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This article was published in June 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 finalised proposals to enable trading of 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2.1 GHz spectrum licences (currently held by mobile network operators and used to…
This article was published in June 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, three of the UK’s four mobile network operators announced a mobile marketing and payments joint venture. The venture is subject to regulatory approval, and…
This article was published in June 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 in relation to LLU charges in which is intending to not exercise its discretion to order repayment of overcharges. The circumstances in which repayment…
This article was published in June 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ofcom today issued revised guidelines on the penalties they may impose on those breaching rules policed by Ofcom. The new guidelines replace prior guidelines dating from…
This article was published in June 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 published revised guidelines for the handling of regulatory disputes. Whilst these revised guidelines are ostensibly a response to the revised European Regulatory Framework, as implemented by…
This article was published in June 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 FT article by Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone, highlights the importance of regulation for all the players in the on-line ecosystem – those building the pipes and…
This article was published in June 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ofcom today published a consultation on technical licence conditions for 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz UK spectrum auctions, due to take place in 2012. This follows…
This article was published in May 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. 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 available…
A 2011 snapshot: consumer research and early UK commercial launches in mobile banking and NFC payments, including the first Orange and Barclays service and O2 Money Wallet. Archived for reference; the market and regulation have since moved on.
Whilst this blog often picks up on topical news, sometimes I am prompted to reflect on some of the meta-themes that provide the context for day-to-day news. I have recently been thinking about the issues facing the mobile telecoms industry over the medium term and it seems to me that thread that ties it all together is the growth of mobile data…
This article was published in May 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. As previously anticipated, the UK started this week a wholesale review of the legislation in the communications sector. Minister Jeremy Hunt published an open letter seeking replies…
This article was published in May 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. The UK system of government and regulation can sometimes be confusing, with the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee of the House of Commons this week…