Category: Regulation

Ofcom has announced it is reviewing whether it needs to take action and implement tougher protections for consumers.

Ofcom was notified of the Openreach Equinox 2 FTTP offer on 14th December 2022 and has opened a consultation so others can give their feedback.

Changes to teh Building Regulations 2010 should ensure that almost all new homes get a Gigabit broadband option and for those renting a new process to help people get wayleave issues resolved due to the landlord ignoring requests came into effect on 26th December 2022.

Due to the links to Russia via L1T FM Holdings UK Ltd and parent company LetterOne the UK Government is asking for a security review and a sale of assets to firms without Russian links.

The second largest full fibre network operators in the UK has filed a complaint with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Ofcom against Openreach and its aggressive strategy.

Annual price rises in broadband used to be annoying at around 50p a month when they only affected out of contract customers but many paying £33.99/m now are facing a rise of £39/m in April. Labour wants Cap to quickly change its rules to avoid bargain hunters getting drawn into false economy deals.

With all the coverage of annual price rises it is hard to not know that some firms put their price up once or twice a year but with busy lives and more important things to do we can see how millions will have missed this.

Ofcom is cracking down on scammers spoofing real phone numbers of companies to try and fool the public into answering calls.

The shadow secretary for digital, culture, media and sport Lucy Powell has laid out Labours policy around broadband pricing with the aim of ensuring people can afford broadband rather than it being another financial burden.

Ofcom has published updated details on numbers using broadband social tariffs and telling broadband, phone and TV service providers to consider whether large price rises are justified at this time.