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This article was published in December 2013 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Last week (12/12/2013), a serious blow was dealt to one of the fundamental building blocks establishing the legal framework for retention of data for law enforcement…
This article was published in December 2013 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Ofcom this week published its most recent report comparing the UK’s communications (telecoms, TV, radio, web and post) market with 16 other countries, including China, India…
This article was published in March 2013 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. I was fortunate this week to be both a speaker and a panellist at Questex Asia’s ‘BYOD and Mobile Security conference held in Singapore. It turned out…
This article was published in January 2013 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. After many twists and turns (see here for background), the UK auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz bands started yesterday. Ofcom announced that…
This article was published in July 2012 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Regular blog readers will be familiar with the long-running saga of the UK 4G auctions. (If you are looking for a speed read, these Ofcom media briefing slides give…
This article was published in February 2012 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. The wheels of European legislation have slowly turned, and last week Europe adopted a five-year radio spectrum policy programme, at Parliament’s second reading under the co-decision…
This article was published in February 2012 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Following its initial consultation, Ofcom recently issued its assessment of future mobile competition and revised proposals for the auction of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum…
This article was published in January 2012 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Today’s blog post is courtesy of my friends and colleagues Clive Gringras and Claire Walker who have published a helpful guide to the new European Data Protection proposals….
This article was published in October 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. On 7 October Ofcom announced that the already much delayed 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz Uk spectrum auctions would be delayed. This follows on from prior delays,…
This article was published in September 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Following consultation on its earlier proposals, last week Ofcom confirmed that it would update General Condition 9 so as to prohibit contracts that automatically renew at…
This article was published in September 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. On 1 September 2011, Ofcom published a statement outlining its intention to permit the use of white space spectrum in some of the the bands currently…
This article was published in August 2011 and reflects the regulatory position at that time. For current guidance on this topic, contact Bratby Law or see our latest insights. Regular readers will have noticed that this blog has been rather quiet of late. Normal service will be resumed in September – for now my energies…