Freeview HD: Three New Channels For UK
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 21 October 2008 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, HDTV
Ofcom gives green light for new BBC, ITV and Channel Four HD channels.
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Ofcom Gives BT OK For Ebbsfleet Fibre Trial Line Rental Discounts
Posted by Simon Perry on 1 August 2008 | Tagged as: Fibre, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, BT, Regulation
Ofcom are altering the very grandly named, “Universal Service Condition 1,” to let BT provide discounted connections to people on their Ebbsfleet Fibre optic trial, which plans to provide network connections of up to 100Mbps.
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H2O Networks: Fibre Though The Sewer
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 July 2008 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), Fibre, UK, Broadband, Networking, Infrastructure
H2O Networks, of Merseyside UK, have got an interesting idea for providing high speed Internet access to homes and businesses - by running fibre optic cables through the sewer.
This apparently initially grubby idea isn’t new - we first wrote about the concept back in December 2001, when a company called CityNet was talking about the […]
Broadband Rural Customers Lag Behind City Slickers
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 4 June 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, Broadband
City slickers are getting all the fast broadband action, while rural locations suffer.
UK Rural Broadband Overtakes Urban
Posted by Simon Perry on 22 May 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, Broadband, Infrastructure
It’s been announced that, for the first time, rural broadband installations across the UK have overtaken those in Urban areas, according to Ofcom.
The whole of the UK breaks down to 59 per cent of households in rural areas now have broadband compared to 57 per cent of urban areas.
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Ofcom Proposes Restrictions On Cash Cow Participation TV
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 April 2008 | Tagged as: Revenue raising, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK
There’s no shock that Ofcom have today detailed new Broadcasting Code rules intended to control the once-bonanza income generating TV programmes using Premium Rate Services (PRS) phone lines.
The new rules make it clear that both radio and TV programmes cannot, as their primary focus, be encouraging viewers to call in using PRS. The focus should […]
Two New Directors At Ofcom
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 March 2008 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK
Uber-regulator Ofcom is making two changes at the upper echelons of the organisation.
Ofcom are bringing in people who are currently working at some of the media companies that they are regulating. With some artistic licence you could even stretch it to poacher turned game keeper.
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Ofcom Threaten O2 Over 3G
Posted by Simon Perry on 27 February 2008 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, 3G, Legal
Mobile operator O2 have attracted the attention of uber-regulator Ofcom, with accusations that O2 haven’t adhered to their 3G rollout obligations.
The ruck between the two of them has come to light as part of the 3G licence obligations that the five operators of 3G licences entered into when they won the 150 round auction back […]
Ofcom Consumer Panel: ISP’s, Please Deliver Advertised Broadband Speeds
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 December 2007 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, Broadband
The Ofcom Consumer Panel is officially asking Ofcom to look into broadband speeds in the UK
There’s been some noise in the last few weeks in the UK media about the speed - or lack of it - of broadband connections.
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Ofcom: 2 Hour Mobile Number Porting By Sept 2009
Posted by Simon Perry on 29 November 2007 | Tagged as: Services, Business, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK
Ofcom has been consistently moving to reduce the amount of time that it takes to change mobile numbers from one to another - or port them as it’s know in the telecoms trade.
Their latest direction to the industry is that as of 1 September 2009, they’ll need to drop the amount of times to a […]
