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Ofcom extends 999/112 investigation by another six months

8 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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Ofcom proposes prohibition of evergreen customer contracts

4 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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DSAC an appropriate test for assessing LRIC cost-orientation

2 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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UK carrier avoids Ofcom regulatory action by making £2.5 million of ‘goodwill’ payments

1 March 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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Rules applicable to all UK telecoms operators to change

28 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

Last week Ofcom started a consultation on revising the UK’s General Conditions of Entitlement and Universal Service Conditions. The consultation closes on 7 April, and …

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UK Government asks Ofcom to assess practicality of blocking copyright infringing web-sites

1 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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Mobile operators to acquire more fixed assets in 2011?

1 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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UK telecoms policy moves government department as proposals for new Communications Act announced

23 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

In a week of Westminster resignations, with Andy Coulson accused of condoning mobile voicemail hacking and Ed Balls taking over as Chancellor you may be …

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Vertical integration the industrial logic for M&A: Vivendi / SFR and Comcast / NBC Universal

20 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

My eye was caught last night by a story in the Financial Times this morning reporting analyst speculation that in the wake of the approvals of …

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BT sets prices for passive access to ducts and poles

17 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Before Christmas, this blog flagged that last-mile fibre access (also know as next generation access, or NGA) was a commercial and regulatory issue that would be high …

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