As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Romanie Thomas, CEO of Chatsie about smartphones for seniors, the core value of simplicity and learning from difficult experiences.
17.10.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Jenna Banks, Marketing Director at Slice Mobile, about shaking up the mobile experience, starting from zero and bringing the concept of ownership to life.
08.10.2024
eSIMs are here, and they’re shaking up the mobile world. GSMA predicts that by 2030, 75% of smartphone users will have made the switch, with over 14 million eSIM devices flooding the market.
27.09.2024
If you had the opportunity to purchase a smartphone in recent years, it’s likely that you’ve stumbled upon the eSIM feature. We’ve all been using SIM cards for decades, but this new technology is bringing various advantages to our smartphones and daily lives.
30.08.2024
The world of telecoms is at a pivotal moment. Interest rates are rising while the sector’s approach to sustainability is becoming increasingly determined and energetic. Taken together, this means that supply chains are in a position to accelerate their journey to becoming cleaner and ‘greener’. That’s good news for everyone – and a lesson for other industries grappling with the transition to net zero.
20.08.2024
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions have revolutionised how businesses communicate, offering a host of features that traditional phone systems can’t match. Implementing VoIP can significantly enhance your business operations, improve customer interactions, and drive growth.
28.06.2024
As part of our quick founder questions series - or QFQs - we spoke to Andy Aitken, co-founder and CEO of Honest about disrupting the telecoms industry, putting purpose at the centre of a business and why customers should be proud of the mobile network.
18.05.2024
Consumer attitudes towards sustainability are changing. According to a 2022 survey, two-thirds of people in the UK now consider the environmental impact of what they buy. Nine in every ten believe it’s important for companies to ‘do social good’ and have a reputation for doing so, making ethical practices a key ingredient for business success.
24.04.2024
Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world adapted to social distancing measures and lockdowns, we saw a worldwide shift towards digitalisation. Businesses rapidly learned that if they wanted to stay afloat, they would need new digital strategies to connect with consumers.
18.07.2022
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Alex Fitzgerald, founder and CEO of Cuckoo Broadband, about its fresh approach to the broadband market, focusing on customer service and giving back to those in need.
23.06.2022
You might have heard – the UK traditional phone network is about to become a thing of the past. Essentially BT Openreach is aiming to transfer more than 14 million legacy phones from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to internet-based, digital services by the end of 2025.
16.02.2022
The phone network as we know it’s on its way out. In a move to embrace fully internet-based communications, Openreach (a division of BT) is phasing out the public switched telephone network (PSTN) at the end of 2025. A while away, you might think, but changes are happening as we speak.
12.01.2022
We’re all familiar with the copper wire telephone network: in use since 1876, it’s kept business communications going for years. Since its invention, the public switch telephone network (PSTN) has seen a lot of changes: it's gone from manual switching, which required a human operator, to electronic switching; from just simple copper wires to fibre cables and cellular networks.
15.12.2021
Office landlines will be extinct by the end of the decade according to the latest Ofcom data. For many SMEs, this will come as no surprise: in 2021, there’s no shortage of channels through which to contact a business.
16.11.2021