Ofcom has published its Telecoms Access Review (TAR) consultation which sets out how it proposes to regulate for the period 2026-31.
Three/Vodafone in the UK: Green Light
Three/Vodafone in the UK: A pathway to completion
Three and Vodafone in the UK: Have the stars aligned?
What does Rishi Sunak mean for tech and telecoms?
Three/Vodafone: What would be the chances of regulatory approval?
What does Liz Truss mean for tech and telecoms?
Ofcom's boost for broadband builders
UK General Election 2019: Labour pledges free broadband for all
Three looks to challenge fixed broadband with its 5G service
EE set to launch the UK's first 5G network
Industry goes along with the new European Electronic Communications Code
Roaming in the EU in the event of a no deal Brexit
The UK government today announced in the event that the UK leaving the EU without a deal, the costs that EU mobile operators would be able to charge UK operators for providing roaming services would no longer be regulated after March 2019. This would mean that surcharge-free roaming could no longer be guaranteed.
Ofcom answers calls for predictability and certainty when it comes to full fibre
Ofcom has outlined a package of proposed measures to support long-term investment in full-fibre networks. They include regulating business and residential markets together, plans for unrestricted access to Openreach’s ducts and poles, different regulatory approaches in different parts of the country and extending the duration of regulation from three to five years or more.
Openreach cuts wholesale broadband prices to boost fibre uptake
The long-awaited Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review
Google fine illustrates the EC still needs a new approach to digital markets
The European Commission has today fined Google €4.3bn arguing the company engages in illegal practices regarding the Android operating system in order to strengthen dominance of Google search. The EC notes Google has required manufacturers to pre-install the Google Search app and browser app (Chrome), as a condition for licensing Google's app store (the Play Store); paid large manufacturers and mobile network operators on condition that they exclusively pre-installed the Google Search app on their devices; and prevented manufacturers wishing to pre-install Google apps from selling devices running on alternative versions of Android that were not approved by Google (so-called "Android forks").
US net neutrality is dead, long live net neutrality
Today is the day in the US when the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom order takes effect. It is the order which repeals the previous Open Internet Order of 2015, and reclassifies broadband as an information service rather than a telecoms service to keep it away from what the FCC calls “heavy-handed” regulation.
The wide discontent around the new European Electronic Communications Code is no good thing
On 6 June 2018, the EU announced a political agreement on the long-awaited European Electronic Communications Code. Stakeholders across the board are unhappy; however, the favourable treatment of wholesale-only networks could solve some long-standing problems facing wholesale access regulation over the last 20 years.
GDPR is almost here, but it will not change the world in a day
The most talked about day of the last two years is almost upon us. The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force tomorrow, promising much stronger rights and safeguards for users’ personal data. For now, the main effect it has had has been, paradoxically, to irritate the very people it is supposed to protect, due to the deluge of emails we have all received from companies seeking fresh consent. While businesses fear GDPR’s hefty fines, it is likely that regulators at least will be flexible in the first few months.
