Yesterday I retweeted a link to an article which appeared in Abu Dhabi’s The National entitled Genuine competition needed in telecoms. The article is extremely pertinent and timely given Thursday’s IRG/ERG press release regarding the creation of BEREC, the election of its officers and secretariat and the decision to locate the body in Brussels. (Acronym [...]
You’ve probably detected a little frustration in the posts on this blog. It’s become a bit of a crusade really – this desire for a level playing field for fixed and mobile communications providers. Unfortunately, more than 25 years since their introduction, 0800 “freephone” numbers are still not free when dialled from most UK mobile [...]
Dear Bill and Sian I am shocked and extremely disappointed to see the following text on your on your website in relation to your 03 contact number: “Calls cost no more than calls to 01/02 geographic numbers, although calls from mobiles will vary according to your provider.” Worse still, the text which appears on the [...]
I’m very pleased to have read a couple of stories in the telecoms press about approval of iPhone applications which help users save money on calls from their mobile handsets. Typically these involve the provision of alternative numbers – such as Simon Maddox 0870 Android and iPhone application. iPhone approval was a long time coming. [...]
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