Category: Regulation
European Commission to meddle with telecoms regulation
The European Union may be set to undermine national telecom regulation with a new EU wide regulator to advise the European Commission
Intellectual Property Theft in the spotlight
The recent arrests over a website that acted as a portal collating links to video content and another music sharing website have heightened the ongoing debate about sharing copyrighted material.
Ofcom publishes market data for first quarter of 2007
Virgin Media is losing out to BT Retail in terms of broadband market share according to Ofcom data.
Ofcom consults on Mobile Communications onboard Aircraft
Ofcom has released a consultation today on the introduction of GSM and GPRS based mobiles services on aircraft that are registered in the UK.
EU looks toward addressing two speed broadband
The European Union looks set to act on the broadband digital divide that is widening across the EU countries.
France Telecom fined €45 million
France Telecom has been fined for the way it abused its dominant market position in 2001 and 2002.
Be Unlimited causes stir in effort of blocking child abuse images
Be Unlimited has caused a stir with some users who have reported the inability to access some websites hosted by Lycos. It appears that the cause has been Be's implementation of blocking access to child abuse images based on a list published by the Internet Watch Foundation.
Ofcom Consumer Panel asks ISPs to advertise real speeds
The Ofcom Consumer Panel Chairman has written a letter to the top six largest broadband service providers to ask them to provide clearer information to consumers about the speeds they should expect to receive on their broadband service.
Telecommunications Adjudicator report for September 2007
The number of unbundled lines continues to rise, but repair processes and migrations away from fully unbundled lines are still lagging.
Ofcom consults on future of broadband regulation
Ofcom (www.ofcom.org.uk) has this morning published a consultation document on the future of broadband regulation in next generation access networks in light of the increasing interest in new technologies requiring significant investment to meet the increasing demands for bandwidth.