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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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No Mr. Soros, Brexit Will Not be a Black Friday for the British Pound

Posted on June 26, 2016April 20, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

George Soros says the British pound is at risk of another 'Black Wednesday' event should the UK vote to Leave the European Union on June the 22nd. We disagree! George Soros, the man who once ‘broke the pound’ is back in the headlines with warnings that the British pound would suffer a cataclysmic decline, similar to Black Wednesday of 1992, should the UK vote to exit the EU. Soros has told The...
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LAUNCHED TODAY! Free PrepayGEO+ 01/02/03 UK Numbers with VoIP/SIP

Posted on July 10, 2015May 7, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Introducing our brand new PrepayGEO (Geographic UK Numbers) service with a difference. I know what thinking, just another geographic number supplier! Well actually no, we are not just another geographic number supplier! We have our own shared network, number ranges and development, which has enabled Open to build a product uniquely, putting our customers first. Our customer number management po...
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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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Notice to all OpenTAP users about modem software settings!

Posted on September 17, 2014February 25, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

We recently have had a few customers who are using computer-based modem and compatible TAP software with OpenTAP and they have been having trouble dialling up and sending messages via our OpenTAP dial-up access numbers. Some times for some reason with some customers modems and their software it will not work properly with the PARITY setting of NONE (NULL). Try changing the PARITY setting to TRU...
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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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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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I’ve got a Galaxy G2-20 which has been using the SMS feature by the O2 gateway on my BT line.. however now sadly the service has died (constant engaged tone).

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

Hi all, I've got a Galaxy G2-20 which has been using the SMS feature by the O2 gateway on my BT line.. however now sadly the service has died (constant engaged tone). So I need to get my G2-20 to speak to the outside world once more. After a night of googling it seems that non of the other SMS gateways either work or work with non subscribers. So its looking like a GSM card (horrificly...
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DIDcomms launches new TAP to SMS and SMTP messaging gateway for the UK market!

Posted on December 11, 2012June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

(Wadebridge, Corwnall 11/12/2012) Due to the recent collapse and withdrawal of TAP gateway services, by various large Telecom firms such as O2, T-mobile, Orange and the like, DIDcomms has realized the need of many companies and business who rely and need this service. DIDcomms has partnered with a US supplier and also invested in our own in-house TAP to SMS and SMTP messaging gateway. What's mo...
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