If you're self employed show off that your local.

If you're a self employed  and offer a service to a local community then the most important thing is your local network and you should be promoting that fact that you are a part of the community. The good news it that you can do this with out even making contact with your market. You could have the name of your local area in your company name, but if you don't want to do that or have already got a good name you should ensure you have a local contact number. As this is something that everyone will see especially if they want to use your service.

One of the problems that a lot of self employed people have is that they rely on there mobile phones as without them they're unable to take calls on the move. Displaying a local area number and answering it on a mobile devise would be the ideal situation. One of the easiest ways of doing this is to get a virtual number and then direct the calls toward the device you wish to answer it on. This gives you the benefit of a local number, which puts across a good image and give you the local feel you want. While answering it on a mobile device gives you the flexibility and freedom to get on with the jobs you have. 

Who's listening to your mobile calls

Hacker at work recording your calls

Mobile communications have changed the world and most people find it hard to get through their day without using their mobile phone. Phone calls have always been a personal thing and It’s not uncommon to leave a room of people when you’re phone rings. After all you don’t always want other people to hear your conversation as it might be private. But what if people didn’t need to be in the same room as you to listen to or even record your calls, look through your contacts, read your text messages or even change settings, for example, switch on the microphone. 

Unfortunately this is exactly what hackers are able to do, with just a small amount of equipment and a bit of time. They can set up a rogue cell and as your phone will automatically roam to the strongest signal, if they are close by your phone connects to them and you are at their mercy. In many cases the information they steal can be very valuable or sensitive and can have a major effect on businesses and individuals. So who does this? People who want a story to sell to the media, unethical competitors, anyone who can gain a financial advantage or advance their cause, someone with a grudge and last but not least, criminals.


What can be done to stop your mobile calls from being intercepted or hacked? There are many different options that are available to ensure that your calls are secure. Applications that can be downloaded and run on the handset are proving to be a popular solution. Most of these require the same application to be running on the both the caller and receiver’s handsets and security only works within a closed user group. Ideally, the best solution would be one where an application provides security whoever you call whether land line or mobile and also when you receive a call from anyone, anywhere.



Anyone who doubts the ease with which mobile phones can be attacked can search YouTube for a demonstration or Google for all the technical details. Key search words are “IMSI catcher” “Mobile phone spying” “Cell phone hacking”

4G in the UK

So it's happened 4G has gone live in the UK and will be available via EE in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton with 2,000 square miles of 4G network promised to be added every month.

We'll be able to offer a range of data only packages to fulfill everyone's needs and we'll be announcing our prices in the coming week.

Bonded 3G – High Capacity Mobile Broadband

People want to be able to use technology to share, gather and publish information. They also want to distribute this information as quickly as possible. This is one of the reasons that Mobile connectivity has been so popular as it gives you the ability to share information as quickly as possible. However what happens when you are using an application that requires a high bandwidth or to support multiple users?  Is there a portable solution that can give you the connectivity you want while being able to supply sufficient bandwidth?

Anvil Mobile believes in providing connectivity solutions that really work for you, are easy to manage, easy to maintain and most importantly will supply the connectivity you need. That’s why we offer a bonded solution.   

Of all the bonded options, 3G is probably the most groundbreaking. Up until now, companies requiring remote internet access, or even temporary access, have had to rely on satellite communications to be able to achieve anything like a workable solution. Satellite communication has improved over the years, but is still expensive and crucially still has the latency (delay) that causes so many applications to struggle.

By taking a number (up to 6) of Anvil SIM cards, users are able to utilise the bandwidth from each as a single connection, thus multiplying the available bandwidth by the number of SIMs in use. Typically we use SIMs from 3 separate operators in order to maximise the performance and reliability. All operators have occasional downtime and can suffer from bottlenecks when parts of the network are congested, however, using 3 separate networks mitigates the risk and provides the most robust service.

Anvil has a bonded solution provided as a managed service. This means customers don’t need to have two bonding devices e.g. one remote and one at head office. Aggregation servers within the network remove the need for two devices and just the remote device is all that is required. This saves on the cost of the equipment and maintenance and provides a connection that is constantly monitored and managed to provide a more reliable service.

3 Channel Solution - Portability – small form factor - Hot swappable modules - Rapid deployment

6 Channel Solution -Industrial unit - Up to 6 hot swappable modules - Ideal for broadcast video - Rapid deployment



For more information on bonded 3G, please click here to go to our website.