Ofcom moves to pure LRIC approach for mobile termination rate charge control
Ofcom yesterday announced a forward looking charge control on the UK’s mobile operators which is designed to reduce mobile termination rates to pure LRIC over …
Rob Bratby
Fresh evidence may be introduced in telecoms appeals
Yesterday the Court of Appeal confirmed (in British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications [2011] EWCA Civ 245 , judgment of 10 March 2011) that there was …
Annual renewal of funds for liabilities certification by Code Power operators
I saw today that Ofcom is consulting on the grant of Code Powers to Gigaclear Limited, and it reminded me that we are fast approaching that …
‘Ladder pricing’ for calls to 08 numbers: stairway to litigation?
I have spent the last day and a half in court (British Telecommunications Plc (Termination charges: 080 calls, NCCN 1007) v Office of Communications and British Telecommunications …
Ofcom extends 999/112 investigation by another six months
Ofcom announced yesterday that it was extending for another six months its ‘own-initiative’ investigation into whether communications providers were complying with their obligations under General Condition …
Ofcom proposes prohibition of evergreen customer contracts
Earlier this week I discussed the changes Ofcom are proposing to the General Conditions of Entitlement to implement the revised European Regulatory Framework. It now seems that …
Post(card) from the Digital Money Forum #dmf14
I’m chairing a session this afternoon on Mobile Money at the Digital Money Forum 2011. Should be interesting with the speakers being: Mark Hartley, American …
DSAC an appropriate test for assessing LRIC cost-orientation
Today’s CAT judgment confirmed that Ofcom’s use of distributed stand-alone cost (“DSAC“) was an appropriate method to assess whether a regulated Communications Provider who had been found to possess …
UK carrier avoids Ofcom regulatory action by making £2.5 million of ‘goodwill’ payments
When two companies merge, effective management of the integration of IT systems is often critical. When the systems in question control customer billing, and billing is subject …
Rules applicable to all UK telecoms operators to change
Last week Ofcom started a consultation on revising the UK’s General Conditions of Entitlement and Universal Service Conditions. The consultation closes on 7 April, and …