Rise of social media means that successful converged services must appeal to early adopters
Today saw the launch of the sixth Olswang Convergence Survey: ‘Does it add up’. I may now be able to see rather more of the authors, …
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European Commission refers Spain to European Court over ‘telecoms tax’ and tells them to speed up spectrum refarming implementation
Hola! As yesterday’s readers will know, I am currently in Madrid working from Olswang’s new Spanish office, soI thought it appropriate to give today’s post …
Ofcom extends 999/112 investigation by another six months
Ofcom announced yesterday that it was extending for another six months its ‘own-initiative’ investigation into whether communications providers were complying with their obligations under General Condition …
Ofcom proposes prohibition of evergreen customer contracts
Earlier this week I discussed the changes Ofcom are proposing to the General Conditions of Entitlement to implement the revised European Regulatory Framework. It now seems that …
DSAC an appropriate test for assessing LRIC cost-orientation
Today’s CAT judgment confirmed that Ofcom’s use of distributed stand-alone cost (“DSAC“) was an appropriate method to assess whether a regulated Communications Provider who had been found to possess …
UK carrier avoids Ofcom regulatory action by making £2.5 million of ‘goodwill’ payments
When two companies merge, effective management of the integration of IT systems is often critical. When the systems in question control customer billing, and billing is subject …
‘Illegal state aid’ challenge to tax levied on BT’s UK fibre network fails in European Court
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 …
UK Government asks Ofcom to assess practicality of blocking copyright infringing web-sites
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 …
Mobile operators to acquire more fixed assets in 2011?
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 …
UK wholesale broadband access proposed charge control: Ofcom estimates BT’s weighted average cost of capital downwards to between 8.5% and 10%
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 …