Regulatory stability was the overarching request to the new Government and Ofcom from industry
Event debrief: Connected Britain 2024, Day 1
Amid ranging assessments of the future of the altnet market, panellists also made numerous asks of the new Government, from AI to infrastructure
Event debrief: ISPA ISP Business Summit 2024
Consolidation and the ‘right number’ of fibre networks dominated discussions, with the ultimate survival of some altnets the elephant in the room
Event debrief: Connected North 2024
Adoption, consolidation and regulation dominated discussions at this year’s event, with tensions already running high heading into the Telecoms Access Review
Event debrief: ISPA’s Parliament & Internet conference 2024
Both industry and policymakers appear pleased with progress on rollout, but there is work to do connecting rural areas and driving adoption
Conference debrief: ISPA ISP Business Summit 2023
Discussions centred on stimulating fibre adoption, reflecting the industry’s shift from a focus on premises passed to delivering connections and returns
Conference debrief: Connected North 2023
We summarise the main talking points from the Connected North conference that took place in Manchester during 17–18 April 2023
Improving broadband information for UK consumers
Ofcom moves to tackle confusion around different network technologies, 15 years since the problem emerged
Ofcom sets out the UK’s long-term wholesale fixed telecoms market regulation
Ofcom aims to remove roadblocks to investment in fibre with a market review covering the period 2021 – 2026, but with a nod to a longer period of certainty and stability.