Category: Regulation

The new EU State Aid Approval has been expected soon and bingo it rolls out the door, meaning local authority projects that had not signed under the old scheme can now go ahead and get contracts signed and delivery underway.

Another day another confusing bit of coverage in the press from The Telegraph.

While news that the USO is likely to not be delivered before 2020 will anger many getting the legislation right and enshrined in law is not a quick process.

Code Powers were instrumental in driving the availability of telephone services some 30 years ago and are still in use for the very different Digital Age and today sees the Government set out reforms to bring these laws up to date.

The Ofcom ten year review in February was meant to bring some certainty to the market but a number of providers are still calling for Ofcom to do more to neuter the relationship between BT Retail and Openreach.

In one of the more complex rulings by the ASA, BT has been told to not repeat a series of adverts without changes to what is shown in them.

Everyone has known its coming but almost no-one has moved to act yet and this is the new ASA rules on line rental and how it is featured in fixed broadband pricing.

The process of checks and balances in the UK political area operates around various committee's that are able to interview those in charge both commercially and politically.

The Government driven USO has been invisible for a while but now a four week window has opened for the public and providers to be able to respond and maybe shape the outcome.

A decade after the successful launch of phone and broadband bundles by TalkTalk, the Culture Minister is turning up the pressure on broadband firms to change how line rental is changed.