About

In April 2004 I co-founded and became CTO of Timico, a UK based Communications Provider. Since that time the company has grown rapidly including 4 consecutive years in the Sunday Times/Microsoft Techtrack 100 (10th, 4th, 23rd and 58th). and in 2009 we had made it to number 7 in the Deloitte Technology 50 (25th in Europe).

I am a co-founder and council member of the UK Internet Telephony Service Providers’ Association, was for four years a board member of the SIP Forum and am on the Industrial Panel of Bangor University School of Engineering. Since 2008 I have been a council member of the UK Internet Services Providers Association ISPA.

More recently I have served on the Advisory Panel to The Department of culture Media and Sport for IPv6 and the Information Commissioners Office Technology Review Panel.

Timico has grown both organically and by acquisition (Atlas Internet, KeConnect, Twang.net, NewNet, HandHeldPC and PowerNet) and now has in the region of 19,000 business customers ranging from FTSE100 organisations, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises down to very small businesses. The Group has won many significant awards including the ITSPA Award for Best Unified ITSP, ISPA Best Dedicated Hosting and Best Consumer ISP.

The Timico Group is able to provide a wide range of communications products and services. The company owns its own VoIP infrastructure, operates an MPLS backbone and manages data-centres both inside and outside the M25.

O2 and Vodafone service provision licenses and a strong relationship with BT and other Tier 1 carriers completes the network connectivity part of the portfolio. Timico is a regular participant in BT technology trials.

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Lesley July 11, 2011 at 11:01 am

Dear Trefor

Do you communicate with consumers, ie end users of CPs’ services? I am one and am currently in training to run a business online.
I have an issue with LLU and number mobility and wondered whether you’d be willing to respond.
With kind regards,
Lesley

tref July 11, 2011 at 11:21 am

Lesley
Give me a shout in the office via voice or email if you like or by all means continue with this thread with any specific questions.
Tref

Lesley July 11, 2011 at 12:05 pm

Many thanks, Tref. Will do.
Lesley

Nic du Feu August 11, 2011 at 11:15 am

Nice one Trefor

Dave Woodcock January 26, 2012 at 11:12 pm

Hi Tref,

It was good to meet you in Bray tonight at the Dell event. The chips made the night for me and the company was good too. I’m a heavy user on linkedIn but use it as a security forum for bouncing ideas around but I can see I could learn a lot from your blog content. I’ve just started helping a partner called Assuria with theirs as an avenue to discuss some security good practise and they were also at the event tonight.

Good luck

Dave

tref January 30, 2012 at 7:57 am

Thanks Dave – it’s good to get about and meet people. Security is a very interesting field ot be in at the moment and it is going to get more so I’m sure

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tref

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