Category: Regulation

It seems after the three year delay that was announced on the 2Meg USC, a new policy is set to be announced by the current Government before Christmas (we presume Christmas 2010).

Ever had a letter over unlawful file sharing from ACS:Law, well its possible that your personal information is now all over the Internet.

The European Commission have released some ambitious targets today to help boost broadband coverage across Europe

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have announced today that the costs of the Copyright Infringement Notice process which is being brought in following the passing of the Digital Economy Act will be borne mostly by the rights holders.

A thinkbroadband investigation warns mobile phone users to check their tariffs before upgrading to a new smartphone as those without a 'web browsing' bundle may find themselves paying up to £4/MB. Only Virgin Mobile comes out well.

Ofcom have released a consultation today to look at revamping the broadband and telephone provider switch process to simplify it and help consumers.

The UK has broken through 7 million unbundled lines, meaning LLU now makes up around 1/3rd of all broadband connections.

Stories about protests in local areas about the appearance of VDSL2 street cabinets are not unusual and often provide the first indications of VDSL2 coming to an area. Someone from St Albans is looking to setup a national group to control the number and location of the Openreach cabinets.

The ASA are going to clamp down on false claims in online adverts starting in March 2011.

Ofcom have opened a second consultation on wholesale broadband access markets following some changes to the market since it opened the original consultation in March.