UK telecoms regulation, Ofcom, General Conditions, numbering, spectrum, switching, enforcement
This article was published in July 2020 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. On 30 April 2020 Ofcom published its work plan for 2020/21, which flags two new material upcoming changes in its role for 2020: Editorial note (April…
This article was published in July 2020 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Welcome to bratby.law. We are an English law boutique practice specialising in telecoms, digital and data. We open today, 1 July 2020, and after 26 years…
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This article was published in August 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. As anticipated, Ofcom yesterday started a consultation on its plans to update the UK’s Conditions of General Entitlement i.e. the obligations placed on all telecoms operators…
This article was published in July 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. The UK Government today published its first draft of the Digital Economy Bill. As expected, it contains provisions addressing (text taken from Government explanatory fact sheet):
This article was published in June 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. From 30 April 2016, Europe has been subject to net neutrality rules set out in the Connected Continent Regulation. However those rules, set out in Articles…
This article was published in June 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. As discussed previously, perhaps one of the most important pieces of legislation for the telecoms sector proposed in the recent Queen’s speech is reform of the…
This article was published in May 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. In today’s Queen’s speech (which sets out the UK Government’s legislative agenda), a number of proposals were made which will impact the UK telecoms sector:
This article was published in April 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. In November 2015, the David Cameron, the UK Prime Minister, announced the UK government’s intention to introduce a broadband universal service obligation to the UK. Subsequent announcements have…
This article was published in March 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. If you read past the Openreach headlines in Ofcom’s Digital Communications Market review, you can find four paragraphs in chapter eight announcing a review of the UK’s General…
This article was published in February 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. In my last post, I summarised Ofcom’s initial conclusions from its review of the UK digital communications market. One of Ofcom’s conclusions was that the functional…
This article was published in February 2016 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. On 25 February 2016 Ofcom published its initial conclusions from its strategic review of the UK’s digital communications market. Whilst much of the headline press coverage has focused…