Category: Regulation
Ofcom brings fairer pricing for vulnerable and out of contract customers
Ofcom has announced measures to protect vulnerable customers and extracted price commitments from providers so that out of contract customers will not get such a raw deal.
Committee says Government has failed to reduce rural urban broadband gap
After all the years of work from the numerous BDUK projects and a growing number of community initiatives the House of Commons EFRA Committee is still saying the Government has failed to close the gap for broadband problems.
5G competition and changes to mobile mast rules under consultation
To try and stimulate the roll-out of 5G in rural areas a competition is underway under the Rural Connected Communities project to identify 10 schemes to take a slice of £30 million of funding. Additionally planning changes to help with the roll-out of 5G and improving 4G coverage are being consulted on.
Ofcom proposes changes to copper requirements in Salisbury
Salisbury is set to be a big test bed for what will happen on a much wider scale in the next decade as Openreach shifts from a copper local loop to a full fibre on.
Consultation on how telecoms consumer advocate should operate opens
A new advocate role has been previously mentioned and three proposals are out for consultation with the preferred choice at this time being extending the role to Citizens Advice.
Launch date for Broadband USO set as 20th March 2020 – updated
Ofcom has set the launch date for the USO so that BT and KCOM will start receiving requests for the safety net service.
Dust off your CV as search for new Ofcom CEO is underway
Ofcom covers many different areas and the task of CEO is not an easy one but Sharon White has announced her intention to step down and move onto being Chairman of The John Lewis Partnership.
New Ofcom fairness first commitment attracts largest providers
The number of consumer oriented changes out of Ofcom continue and a new Fairness scheme intended to ensure customers of broadband, TV and mobile companies has launched with signatories covering the majority of customers in the UK.
Plans for new mobile and broadband consumer advocate
Apparently the Government is to legislate to create a new independent advocate to represent consumers of broadband and mobile services but questions arise over how intrusive a new advocate may be.
Ofcom releases draft rules to mandate duct access for business leased lines
Openreach is already required to offer duct and pole access for the roll-out of full fibre networks to serve residential and SME customers but now Ofcom is working to extend this to full business leased lines and also encourage use of dark fibre.