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This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ofcom yesterday announced a forward looking charge control on the UK’s mobile operators which is designed to reduce mobile termination rates to pure LRIC over the…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Yesterday the Court of Appeal confirmed (in British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications [2011] EWCA Civ 245 , judgment of 10 March 2011) that there was no…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. I saw today that Ofcom is consulting on the grant of Code Powers to Gigaclear Limited, and it reminded me that we are fast approaching that time…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. I have spent the last day and a half in court (British Telecommunications Plc (Termination charges: 080 calls, NCCN 1007) v Office of Communications and British Telecommunications Plc…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 4…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 Ofcom…
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 Express John Conlon, Barclaycard Elisabeth Berthe, Grameen Foundation The current session is looking at the way that cash is being replaced in different jurisdictions. Richard Johnson from Monitise is chairing…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 Significant…
This article was published in March 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 to…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 will…
“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 a loud explosion, which suddenly set his entire oil platform on fire. In mere moments, he was surrounded by flames. Through the smoke and heat, he barely made his way…
This article was published in February 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 it…