Ofcom
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Crowd sourced data collected by Opensignal between October 2022 and March 2023, has been published by Ofcom in its 2023 Mobile Matters report.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft have noted their opposition to a plan to refer the UK cloud market for investigation into anti-competitive behaviour.
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The UK telecoms regulator is to refer the cloud business, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft, to the markets regulator.
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Kcom, the former Kingston Communications, now owned by Macquarie, is making a second attempt to expand UK-wide from its base in Hull.
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Opening up millimetre wave (mmWave) spectrum for the UK is “certainly a good thing”, but it’s unlikely that we’ll see operators using it widely across their networks.
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Ofcom will investigate BT regarding its obligation to provide customers with clear and simple contract information, before they sign up to a new deal.
Forthcoming events
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Carriers that let spoof calls into the UK could be fined 10% of relevant turnover, according to new rules that the regulator has announced today.
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The UK regulator, Ofcom, is starting three investigations into the cloud-based services that are taking over the telecoms market.
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Ofcom says it is pondering a move to allow satellite operators to access more spectrum in order to offer broadband services to hard-to-reach areas.
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Hyperoptic is taking on the British regulator on behalf of consumers as broadband providers implement "above-inflation mid-contract price rises".
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Dan Lloyd, head of wholesale for Australia’s TPG Telecom, coming to the UK to lead the spectrum group at Ofcom, the country’s regulator.
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Ofcom is seeking stakeholder input on its next Space Spectrum Strategy, which is intended to address the growing number of NGSO satellites and their use of spectrum.
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UK operators will make it more difficult for fraudsters to use their networks after plans unveiled today by Ofcom.
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A very British approach to regulation; altimeter checks in Norway and the cold side of quantum computing
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UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has published its latest report that indicates the mobile market could be due for further consolidation.
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Spectrum sharing between UK operators should become a policy priority according to a new report from the UK Spectrum Policy Forum (UK SPF).
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Four UK regulators have appointed a single CEO to unify their approach to online services.
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Data released on 20 October by British regulator Ofcom confirmed that 44.6 million adults in the UK were targeted with scam calls and texts over the summer.
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The UK regulator has fined Colt £15,000 because the carrier provided “incorrect and incomplete information” in response to its review of the wholesale market.
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British regulator Ofcom has confirmed the final results in its 5G spectrum auction.
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Openreach's full fibre broadband will be available to 4.5 million UK premises by next Wednesday.
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The UK government has announced a £5 billion infrastructure project that will connect "more than one million hard to reach homes and businesses" in the first phase.
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Australia welcomes a new ICT mega-project, Digital Realty sells 11 EU data centres and there are new states of matter in telecoms
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Fibre operators in the UK have welcomed today’s statement by the telecoms regulator, Ofcom, on its plans for the fixed wholesale market.
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The principal stage of The UK's long-awaited 5G auction has raised £1,356,400,000.
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The UK's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has outlined its priorities for the year ahead, saying that its new strategy "represents a real step change in both its scope and ambition".
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Telefonica's O2 has been handed a £10.5 million fine from British regulator Ofcom after it admitted to breaching rules around customer contract terminations.
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British regulator Ofcom has named the applicants who qualified to participate in the country's next spectrum auction.
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The UK regulator has changed the way it plans to calculate costs for duct-sharing, following an intervention from Openreach and its owner.
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This episode features editor-in-chief Joao Marques Lima, editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas and senior reporter Natalie Bannerman.
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Operators and device manufacturers active in the UK are no longer permitted to sell locked handsets, the national regulator Ofcom has said.
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BT has called for a new plan for rural and remote connectivity in the UK after Ofcom launched an investigation into its compliance with universal service obligations (USOs).
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Five UK service providers paid out automatic compensation worth more than £20 million between July and December 2019.
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The UK will start its auction for 5G frequencies in the middle of January 2021,with few relaxations because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Telecoms lawyer Stephanie Liston has been appointed to chair the new competition authority in the Channel Island of Jersey.
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There were 2,416,135 cases of people infected with Covid-19 and 165,939 dead, as of 20 April, 12:35 (BST).
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UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched Stay Connected, a nationwide campaign advising the public on ways reduce pressure on networks during the coronavirus lockdown.
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The UK regulator has appointed Google’s head of connectivity partnerships as its director of emerging technology.
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Ofcom, the UK regulator, has appointed career civil servant Melanie Dawes as its next chief executive, replacing Sharon White, who left late last year.
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Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Vodafone is taking legal action against Ofcom, the UK regulator, over its decision to allow Openreach to charge more for leased lines.
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Telefonica’s O2 has hit out in response to Ofcom’s 5G spectrum defragmentation plan.
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The UK regulator has given Openreach, the BT subsidiary that runs last-mile copper and fibre in the UK, a “good but try harder” assessment.
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A leading UK house-builder wants to set up its own licensed telecoms company so it can deliver fibre to its new homes.
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London-based law firm Mishcon de Reya has appointed telecoms lawyer Stephanie Liston to lead its regulatory practice.
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Ofcom has announced that Openreach’s telegraph poles and underground tunnels will be opened up to rival firms to encourage them to develop high-speed lines for mobile and broadband networks and invest in full fibre and 5G.
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Telefónica’s O2 and Vodafone UK have extended their current network sharing partnership to accelerate the deployment of 5G, at greater scale, and to do so at a lower cost.
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As Ofcom proposes a major change in the way UK approaches regulation, Capacity spoke to a number of UK-based wholesale fibre providers on their thoughts for the new proposal.
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UK regulator Ofcom is proposing a radical change to the wholesale fixed broadband market by regulating it on a geographical basis starting from 2021.