UK Parliament launches inquiry into spectrum
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 …
Telecommunication
Ofcom has wide jurisdiction and discretion to accept and resolve disputes
The CAT today rejected BT’s arguments that Ofcom has a narrow jurisdiction to accept and resolve disputes referred to it by Communications Providers pursuant to …
RIM and Google compete to acquire Nortel’s patents
Readers with long memories will remember Nortel’s glory days of the 1990s, when it expanded rapidly by supplying equipment on the back of significant investment in competitive telecoms …
Commission maintains its softly, softly approach on net neutrality (whilst carrying big stick)
Net neutrality. A topic that stirs strong emotion and strident commentary that sometimes bears little resemblance to the underlying issues. The European Commission today published …
UK implementation of revised EU telecoms (electronic communications) framework published
The UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (and although not in the title, telecoms) today published its response to the consultation on implementation of …
‘Ladder pricing’ for calls to 08 numbers: stairway to litigation?
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 …
Rules applicable to all UK telecoms operators to change
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 …
Mobile operators to acquire more fixed assets in 2011?
Any twitter followers (to follow go to: @rbratby) may have seen my live tweet commentary from the AnalysysMason city briefing last night. I thought the four speakers …
Ofcom opens investigation into sharp practices in the international calling card market
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 …
Key telecoms regulatory issues for 2011 (do too many connectives watch star trek?)
With my first post done, I thought it best to try and provide a little substantive content. Two years ago, I spent some time interviewing …