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Rules applicable to all UK telecoms operators to change

28 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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‘It is not possible to assess whether Ofcom delivers value for money’ says Public Accounts Committee

10 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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Ofcom consults on proposals to permit trading of 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum and to vary 3G licences

2 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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UK Government asks Ofcom to assess practicality of blocking copyright infringing web-sites

1 February 2011 by Rob Bratby

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 …

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UK wholesale broadband access proposed charge control: Ofcom estimates BT’s weighted average cost of capital downwards to between 8.5% and 10%

31 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Ten days ago Ofcom published a lengthy consultation on charge control for Wholesale Broadband Access, accompanied by a report from the Brattle Group on BT’s …

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Cognitive radio: the road to mobile broadband delivery, or the path to anarchic interference?

24 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

For those who are not familiar with the term, cognitive radio (also sometimes described as white-space radio) describes a way of using radio spectrum in which …

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BT sets prices for passive access to ducts and poles

17 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Before Christmas, this blog flagged that last-mile fibre access (also know as next generation access, or NGA) was a commercial and regulatory issue that would be high …

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Ofcom opens investigation into sharp practices in the international calling card market

13 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Have you ever used an international calling card? If you have, perhaps it was at a time when you didn’t have a fixed address, or …

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UK seeks views on principles of economic regulation

11 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

On 7 January the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a ‘call for evidence’ relating to principles of economic regulation.  As those who …

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Uncertainty for UK spectrum auctions as refarming permitted

7 January 2011 by Rob Bratby

Ofcom permits 2G spectrum refarming Ofcom yesterday varied the spectrum licences of the UK’s three 2G spectrum licensees (EverythingEverywhere (JV between Orange and T-Mobile), Vodafone and O2) to permit them to use …

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