Posted on: 10th November 2026, by Magrathea
Welcome to the November edition of MagInsights, bringing together the latest news from Magrathea and developments from across the industry. In this edition Magrathea at 25: Creating Our Future Ofcom fine for numbering misuse Ofcom launch a traceback trial Reminder: Christmas porting hours Reminder: WLR Shutdown Reminder: Is your Fraud Warning contact up to date? […]
Read MoreIn the first article in our 25th anniversary series, our founder, Linus, reflected on his career and how that led to the creation of Magrathea. In the second, Martyn – our Technical Director and a shareholder from the very early days – explored how our business and the wider industry have developed over the past […]
Read MorePosted on: 31st October 2026, by Magrathea
As part of our 25th anniversary, we’ve spent some time reminiscing and some time thinking about what the next 25 years might bring. But as it’s Halloween, we thought we’d consider the slightly scarier possibilities. Naturally, we asked AI to help. Perhaps that was our first mistake… From opinionated appliances and endless subscriptions to the […]
Read MorePosted on: 6th October 2026, by Magrathea
Welcome to the October edition of MagInsights, bringing together the latest news from Magrathea and developments from across the industry. In this edition Business Switching and Porting Sharing data to help tackle telecoms fraud Ofcom investigation into numbering misuse Reminder: The cost of waiting to migrate Service Spotlight: Secure RTP Service Spotlight: Telehouse Co-Location Events […]
Read MorePosted on: 8th September 2026, by Magrathea
This month we’re catching up with Vahed, a Developer and member of our highly skilled dev team. Working behind the scenes, the team helps to develop and improve the systems and features that support both our colleagues and clients. We took a moment to chat with Vahed about his role, what he enjoys about working […]
Read MorePosted on: 3rd September 2026, by Magrathea
Welcome to the September edition of MagInsights, bringing together the latest news from Magrathea and developments from across the industry. In this edition Closing the mobile CLI spoofing loophole: has Ofcom got it right? Reminder: Account Authentication Service Spotlight: Integrate our status updates with your systems Service Spotlight: Number re-hosting Product Preview: Wholesale Mobile update […]
Read MorePosted on: 1st September 2026, by Magrathea
Last year we wrote about Ofcom’s proposals to close the mobile CLI spoofing loophole and questioned whether there were some fairly significant holes in the plan. We wholeheartedly supported the intention of stopping fraudsters overseas from presenting UK mobile numbers to make their calls look more trustworthy, but we had serious concerns about the proposed […]
Read MorePosted on: 26th August 2026, by Magrathea
For National Dog Day, we’ve once again handed over the keyboard, briefly, to Dash, Magrathea’s Chief Pawsitivity Officer. Following the overwhelming success of his previous updates (according to Dash), he recently accepted a temporary promotion to Director of Office Refurbishment. After all, someone had to make sure the humans didn’t make a complete mess of […]
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