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12 Aug 2009

An Abbreviated Guide to Free Mobile Phone Applications

Posted in Others, Phone Services by Robin James

The following is a list of free mobile applications available with different phone types:

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04 Aug 2009

0870 numbers: The Big Change – How Are You Coping?

Posted in Office Tips, Phone Services, Small Business by Robin James

After years of anticipation, stress and panic, the day of big change finally arrived. On the 1st of August 2009, Ofcom’s proposed plans came in action, ensuring that callers to 0870 numbers paid no more than a local area call. This left the owners of these numbers patting their pockets, wondering how they were going [...]

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27 May 2009

Business phone numbers in the UK – A Small Guide

Posted in Phone Services by Robin James

The UK has a bewildering plethora of business numbers. This article endeavors to demystify them:

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11 May 2009

Facts about a toll free business number

Posted in Phone Services by Robin James

A toll-free or freephone number is a special number where the caller is not charged the cost of the call. In the UK, toll free numbers are prefixed by several numeric combination’s, the most familiar being 0800, 0800 and 0808. The cost of the call is charged by the telephone service operator to the called [...]

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08 May 2009

Ofcom all set to ‘encourage’ a drop in costs of calls to 0870 numbers

Posted in Phone Services by Robin James

In keeping with Ofcom’s statutory duty to further customer interests, it has announced new rules aimed at persuading communication providers to drop their rates for calls directed to 0870 numbers and to include these non-geographic numbers in similar call packages as geographic calls.

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