Category: Regulation

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.

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.