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…
With exhibitors packing up their stands in Barcelona, this week has seen the launch by Apple and Google of payment services for on-line subscriptions. The two propositions are different, and in this post I’ll unpack the details. Taking them in turn: Apple Subscription Payments in Apps Store Used for the launch of News Corp‘s new online newspaper…
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. With MWC 2011 still in full swing there are no shortage of topical issues to blog about, but whilst the mobile industry celebrates its achievements in Barcelona,…
Sadly the watcher in not at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, although from London it would seem that the volume of announcements is best perhaps filtered through the lens of distance. In any event through the magic of twitter #mwc hashtags it seems possible to get live commentary on almost any session without needing 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. Mobile money is a recurrent theme for the watcher. See the mobile money overview post and Apple’s incorporation of NFC into iPhone post. As anticipated, all…
“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…
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. In some areas, it seems that Europe is always following the US. One of those areas is white space cognitive radio. Whilst European and UK regulators seem…
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. 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 the…
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. 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 I…
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. 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 MHz…
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. 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 considers…