What is Number Porting?
Very simply, number porting is the process of moving an existing phone number from one service provider to a new one. Number porting is beneficial to your company because it allows you to move to a new service provider that…
Emergency phone numbers for calling in ‘sexual intimidation’
Late April the media brought the remarkable news that "Cannes film festival implements emergency phone numbers for sexual harassment". The headlines were hard to miss, and especially film producer Harvey Weinstein had to endure a lot because of his sexual…
Foreign phone numbers of great value for the transport sector
Since June 15, 2017, the European Roaming Regulation has been enforced whereby telecoms customers in member states of the European Economic Area (EEA) can take advantage of “roam like at home” rules. This means that wherever you may be in…
National phone numbers remain of great value for travelers
Good news for all travelers that venture outside their borders and want to make calls from abroad! From July 1 2017 on European law forbids mobile providers to calculate extra costs for calling and using the internet abroad any more.…
The importance of foreign phone numbers
Foreign phone numbers in those countries where your company is active, are important assets when it comes to running a successful business. Foreign phone numbers Make sure your foreign customers and consumers can reach your business, with phone numbers from…
Part 8 | The future of telecommunications
This is the last part in our series. We've guided you trough almost 200 years of telecommunications, from the invention of Morse code to digital telephony and smartphones. Now it's time to take a look at what the future has in store for us,
Part 7 | The rise of digital telephony
In this series we explore the history of telecommunications in all its facets. We already told you about the rise and evolution of toll-free servive numbers and the first mobile phone. In this article you'll learn more about the further…
Part 6 | Toll-free service numbers
In this series we explore the history of telecommunications in all its facets. Our previous two articles in the series discussed innovations in hardware, such as the 'mobile'car phone and the first actual mobile phone. Parallel to these inventions ran…
Part 5 | Martin Cooper’s first mobile phone
In this series we explore the history of telecommunications in all its facets. In the previous installment of this series we discussed the first 'mobile' phones: huge machines that could only be used from the trunk of a car. Now…
Part 4 | Area codes and the first portable phone
In this series we explore the history of telecommunications in all its facets. After World War 2 the development of telecommunications took a flight, and just like with earlier innovations AT&T and Bell Laboratories were leading the movement. Already in…