Category: Regulation

With the Governments consultation on parental controls ending today, TalkTalk has published results of its own survey, while also promoting its own voluntary Active Choice parental controls implementation.

Parental controls have been in the news a lot, and are something of a hot political topic, but the ramshackle consultation is now coming to an end on 6th September.

Consumers over the July/August period have been posting ever longer lead times for activation of telephone and broadband services. The latest OTA report confirms this to be the case.

A new MP is in charge at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport so the question is now whether a new boss will result in changes with the direction of the BDUK and Digital Britain.

The two ADR schemes operate silently, but Ofcom has been reviewing them, and given them a paternal shove to correct some of the failings that Ofcom believes they have.

The success of the BCAP/CAP rule changes on speeds in broadband advertising has led to the rules being extended to cover the various mobile broadband services.

The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications has published its report on Broadband, and the 80 page document is a must read for the telecoms industry and broadband campaigners.

A second adjudication has gone against Virgin Media in the same week, this time over claims of how long users would take to download a HD video.

A new Open Internet Code of Practice has been signed by major ISPs in the UK, but three of the largest communications companies have opted out of signing it.

It seems the copy writers at Virgin Media are once more in trouble, with the ASA upholding another complaint against Virgin Media.