Category: Regulation

Back in August 2004 a voluntary code of practice was launched for handling migrations - it seems Ofcom may soon be about to review this.

Ofcom has this week published updated guidelines on how investigations will take place into allegations of undue discrimination by companies which are determined to have "Significant Market Power (SMP)". This applies to companies which have a dominant position within a specific market.

The Office of the Telecoms Adjudicator has published his monthly update. The update indicates that LLU lines are growing at around 4,000 per week.

New regulations are due to come into effect which control the number of satellite and radio antennas that can be fitted to a property.

Ofcom has published the results of its own-initiative investigation into the problems Bulldog were having earlier in 2005.

Mr Peter Black has issued the September 2005 LLU update, from the Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator.

The European commission has authorised the funding for a broadband project that is aimed at bridging the digitial divide in parts of the UK.

The Network Interoperability Consultative Committee (NICC) has published the latest revision to the ANFP document which controls what signals can be passed down telephone lines in the UK.

In response to regulatory calls for operational separation, the BT group has today launched its openreach division that will be charged with installing new lines, upgrading the local network and maintaining the green cabinets at the side of the road.

The Telecommunications Adjudicator Update for August 2005 shows the UK has having over 105,000 unbundled lines.