Posted on: 24th February 2026, by Magrathea
In our newsletter in August 2025 – when the weather was sunny, dry and warm – we highlighted the proposed Statement of Strategic Priorities for telecommunications (SSP) from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) while it was in consultation. Now in a dark, cold and wet winter, the draft is to lie for […]
Read MorePosted on: 22nd January 2026, by Magrathea
Summary With the Openreach WLR shutdown now just one year away, much attention is rightly focused on customer migrations, but less visible — and equally significant — changes are happening at carrier level. The transition from TDM to IP interconnection is not simply a technology upgrade; it represents a fundamental shift in how voice networks […]
Read MorePosted on: 9th December 2025, by Tracey Wright
As has become my tradition here is a brief roundup of our year at Magrathea. I hope you will enjoy, but if you are simply too busy to read what has become quite a lengthy update (it’s been a busy year!), the key message is that I want to wish all of our clients, suppliers […]
Read MorePosted on: 4th November 2025, by Magrathea
As we head into winter and the UK braces for inevitable storms, we started preparing a fairly routine reminder about resilience and avoiding single points of failure. We know that when we write these topics, we are often preaching to the converted or stating the obvious – but a number of recent events across the […]
Read MorePosted on: 30th September 2025, by Magrathea
In order to inform their proposals for regulating the wholesale call termination market, Ofcom conducted quantitative research with SMEs and Consumers into their use of landline, mobile and online communication services (OCS) and reasons for any changes. So, we took a look at the published key findings to see how well they align to the […]
Read MorePosted on: 2nd September 2025, by Magrathea
Regular readers will know that we work hard to stamp out fraud, not only within our network at Magrathea, but also at an industry level through our work at Comms Council UK and the NICC. That’s why we are particularly disappointed with Ofcom’s latest consultation on Calling Line Identification (CLI) spoofing. How we got […]
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