Category: Regulation

The package to bring an end to roaming charges on mobile calls will be welcomed by those who travel across Europe, but there are question marks over what it will mean for those who never roam with their mobile phones.

The EU may have voted for an end to roaming charges across the continent, but there are other important implications for the Internet industry and consumers.

The great success of UK broadband has been the level of competition for hard earned money at the retail and wholesale level. There are signs though that take-up for unbundled services are tailing off.

The Public Accounts Committee is still stuck in the world of discussing a rural broadband programme when the majority of areas under the BDUK process are currently not rural.

While Ofcom does not undertake to resolve individuals complaints, it still receives around 300 complaints per day from telecoms customers.

The Internet reflects the planets diversity but it appears that while safeguards are available to protect children, the existing ones are not enough and thus those in charge are looking to shift more content into the dark unseen corners of the web.

Almost everyone who travels in Europe will welcome news that draft rules on roaming charges are close to becoming law by December 2015, but there are still many questions over the Net Neutrality legislation.

The soap opera of UK broadband continues with it really being a war of sound-bites rather than actual tech fact.

There is a school of thought that FTTH/P connections should not need to state UP TO in promotional material, but it appears the ASA has used the existing rules such that providers like Gigaclear will need to state up to.

While many campaigners are criticising the handing of BDUK projects to BT, the PAC is attempting to do something about it, but calling for a delay so that actual costs can be further evaluated before any more contracts are extended.