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DIDcomms’s response to COVID-19

Posted on March 19, 2020May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

To all our customers, Over the last week or so, our team has been talking a lot about how we can support DIDcomms customers as people's behaviour changes and needs change in response to COVID-19 Coronavirus. As a VoIP telephone network that supplies internet-based telephony services, we have the ability to continue to operate as normal, and our team will remain available for anyone who needs sup...
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How 5G works and is it really safe!

Posted on March 14, 2020April 2, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Is 5G safe? Many people have questions about 5G. What is 5G? Is 5G safe? Will 5G make it easier for me to get hacked? In this article, we’ll answer common questions about 5G technology based on the best available current information. What is 5G? 5G is a type of wireless technology. 5G includes a number of next-generation cellphone and cellular data transfer technologies. 3G was really the 1st g...
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Free UK Phone Numbers

Posted on February 27, 2020May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Get your FREE UK Number from DIDcomms, one of the UK's leading suppliers of virtual UK VoIP numbers. We provide FREE international call routing on all our 084, 087 and 070 virtual phone numbers. Our 070 Personal Numbers having the greater list of countries you can route calls to YES completely FREE OF CHARGE, and what's more DIDcomms have the largest number of destinations which you can route to ...
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Correcting one-way audio issues with Asterisk

Posted on January 6, 2020April 2, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Troubleshooting One-way Audio in VoIP One-way audio issues are rarely the fault of your terminating call provider, they are an issue with the end-user VoIP phone, internet connection, firewall or their PBX SIP server. Fixing one-way audio issues in VoIP are best done one step at a time. Start by eliminating any double NAT possibilities by disabling NAT on any secondary routers that may be pres...
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Let’s dispel the myths around the ISDN and PSTN phase-out!

Posted on December 16, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Hard selling in the telecoms industry is rampant at the moment and a lot of this appears to be being driven by BT and BT Local Business themselves. Customers have received communications from BT telling them that ISDN and traditional analogue lines are imminently going to be switched off, they even compare this to the analogue and digital (IP)TV changeover. So what is the truth behind this? Ope...
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Digitization of the UK telecoms infrastructure

Posted on December 10, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

The UK telecoms infrastructure is being upgraded to an ALL IP service and communication providers such as BT, Virgin Media, and others are starting the transition process. The analog service (PSTN) is expected to be switched off by 2025. Although this is correct, the fact is that BT and other fixed line providers, still have not come up with a working plan to convert home and business phone sys...
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Get ready for Brexit on 31 October 2019

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

Businesses and organisations Businesses and self-employed If you trade any goods or services with the EU you’ll need to get ready for Brexit. For example, you need to take action if you: export goods to the EU import goods from the EU transport goods by road export animals or animal products export services to the EU move goods between Ireland and...
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New rules to combat high call costs and 070 scams

Posted on October 1, 2019October 31, 2019 by Daniel Kobale

October 1st, 2019 DEADLINE. Changes to 070 numbering call costs. Phone users will be protected from high charges for calling ‘070’ numbers – which are often mistaken for mobiles but cost much more to call. Ofcom has decided to cap the wholesale cost of connecting 070 calls, to help protect callers from fraud and unexpected call costs. 070 numbers are designed to be used as a ‘follow me’ servi...
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070 numbers – End of Life

Posted on September 28, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

070 Personal Numbers are changing on October 1st, 2019. Are you ready for the change? From October 1st, 2019 the telecom regulations and pricing for 070 numbers will be changing, as all UK 070 numbers are being re-rated to 07 mobile rates. This means that many of our customers will either have to move to 087 numbers or just add some call credit to your customer account to cover your international...
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Are you looking for another VoIP phone provider?

Posted on September 16, 2019May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Are you looking for another VoIP/SIP phone provider, more reliable, with better connectivity and cheaper calls? Try DIDcomms! We have been established since 2004, formerly known as Open Telecom International. We are well known for our impeccable service and support of our customers. Our network is provided by our leading grade 4/5 telecom switch provider Portaone and some of our customers say ...
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