UK telecoms regulation, Ofcom, General Conditions, numbering, spectrum, switching, enforcement
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. With MWC 2011 still in full swing there are no shortage of topical issues to blog about, but whilst the mobile industry celebrates its achievements in Barcelona,…
Sadly the watcher in not at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, although from London it would seem that the volume of announcements is best perhaps filtered through the lens of distance. In any event through the magic of twitter #mwc hashtags it seems possible to get live commentary on almost any session without needing to…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Mobile money is a recurrent theme for the watcher. See the mobile money overview post and Apple’s incorporation of NFC into iPhone post. As anticipated, all…
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This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts scrutinises the accounts of publicly funded bodies to assess whether those bodies deliver value for money (which it…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. In some areas, it seems that Europe is always following the US. One of those areas is white space cognitive radio. Whilst European and UK regulators seem…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. In a decision dated 21 January, but only released this week, the EU’s General Court in Luxembourg has dismissed Vtesse’s appeal against a decision of the…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ofcom today published proposals for consultation to: make 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz public wireless network licences tradable; and vary the terms of existing 2100 MHz…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Jeremy Hunt, the UK’s Culture Secretary (who also has responsibility for telecoms) today asked Ofcom to review sections of the Digital Economy Act to assess whether it considers…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Any twitter followers (to follow go to: @rbratby) may have seen my live tweet commentary from the AnalysysMason city briefing last night. I thought the four speakers were…
This article was published in January 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ten days ago Ofcom published a lengthy consultation on charge control for Wholesale Broadband Access, accompanied by a report from the Brattle Group on BT’s equity…
This article was published in January 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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, funding…