Category: Regulation

After unfortunately manner trees were felled so directors and others could read reports Ofcom and BT have reached a final agreement, meaning Openreach will become its own distinct company but still report to the BT Group CEO via its own board.

Strategy papers from Government departments may not lay out all the fine detail but they are a good way of learning the main priorities and as such the Digital Strategy now released by DCMS is a must read for people in any remotely Digital/Modern industry.

For those who don't take a broadband bundle but buy a voice service only or broadband and phone from separate suppliers the cost of line rental may be going down.

Some people are going to be very happy hearing the House of Lords has voted to approve an amendment requiring the USO to target 30 Mbps download speeds and be fibre to the premises.

The current CEO of BDUK has been in the role for three years and is leaving to go and work for Chelsea FC.

The Government is stating that the BDUK process has made superfast broadband available to some 4,309,668 premiss by the end of December 2016

While the first meeting of the new Openreach board may not change anything for now, it is the operator showing it is trying to meet Ofcom halfway.

While some will enjoy the stock market sticking to BT over inappropriate behaviour in its continental operations there is potential for this to have ramifications that could undermine efforts to improve broadband in the UK.

Ofcom has published the results from a survey of 1,501 SMEs that were selected to be representative of the UK SME population to investigate how small business is using communications services.

Following on from the speeches about a pure fibre future, the Government has started a Call For Evidence programme to learn what it can or should not do.