Starting today, Ogi- Wales’s biggest alternative telecoms company- has taken the innovative leap to back the provision of Welsh language on the eero wifi software.

Amazon’s eero delivers fast, reliable and secure wifi to every corner of the home. Using the latest mesh technology, eero brings seamless coverage, whether you’re streaming, gaming, or working from home. The Amazon eero suite of products is available on all Ogi 400, Ogi 500 and Ogi 1Gig packages.

Ogi’s commitment to continuously improving for their Welsh customers is demonstrated through this new partnership. This milestone makes eero one of the few smart home systems to offer Welsh-language support in its mobile app.

Within the eero app, engineers have incorporated familiar Welsh-language terms to further the experience for users.

Speaking about the new feature, Ogi’s Brand Marketing Director, Sarah Vining, said: “Ogi’s mission has always been to provide world-class services that are inherently Welsh.”

“Working with the team at eero, we’re not only bringing cutting-edge technology to Welsh homes but also making it more accessible for our customers, and for users all over Wales too. This partnership reflects our shared vision to make the internet more accessible to everyone.”

“Our mission is to bring fast, reliable, and secure wifi to customers around the world.” said Mark Sieglock, eero EVP, Software and Services. “We’re thrilled to partner with Ogi to add Welsh language support, making the eero app more accessible to Welsh speakers in Wales.”

Welsh language support is now available to all eero users by downloading the latest software update (release 6.47.0)

AN MS has issued a last ditch plea to HSBC to reverse its “unacceptable” decision to axe its Welsh language phone service.

Llŷr Gruffydd, who represents North Wales in the Senedd, has spoken out as January 15, the date when the phone line is due to come to an end fast approaches.

The Plaid Cymru politician said executives at the baking giant still have an “opportunity to do the right thing”.

HSBC came under fire after politicians were informed of the bank’s decision to axe its Welsh language service by letter on Wednesday, November 8.

The Senedd’s Culture Committee wrote to the corporation accusing it of “contempt” towards Welsh speakers.

It added that its “failure to maintain an approach consistent with its values is considered disingenuous and disturbing”.

The committee also questioned statements made by José Carvalho, HSBC’s head of wealth and personal banking, who spoke in front of it on November 29.

The banker said that the Welsh-language helpline receives around 22 calls a day, and that the bank had ended up “with only 6% of the calls that are coming in being answered in Welsh” by them.

However, the committee hit back saying this indicates a fundamental failure of service by the bank because it means 94% of calls to the service are not being answered in Welsh,.

The Committee said that the “low number of calls” to the line “reflects” the bank’s “inability to provide a functioning and coherent service that meets the needs of its Welsh speaking customers.”

Llŷr Gruffydd said: “HSBC still has an opportunity to do the right thing by reversing its unacceptable and wrongheaded decision to bring its Welsh language phone service to an end.

“Executives at HSBC should remember that many customers use their banking services because of its Welsh language phone service.

“The bank argues that there isn’t sufficient demand for the helpline because it receives 22 calls a day on average.

“But it’s abundantly clear from the data that with only 6% of those calls being answered in Welsh, they’ve not been coming anywhere near to providing an adequate service.

“Phone calls that are made to the helpline in Welsh should be answered in Welsh. It’s no wonder that a lot of Welsh speakers have given up on phoning it.

“Instead of scrapping the service HSBC’s should invest in it properly for at least 12 months, and that includes ensuring that it is well-advertised. Then at the end of that period it could make a much better assessment of demand.

“The bank’s pledge to ‘arrange a call back in Welsh, within 3 working days is astonishingly disrespectful to Welsh speakers, as well as utterly insensitive to the financial pressures some people will face.

“For a significant number of people, accessing their bank through Welsh is not a ‘choice’ as HSBC claimed.

“HSBC say they ‘have confirmed that all customers can bank in English’, which is frankly an attitude that belongs to the last century. It is also untrue, especially for many elderly and vulnerable people.

“There is understandably a huge amount of anger and frustration right across Wales with HSBC’s general attitude towards the Welsh language.

“Recently I was contacted by a constituent who was quite rightly angry because she had been asked by a member of HSBC’s customer care team to resend a Welsh language query in English.

“That is one of many examples of HSBC’s complete and utter disregard for Welsh speakers.

“As a Welsh speaker myself and as a member of the Senedd’s Culture Committee, I share the real sense of frustration that’s out there.

“Many of their customers in Wales have also seen their local branches close over the last decade.

“The impact of this on their older customers is particularly acute, as well as those who don’t have access to digital technology.

“Though HSBC likes to describe itself as the world’s local bank, it is abundantly clear that this is not the case in Wales as it abandons Welsh speakers and abandons our high streets by shutting down local branches.”

CYFLWYNODD ei rieni ef i ochr ymarferol ‘tir a da byw’ ffermio yn ifanc iawn, ond i Dylan Morgan, a aned yn Sir Gaerfyrddin, Cyswllt Ffermio sy’n rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r unigolyn yma a raddiodd mewn rheoli adeiladu. Dywedodd Dylan fod Cyswllt Ffermio wedi rhoi’r sgiliau a’r wybodaeth sydd eu hangen arno i fod y ffermwr ifanc blaengar a hyderus ydyw heddiw.

“A’r peth sy’n wych amdano yw, nad oedd rhaid i mi eistedd trwy oriau o ddarlithoedd theori amaeth am dair blynedd!”

Dywedodd Dylan mai agwedd Cyswllt Ffermio at ei holl wasanaethau hyfforddi a throsglwyddo gwybodaeth yw cyflwyno popeth ar y lefel gywir ar gyfer ffermwyr prysur ond profiadol sy’n gweithio.

“Mae’n ddull o ddysgu ar sail ‘angen gwybod’ sy’n apelio’n fawr ataf gan fy mod yn gallu gwneud lle iddo o amgylch fy nyletswyddau fferm ac ymrwymiadau eraill,” meddai Dylan.

Nid oedd gan Dylan unrhyw fwriad i ddod yn ffermwr pan adawodd Brifysgol Abertawe yn 2011, ond ar ôl ychydig fisoedd yn unig o ffermio’n llawn amser ar fferm bîff a defaid 360 erw ei deulu ger Llanymddyfri, newidiodd ei feddwl yn llwyr.

Roedd yn amlwg yn benderfyniad cywir i’r teulu cyfan ac mae Dylan (32) bellach wedi bod yn ffermio gartref ers bron i un mlynedd ar ddeg.

“Roeddwn i wastad wedi mwynhau helpu gartref pryd bynnag roedd gen i amser rhydd, felly roeddwn i wedi hen arfer ag ochr ymarferol ffermio, ond gan na astudiais i amaethyddiaeth yn y brifysgol, roeddwn i’n teimlo bod yna lawer nad oeddwn i’n ei wybod am iechyd anifeiliaid, pridd a rheoli glaswelltir a’r holl elfennau eraill o ffermio sy’n hanfodol i wella effeithlonrwydd ar y fferm.

“Mae’n hanfodol, fel ffermwyr, fod gan bob un ohonom y wybodaeth sydd ei hangen arnom a systemau yn eu lle i chwarae ein rhan i gadw at y safonau uchaf o les anifeiliaid, cynhyrchu da byw o’r ansawdd uchaf, gan hefyd warchod ein hamgylchedd naturiol a lleihau ein hôl troed carbon.”

Yn gefnogwyr hirdymor gwasanaeth Cynghori Cyswllt Ffermio, a welodd Dylan, ei dad a ffermwyr lleol eraill yn cael cyngor ar faterion yn cynnwys cynllunio rheoli maetholion, archwiliadau carbon a rheoli glaswelltir, mae Dylan yn rhoi llawer o’i amser hamdden i’w ddatblygiad personol.

Gan ddibynnu’n drwm ar ei swyddog datblygu lleol, Alun Bowen, i roi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf iddo am yr hyn sydd ar gael, mae Alun wedi cyfeirio Dylan – yn aml yng nghwmni ei dad – at nifer o weithdai iechyd a lles anifeiliaid ar bynciau’n amrywio o ffrwythlondeb y ddiadell a cholledion wyna i wneud y mwyaf o gynhyrchiant buchod sugno, cloffni a rheoli tir. Mae Dylan hefyd wedi dilyn cyrsiau hyfforddi byr â chymhorthdal ac mae’n defnyddio ystod gynhwysfawr y rhaglen o fodiwlau e-ddysgu a ariennir yn llawn yn rheolaidd.

“Mae dysgu ar-lein, mewn cyfnodau byr o 20 munud, gyda chwis ar ddiwedd pob modiwl i sicrhau eich bod wedi cymryd yr holl wybodaeth allweddol i mewn, yn ffordd wych o gynyddu eich gwybodaeth.”

Mae Dylan wedi canolbwyntio’n bennaf ar bynciau iechyd anifeiliaid yn ogystal â rheoli pridd a glaswelltir oherwydd ei fod yn credu’n gryf mewn mabwysiadu agwedd gyfannol at y fferm, gydag ‘arfer gorau ym mhopeth a wnawn’ yn rhan o’u hagenda cynaliadwyedd.

“Diolch i fy ngwybodaeth a sgiliau newydd a thrwy weithredu rhai o’r systemau newydd rydym wedi dysgu amdanynt trwy Cyswllt Ffermio, rydym bellach yn bwydo’r stoc yn llawer mwy effeithlon.

“Mae hyn wedi lleihau ein mewnbynnau’n sylweddol wrth wella perfformiad stoc a chynhyrchiant ac rydym hefyd wedi lleihau lefelau cloffni.”

Mae’r teulu’n sgorio cyflwr y corff yn rheolaidd ac yn meincnodi eu holl stoc ac yn dweud bod cyfrif wyau ysgarthol a phrofi elfennau hybrin trwy Cyswllt Ffermio wedi rhoi gwybodaeth werthfawr iddynt sy’n golygu eu bod wedi lleihau eu dibyniaeth ar driniaethau gwrthlyngyrol drwy fabwysiadu dull wedi’i dargedu’n well.

Gyda’i holl gyflawniadau dysgu wedi’u storio ar-lein yn ei gofnod personol y Storfa Sgiliau, mae Dylan yn dweud bod y system yn ffordd ddefnyddiol o nodi unrhyw feysydd y mae’n dal eisiau dysgu amdanynt.

“Mae ffermio yn ddiwydiant sy’n esblygu ac felly mae angen i ffermwyr o bob cenhedlaeth wybod eu bod yn ddigon gwybodus i wynebu’r cyfleoedd a’r heriau sydd o’u blaenau.”

Mae Cyswllt Ffermio yn cael ei ddarparu gan Menter a Busnes a Lantra Cymru a’i ariannu gan Lywodraeth Cymru a Chronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer Datblygu Gwledig.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am holl wasanaethau cymorth a hyfforddiant Cyswllt Ffermio ewch i https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/cy neu ffoniwch eich swyddog datblygu Cyswllt Ffermio lleol.