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Final statement: Personal numbering – Review of the 070 number range

Posted on October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 by Daniel Kobale

Final statement published 1 October 2018 070 numbers are designed to be used for personal or ‘follow-me’ services. When someone calls a 070 number, their communications provider pays a wholesale termination charge to the 070 service provider for the call to reach the recipient. The caller is then charged a retail price by their communications provider for making that call. As part of the Call ...
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How to Use a VPN with VOIP

Posted on October 4, 2018May 7, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Fix VOIP audio and connectivity issues with a VPN Unblock Skype, Viber, and Google Hangouts Secure your video and voice chats with 256-bit encryption Save money on international calls Get instant access to more sites and services from anywhere in the world Get ExpressVPN Why use a VPN for VoIP? Freedom Some countries in the Middle East and Asia block VoIP services like Skype...
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OpenTAP access number changes

Posted on October 3, 2018February 25, 2021 by Daniel Kobale

Due to the new Ofcom regulation changes effective immediately you are required to change the access number for OpenTAP Due to legislation and regulation changes, Ofcom has decided that as of October 1st, 2019 all 070 Personal Numbers will be re-rated to the cost of a mobile call. Therefore we can no longer support OpenTAP on the current access numbers 07045607101 or 07011106620. You must therefor...
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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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Asterisk configurations for sip.conf and extensions.conf

Posted on July 14, 2018March 28, 2023 by Daniel Kobale

DIDcomms is completely compatible with VICIdial and Asterisk. These are some configurations that we have used with our clients to configure their Asterisk and VICIdial SIP/VoIP servers. Our IP addresses for inbound/outbound: sip.franzcom.com 5.144.84.191 5.144.88.163 Account entry for OUTGOING SIP IP authentication. username= secret= disallow=all allow=ulaw allow=ala...
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CPS – Calls Per Second

Posted on July 13, 2018June 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

Calls Per Second CPS is a very common metric used in the telecommunications industry. CPS describes the number of simultaneous calls a telecoms system or network can successfully handle each second. CPS is often used to refer to the processing power of telecommunications networks, but a more accurate measure for call processing is actually Call Attempts Per Second or CAPS.
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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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Ofcom removes 3% ‘safe harbour’ for abandoned calls

Posted on June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 by Daniel Kobale

Ofcom no longer tolerates "abandoned calls" also known as "dropped calls" from call centre traffic. UK industry regulator Ofcom is increasingly showing its teeth, with an ever-growing number of fines being handed down to its rule-breakers. In fact, the majority of these new fines have been related to silent and abandoned calls. According to Phil Reynolds, Joint CEO at call recording vendor ...
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Disable SIP ALG and Forward NAT Ports to Stop Dropped Calls

Posted on June 25, 2018July 25, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

How to open my firewall for VoIP? A VoIP phone system offers your company voice and video calling, presence, business phone system functions, IM, and other communications features. But if your office network is improperly configured, these leading features might not work at all. In fact, internet problems can stop VoIP calls from even taking place. Your office internet connection is likely con...
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International calls to DIDcomms 084, 087 and 070 numbers from other countries

Posted on May 5, 2018May 15, 2020 by Daniel Kobale

International call from other countries is now available on our 084, 087 and 070 numbers For a long time now DIDcomms (previously known as Open Telecom International) has had trouble with our 084, 087 and 070 numbers not being able to be called from international phone lines. We have had a lot of customer reports about this and our investigations led us back to BT.com. In light of all the evidenc...
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