purposes. Historically, billing increments have ranged anywhere from 60 seconds to 6 seconds or less. A “30/6″ billing indicates a 30 second minimum with subsequent 6 second increments...
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The understanding about what “abandoned calls” means for call centres

Posted on July 13, 2018February 27, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

"Abandoned Calls" and prohibited by most telecom providers and regulators of the telecoms industry. Again the subject has come up with call centre customers. "Abandoned Calls", "Ping Calls", "Missed Calls", this is all prohibited call traffic, which is not approved by any telecoms regulator and Ofcom have now banned it. As of March 2017 Ofcom announced 0% toleration on Abandoned Call Traffic. ...
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What is SIP Termination?

Posted on March 1, 2018May 15, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

About SIP call termination? SIP termination is a service which allows users to use VoIP technology for making outgoing voice calls to external phone networks all over the world, including public switched telephone network phone numbers, as well as mobile wireless operators. Tariffs for SIP termination service vary from one SIP termination provider to another and calling rates vary depending on...
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Vodafone Paging Network Closure

Posted on February 23, 2018February 25, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

Vodafone closes down their paging network. Vodafone have announced that they will be closing their wide-area national paging network by 31st March 2018. This means that any Vodafone Paging customers who have not made alternative arrangements will lose their paging service on this date. Vodafone will shut down its pager network by the end of the after reaching an impasse with competition watchd...
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Call Centres – 16 checks to ensure you’re Ofcom compliant

Posted on November 23, 2017January 5, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Handling Silent and Abandoned Calls 1. Check your abandoned call message is being used for all campaigns 2. Check your abandoned call message content is correct for all campaigns 3. Monitor your abandoned call rate daily 4. Ensure your system rings for at least 15 seconds 5. Check your system follows the 2 second rule. The 2 second rule is mentioned a few times in the Ofcom guidelines, and th...
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