December 2025: BT To Switch Off PSTN Networks

Since 2008, BT has been planning to roll out the big copper switch off of all PSTN and ISDN services throughout the UK ...

The Internet: Is It Evolution Or Revolution?

The internet, the net, the information superhighway, the web, www, the virtual world, cyberspace. What is it really?

How Vulnerable Is Your Smartphone?

I talk often about phishing emails that can lead to hackers penetrating your networks. Smartphones are also vulnerable ...

Downtime Vs Down Time

In today's technological world, there is an urgency to have all systems up and running 24 hours of the day, seven days a week ...

Social Engineering: It All Started With A Game!

Imagine you are scrolling through Facebook and your friend has posted a quiz that asks for personal details such as your birthday ...

How Do Customers Contact You?

Your customers see your Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn pages and read all about you. But how do they contact you?

There's no let up on Trojans, Malware And Hacking

This week has been the turn of telephony software company 3CX to have one of their most used applets compromised ...

Firewalls: Test, Test And Test Again!

What do your IT systems, servers, IP telephone systems, network-connected mobile phones all have in common?

Should You Us Wired Or WiFi?

Back in the day, all routers by the likes of BT, TalkTalk, Sky Broadband and Virgin Media were designed for one function ...

We Are Massively Reliant On Technology

How often have you heard someone say they can't work because their system is down or the WiFi keeps dropping out?

IoT: The Internet Of Things - Part 2

The phrase 'Internet of Things' (IoT) reminds me of when a person can’t remember a name of a particular item ...

IoT: The Internet Of Things - Part 1

Over the past 25 years, the Internet become a place for more than just websites to be displayed and for us to find information ...

Happy 60th To The BTS UK Blog!

Every week I have to inform readers of the latest technology trends and, more importantly, how to stay safe ...

Changes To Business Telephony And Communications For 2023 - Part 3

I want your business to run efficiently and to watch you grow, not be hampered by miss-matched technology ...

How Secure Are Your Business Networks?

The Colonial pipeline was recently subject to a ransomware attack by the Russian hacker group Darkside ...

Not All Sausage Rolls Are The Same!

You can buy a Sausage Roll from almost anywhere these days. You can even get them in supermarkets and petrol stations ...

Changes To Business Telephony And Communications For 2023 - Part 2

In 2023, we have both the energy crisis and the cost-of-living crisis, so we don't need a telephony and communications crisis too ...

Changes To Business Telephony And Communications For 2023 - Part 1

In 2023, we have both the energy crisis and the cost-of-living crisis, so we don't need a telephony and communications crisis too ...