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EU Telecoms Ministers approve WRC-12 plan but disagree with Parliament on Radio Spectrum Policy Programme

1 June 2011 by Rob Bratby

European processes can seem labyrinthine, even to insiders. Whilst normal EU legislative processes are just about understandable, decisions and processes relating to spectrum are even …

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Another £50 million for rural broadband in UK – a drop in the ocean?

30 May 2011 by Rob Bratby

Fifty million pounds is a very large amount of money, and it was great to read last week’s DCMS announcement that it would be made …

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BT accounts reveal fear of retrospective price adjustments

12 May 2011 by Rob Bratby

BT announced its annual results today. Press comment focused on BT’s profit growth and the reduction in their pension deficit. However, both of those stories …

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Microsoft buys Skype: comparison with eBay deal logic

11 May 2011 by Rob Bratby

The big story yesterday was the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. It was only 6 years ago that eBay bought Skype for …

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UK Information Commissioner makes a mess of cookies

10 May 2011 by Rob Bratby

The UK’s Information Comissioner has not done a great job in introducing recent changes relating to the use of cookies. They put out very late, confusing guidance …

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Commission maintains its softly, softly approach on net neutrality (whilst carrying big stick)

19 April 2011 by Rob Bratby

Net neutrality. A topic that stirs strong emotion and strident commentary that sometimes bears little resemblance to the underlying issues. The European Commission today published …

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Fujitsu announces UK FTTH roll-out to 5 million homes

14 April 2011 by Rob Bratby

In today’s connected world a lot of what passes for news is more of a rolling update – a snippet of new information that is …

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Spectrum, broadband, customer switching and online piracy Ofcom’s telecoms priorities for 2011/12

4 April 2011 by Rob Bratby

I hope all readers noticed the date for Friday’s blog post (taken down on 2 April) and are not planning on bidding in the teleportation …

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Ofcom consults on reductions in LLU and WLR prices

31 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

Ofcom today started a consultation on price controls for local loop unbundling and wholesale line rental products provided by Openreach, the functionally separate local access division …

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Does it add up: who will pay for network investment?

25 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

Today post is a guest post from John Enser and Matt Phillips, and is the executive summary of Chapter 2 (‘Pipes’) of their 2011 Convergence Survey: …

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