Funding content, funding networks: what matters?
On 16 February we will be hosting an event for the UK Chapter of the International Institute of Communications. The event’s title is ‘Funding content, …
Regulatory action
Cognitive radio: the road to mobile broadband delivery, or the path to anarchic interference?
For those who are not familiar with the term, cognitive radio (also sometimes described as white-space radio) describes a way of using radio spectrum in which …
BT sets prices for passive access to ducts and poles
Before Christmas, this blog flagged that last-mile fibre access (also know as next generation access, or NGA) was a commercial and regulatory issue that would be high …
Ofcom opens investigation into sharp practices in the international calling card market
Have you ever used an international calling card? If you have, perhaps it was at a time when you didn’t have a fixed address, or …
UK seeks views on principles of economic regulation
On 7 January the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a ‘call for evidence’ relating to principles of economic regulation. As those who …
Uncertainty for UK spectrum auctions as refarming permitted
Ofcom permits 2G spectrum refarming Ofcom yesterday varied the spectrum licences of the UK’s three 2G spectrum licensees (EverythingEverywhere (JV between Orange and T-Mobile), Vodafone and O2) to permit them to use …
Is BT’s wholesale content connect the end of the world?
There has been a lot of discussion this week of BT’s wholesale content connect product, so I thought it would be helpful to unpack the …
Why network effects require ongoing interconnection rules (and other regulatory interventions)
I write today’s blog from sunny Switzerland. The news seems rather slow and I can’t bear to write a top ten lists of things that …
Broadband aid (do they know it’s Christmas)
Re-reading yesterday’s post, I hope it wasn’t too close to a law firm client update – that is not being the point of this blog. …
Net neutrality: religious or secular war?
Some years ago I was reading one of those very thought provoking articles in the end of year bumper edition of the Economist. The gist …