Category: General News

Employee spotlight for March – Lucy

Posted on: 18th March 2024, by Magrathea

For our March staff profile we’ve managed to catch up with Lucy our network manager.  She is leading the team on completing a number of important projects which will future proof the resilience of our network, so we were lucky to grab 5 minutes of her time, catching up with a cup of tea on […]

International Women’s Day 2024

Posted on: 8th March 2024, by Alison Kerevan

As Laura highlighted on last year’s IWD, since its launch in 1911, there have been many battles won and sacrifices made by women across the world, working for equality in all spheres.  Today I would like to cheer for something that I think has remained constant for all time.  I would like to celebrate women […]

March 2024 – Newsletter

Posted on: 6th March 2024, by Alison Kerevan

Welcome to the March newsletter, combining news from Magrathea and around the industry. Call Screening – Telephone Preference Service If you or your customer make sales or marketing calls within the UK you are required to check the TPS database, so you do not contact any member of the public who has registered there (unless […]

Telephone Preference Service

Posted on: 4th March 2024, by Alison Kerevan

Preventing unwanted calls and protecting consumers is a priority in our industry, and there is a great deal of pressure coming from regulators and government to deal with this traffic and minimise the risk to members of the public. We are involved with many industry initiatives and working groups alongside other telcos who take their […]

Tackling Scam Calls

Posted on: 28th February 2024, by Alison Kerevan

Readers of our newsletter will know why we were delighted to receive the recent Ofcom statement confirming that we will not be forced to adopt STIR/ SHAKEN style CLI authentication – for now at least. We had argued that this highly complex and expensive tactic to reduce scam and nuisance calls was disproportionate and unlikely […]

Employee spotlight for February – Ashley

Posted on: 15th February 2024, by Alison Kerevan

  For February we finally managed to catch up with Ashley, she’s not easy to track down as she is always very busy; as well as helping clients she’s often found attending industry meetings or buried deep in rate sheets.   When not seeing wonderful sights of course… What are your favorite things about working for […]