Category: Regulation
Sky uses USO speech to re-iterate calls for Openreach break-up
The Prime Minister has now formally announced the 10 Mbps at a CBI speech and Sky has issued a statement surrounding the new USO.
Government declares 10 Mbps USO as a legal right by 2020
After some speculation in the early hours of 7th November DCMS has published the bare bone detail for a new UK USO on broadband, with more detail expected the week of the 9th.
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill introduced
The previous attempts to record everyone's web activity failed in the previous Parliament, however a new draft bill has now been published which introduces more limited data retention proposals.
Acquisition of EE by BT provisionally cleared by CMA
The provisional report on the EE/BT merger is now available with a deadline of January 2016 for concerned people to raise any issues with the current proposal.
Accidental or deliberate email blocking on London schools network?
Rory Cellan-Jones in an exclusive for the BBC has uncovered details of email blocking by the charity that acts as the clearing house for Virgin Media business connectivity for schools across London.
Sky calls for a broadband network fit for many decades
Sky is continuing its pressure to try and force the regulators hand to create a separate Openreach and one where the vision of Gigabit connectivity is central to the operator.
Ed Vaizey suggests USO will be more than a piddling 5 Mbps
After some confusion in the Matt Warman MP debate on broadband in the House of Commons on the 12th October about what the USC and USO targets are, Ed Vaizey MP in the final replies for the Government indicated that the new USO may be going beyond widely expected 5 Mbps.
BT has submitted its response to Ofcom Digital Communications Review
The majority of the big players have gone public with their submissions to the Ofcom Market Review so no surprise to see BT issuing a press release on theirs.
Sky responds to BT investment news
The announcements by the BT Group on what it believes it can achieve with if given some regulatory stability was announced today, but Sky has responded in a way that it best summed up as 'not good enough'.
BT may fix final 5% while Sky and INCA call for Openreach split
It is interesting to see Sky taking an interest in rural broadband affairs after many years when even over the old copper networks the provider seemed more interested in the dense urban environment and still is with its CityFibre Joint Venture.