UK telecoms regulation, Ofcom, General Conditions, numbering, spectrum, switching, enforcement
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…
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 the 18 February 2016, Singapore’s Infocomm Development Agency (IDA) published its decision on the framework for the allocation of an additional 235 MHz of spectrum. This…
This article was published in July 2015 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Used under a creative commons licence granted by Alejandro Linares Garcia “Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m…
This article was published in June 2015 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. A guest post by @matthew1hunter and @danieljung88 This week the Korean financial services regulator announced regulatory changes that will make it easier for financial services institutions (FSIs)…
A 2015 snapshot: why remittance services and banking the unbanked were the two mobile banking use cases most likely to take root first in Myanmar as the country moved away from a cash economy. Archived for reference; regulatory position has since moved on.
This article was published in January 2015 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. On 22 January 2015, the UK Government withdrew its proposed changes to the Electronic Communications Code. As the changes were unexpected, more time for consultation is…
This article was published in January 2015 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. In a surprise move, on 13 January the UK government announced plans to update the elderly (and, even to the House of Lords, rather incomprehensible) Electronic Communications…
This article was published in April 2014 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC interferes in a particularly serious manner with the fundamental rights…
This article was published in December 2013 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Last week (12/12/2013), a serious blow was dealt to one of the fundamental building blocks establishing the legal framework for retention of data for law enforcement…
This article was published in December 2013 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ofcom this week published its most recent report comparing the UK’s communications (telecoms, TV, radio, web and post) market with 16 other countries, including China, India…