Category: Regulation

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) which represents landowners, farmers and rural businesses are arguing that the Universal Service Obligation for broadband should be enshrined into law, to prevent those living in rural areas from being excluded from access to affordable superfast broadband.

The speed with which Hyperoptic is expanding shows no sign of slowing down and a small sigh of relief may emerged from Hyperoptic towers over the last ASA ruling.

As part of a submission to BIS and its review of business the EEF is making the case for a nationwide operator to deliver FTTP to not improve speeds but improve the reliability of broadband for manufacturers.

After pressure from Westminster it seems the ASA is to look at how it handles mentions of speed in broadband adverts and this may have major implications for all broadband connections in the UK.

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.