Post(card) from the Digital Money Forum #dmf14
I’m chairing a session this afternoon on Mobile Money at the Digital Money Forum 2011. Should be interesting with the speakers being: Mark Hartley, American …
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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 …
Rules applicable to all UK telecoms operators to change
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 …
Microsoft to rescue Nokia?
“There is a pertinent story about a man who was working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He woke up one night from …
‘It is not possible to assess whether Ofcom delivers value for money’ says Public Accounts Committee
The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts scrutinises the accounts of publicly funded bodies to assess whether those bodies deliver value for money (which …
‘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 …
Regulatory uncertainty casts shadow over otherwise positive results from BT and Vodafone
Positive results out yesterday from both Vodafone and BT. One fact that caught my eye was the news from BT that (for the first time …
Ofcom consults on proposals to permit trading of 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum and to vary 3G licences
Ofcom today published proposals for consultation to: make 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz public wireless network licences tradable; and vary the terms of existing 2100 …
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 …