The Chairs of the UK Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and of the Canadian Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics, have invited Mark Zuckerberg to an unprecedented joint hearing
Ofcom starts monitoring the legally separated Openreach
The UK regulator has launched its programme to monitor how Openreach, now legally separated from BT, complies with its new commitments
UK's ICO fines Facebook for failing to protect users’ personal information
The UK Data Protection Authority concluded its investigation in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Interim report on fake news disappoints DCMS Committee
The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee of the House of Commons has criticised the Government’s response to its enquiry on fake news
UK Government launches Code of Practice for the security of connected devices
The UK Government has approved a Code of Practice to strengthen security of connected devices such as smartwatches, virtual assistants, and toys
Ofcom considering regulating how combined airtime and handset deals are sold
Ofcom has opened a consultation on the situation where mobile customers on bundled handset and airtime deals do not take action at the end of their minimum contract period
West Midlands to become UK’s first large-scale 5G testbed
The West Midlands has won the bid to become Britain’s 5G test area after the government awarded the region a contract to develop new wireless technology services
British broadcasters and ISPs call for new watchdog to police social media
A coalition of Britain’s broadcasters and communications providers has called for the creation of a new watchdog to fight the problem of abuse and misinformation online
Ofcom releases the Communications Markets Report 2018
UK regulator Ofcom released its annual report on the state of UK communications markets. The report shows an overall decline by 2.1% across communications markets. Telecoms markets’ revenues fell by 1.1% on the previous year
Broadband speeds in UK slip down global league table
According to data collected by M-Lab and compiled by UK broadband comparison site Cable, the UK has slipped from 31st to 35th place in the global broadband league tables, behind 25 other European countries
