Archive for the 'Ofcom (UK super-regulator)' Category

Over Half Of UK Adults Have Home Broadband

Ofcom Digital Progress Report charts the rise of broadband.

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Ofcom To Regulate VoIP In UK

They’ve been talking about it for a while, now Ofcom announces their initial VoIP regulations.

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Ofcom Announces Premium Rate TV Inquiry

Ofcom have to put some effort into trying to persuade TV viewers that they can trust the medium.

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HDForAll Pressure Ofcom on HD Freeview

On the day after news of the date of the first English town to start to go full digital on the delivery of TV, we’re reminded by HDforAll that Ofcom currently doesn’t have plans to set aside any of the freed up frequencies for HDTV usage.
Despite a successful trial run in London during 2006, where […]

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Nearly Half Of All UK TVs Digital-ised: Ofcom

Ofcom and the UK government will be pleased that digital TV is being taken up by UK households.

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BT Try To Vary Payphone Pricing

In their constant pursuit for higher profits, BT have put a request into the UK uber-regulator Ofcom, to allow them to charge different prices for phone calls depending on where the phonebox is located, claim TelecomTV.
BT is under a legal obligation to provide phone boxes up and down the length of the UK, which they […]

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New Media Classification System For UK

At last, someone is thinking of the children, as Brown announces content labelling.

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Vodafone And Orange 3G RAN Share: Examined

As has been mentioned on Digital-Lifestyles, Orange and Vodafone have entered into an agreement to share their 3G Radio Access Network (or RAN). We thought you’d appreciate some more depth … and who better to give it than Steve Kennedy, our telco guru.
Currently Vodafone have a bigger network than Orange, so Orange would gain more […]

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Orange And Vodafone Propose Sharing 3G Aerials In UK

Orange UK and Vodafone UK have signed an agreement to share mobile infrastructure, but continue to compete on service.

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Ofcom Proposed Spectrum Auction: Analysis

There’s some possible problems with the Ofcom’s suggested spectrum auction including current 3G owners and interferance with the UKs loosely neighbours.

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