Category: Articles

Introduction to the MAGIC Portal

Posted on: 19th March 2025, by Magrathea

The Magrathea Integrated Connect (MAGIC) Portal is our one-stop shop for access to all our applications. This short video gives a demonstration of how it works. If you do not have access and would like this set up,  please contact us by emailing support@magrathea-telecom.co.uk

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Migrating to SOGEA? Don’t forget your phone number!

Posted on: 4th March 2025, by Magrathea

As everyone is aware by now (one would hope!), if all goes to plan all Openreach products that rely on the existing copper based PSTN network will cease to work come January 2027.   To that end, the sale of new connections is only offered via fibre-based solutions. The collection of products that are winding down […]

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Voice is still important, especially for altnets!

Posted on: 4th February 2025, by Magrathea

As a wholesale voice specialist, it is no surprise that we are big fans of voice calls.  Of course, we all know that the volume of calls overall has declined with the popularity of messaging and video increasing, but declining does not equal disappearing. As we wrote about here, we firmly believe that human nature […]

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Premium Rate Services (PRS) – regulatory body changes

Posted on: 4th December 2024, by Magrathea

As you may be aware, the regulatory responsibility for Premium Rate services (PRS) will formally pass from the Pre-Paid Services Authority (PSA) to Ofcom on the 1st February 2025. Ofcom published a consultation in January 2024, where they introduced their draft PRS Order.   Ofcom has since published its consultation statement, the key points to […]

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Closing the loopholes on scam callers

Posted on: 15th August 2024, by Magrathea

Plenty has been written, year on year, about the industry efforts to squash scam and nuisance calls. A cynic could suggest that it’s a whole lot of talk and not much action, but that would be unfair.  Lots has been going on, but the nature of the problem means the challenges morph and evolve over […]

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