Category: Regulation

The PIA process to allow Openreach competitors to share ducts and poles has had a troubled past, but with the price set to drop outside of BDUK areas to match the regulated price in the BDUK areas we may start to see increased infrastructure competition in the cities and larger towns.

Some six months after TalkTalk were told off for how they promoted their YouView boxes and subsequently made it available without an activation fee BT Retail has got into trouble for a £49 activation fee.

The debate about how to stop young people from accidentally accessing adult content continues, with the biggest names in the UK Internet industry summoned to tea and biscuits with the DCMS on 17th June.

The issue of how unlimited is used in advertising and whether the imposition of a fair use policy is allowed.

For many people the Internet is often viewed as the last great bastion of freedom and Neelie Kroes has made a speech outlining has she feels the EU can best ensure an open internet for all.

Charges for using your mobile in Europe will fall from the 1st of July, and proposals could see these disappear altogether in 2014.

Proof that people do read the leaflets and letters that land on your doormat, the ASA had a member of the public complain about a BT letter that forgot to mention the 10GB usage limit on its entry level broadband service.

The UK is squaring up for a fight with the EU over proposed changes by the EU that are in principle aimed at reducing the costs of high speed broadband roll-outs and creating a single market across the EU.

The jump in the level of USC level coverage in the UK from 89.9% to 95.3% may seem welcome, but if you look at the change graphically the change is astounding.

It would appear that in the six months since Ofcom last published coverage data for the UK, the availability of a 2 Mbps headline speed has dramatically improved from 89.9% to 95.3%. This is a big surprise seen as the BDUK projects have not delivered significant improvements yet.