Category: General News

2024 Round Up

Posted on: 19th December 2024, by Tracey Wright

I know I say this every year, but the last 12 months has passed by in a serious hurry!  I guess it’s no wonder time has sped up with so much going on. Even without all the external distractions of elections, budgets, international conflict and weather-related disasters, our own corner of the universe has been […]

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It’s Christmas Jumper Day!

Posted on: 12th December 2024, by Magrathea

Today is Christmas Jumper Day and in true Magrathean style we are embracing the opportunity to have a little bit of fun, don our best festive jumpers and raise some money for a very good cause. Every year Save the Children encourage people to wear their favourite Christmas jumpers to raise funds for vulnerable children […]

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December staff profile – Jem

Posted on: 10th December 2024, by Magrathea

This month’s we caught up with Jem – who is a porting specialist and is part of the porting team, responsible for processing porting orders and dealing with porting enquiries. We wanted to know a bit more about what she does and find out a little bit more about her…   Tell us a bit […]

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December 2024 – Newsletter

Posted on: 5th December 2024, by Magrathea

Good afternoon and welcome to the December newsletter, combining news from Magrathea and around the industry – for the last time in 2024! What’s included   Preparing for January’s CLI changes – date announced! Protect your revenue over the holidays How to find useful information about your account Service Spotlight: Secure RTP Resilience and security […]

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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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International Fraud Awareness Week

Posted on: 28th November 2024, by Magrathea

As we reflect on last week’s International Fraud Awareness Week, we have been thinking about how far the telecoms industry has come in trying to tackle telecom fraud, since 2018 when Ofcom first published new General Conditions of Entitlement (you can see what we wrote here)   Telecom Fraud is an increasingly sophisticated threat targeting […]

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