Category: Regulation

The ASA has issued its ruling on the national press advert that attracted complaints from both BT and members of the public.

It seems the EU funded project to bring broadband to the areas of Wales considered unviable by telecoms providers like BT has hit more delays.

The monthly report from the Telecoms Adjudicator, which shows in raw number terms a growth exceeding 15,000 lines per week.

Hopefully the latest document issued by Ofcom is a reflection of a growing interest in property developers building fibre based access into new developments.

With data for the second and third quarters of 2005 in, Ofcom has published its latest report on the communications market. This shows that the number of broadband connections stood at 9.8 million in December 2005.

The Welsh Development Agency has been given the preliminary go ahead for plans to create a fibre network linking 14 different business parks in Wales.

Ofcom has published the names of a number of providers who have not implemented an approved Alternate Dispute Resolution scheme.

Ofcom has announced a consultation period when interested parties can express their views on migrating between the various broadband and telephony products now available in the UK.

It seems Ofcom is inviting opinions on what it should be doing with regards to consumer protection within the telecommunications/broadband market.

The Advertising Standards Authority (www.asa.org.uk) has this morning released an adjudication criticising Wanadoo for its advertising claims promoting "up to 8 Meg" broadband services. This ruling will have a significant impact on the entire broadband service industry in regard to claims of higher speed services. A number of complaints were made to the ASA by other ISPs and the public about Wanadoo TV and press advertising which began in October 2005 that used the phrase "Up to 8 Meg [..] Broadband". BT, Tiscali and Bulldog's advertising agency expressed concerns that the advertisements were misleading as they implied that speeds up to 8 Mbps would be available to majority of the audience. Two members of the public also complained specifically about the lack of the high speed service available in their area.