Category: Regulation

The end of May 2009 saw 5.91 million unbundled lines which should see us through the 6 million mark in July.

The Lord Carter report addresses both the infrastructure and intellectual properties rights - are these two things at odds with each other?

The time until you can raise a complaint with an ADR scheme will reduce to 8 weeks from September

The Communications Consumer Panel (previously known as the Ofcom Consumer Panel) is aiming to concentrate on how to include the 40% of people not yet online into the Digital Britain vision.

The Digital Britain report talks of a 2Meg USO, but could we see 99% of the UK with a 4Meg mobile broadband solution available?

Ofcom publishes its first enforcement report which explains how it uses its enforcement powers and the results from doing so.

While the latest Ofcom data does not give any figures for mobile broadband, the decrease in the number of telephone lines suggests some are now relying totally on the mobile networks.

The BBC have released information received via a FOI Act request to the Home Office which points at collusion between Phorm and the Home Office. Phorm has launched a blog in response against the smear campaign that it feels it is facing.

Ofcom have indicated areas that Project Canvas will need to focus on to keep clear from the Competition Commission shutting down their on-demand set-top box system.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling today announced the Budget including a commitment by government to a Broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) of 2 Mbps by 'no later than 2012'. This announcement was not unexpected given it was covered in the Digital Britain Review by Lord Carter.