Category: Regulation
Digital Economy Act will be reviewed by High Court
The Digital Economy Act is to face scrutiny after a high-court upheld claims from BT and TalkTalk that it could be in breach of European law.
Ofcom consult on white space spectrum geolocation database
Ofcom are planning to free up white space spectrum to be used by wireless devices and as part of this are consulting on a geolocation database system to determine what spectrum can be used in each area.
Prime Minister announces review of Intellectual Property laws
The UK could be heading towards a more liberal environment in terms of personal use of copyrighted media, learning (or is that copying) from US rules on copyright.
£10 million owed to consumers in unclaimed credit
Ofcom are pressing communications providers to improve their processes for issuing refunds to customers following data which suggests over £10 million has gone unclaimed from consumers who have left their previous provider.
No new broadband tax, money to be taken from the BBC
The Government has announced in its spending review that the BBC is to contribute to £530m to be spent on broadband over the next four years.
Would music albums for £1 reduce piracy problems?
The former head of Warner Music argues that record labels need to seriously slash the prices of albums in an effort to reduce the level of piracy for music albums.
Competition ruling sees full LLU prices come down by just 136 pence
The scale of the price changes from the recent ruling against Openreach have now been revealed with Ofcom releasing revised Charge Controls.
UPC in Ireland win legal battle against anti-piracy disconnections
Irishing ISP UPC has won a major legal battle against record labels which will see it not need to implement a three-strike policy to notify and disconnect users who participate in illegal file sharing.
Ofcom announce new framework to support super-fast broadband
The broadband timewarp engine has moved forward to 2003, with Ofcom now looking to try and increase competition for Next Generation services in the same way it did for first generation broadband, which saw the low prices of LLU drive take-up.
More fully unbundled telephone lines than shared LLU lines
The Telecommunications Adjudicator update for September reveals that with some 7.14 million unbundled lines, the proportion of fully unbundled lines is exceeding that of shared LLU.