Ofcom

Ofcom Allows Consumers And SMBs To Exit Mobile And Broadband Deals If Prices Rise

Ofcom says service providers must make customers aware of mid-contract price hikes and their right to cancel

11 years ago

Ofcom To Allocate Military Spectrum For 4G Services

Ofcom invites expressions of interest for 190MHz spectrum to be released for civil use by 2016

11 years ago

Ofcom Wants Operators To Pay More For 900MHz and 1800MHz Spectrum Use

Operator licence fees could quintuple early next year, but Ofcom says they reflect true market value

11 years ago

Ofcom Announces Participants For Major White Space Trial

Microsoft, Google and BT among those to lend support to Europe's first major white space pilot

11 years ago

Weightless M2M Standard Recruits “Believers” Ahead Of Trials In 2014

Next year, the first Weightless networks will pop up in Shoreditch and Cambridge, but white space spectrum regulation remains an…

11 years ago

Ofcom Paves Way For Satellite Wi-Fi On UK Aircraft

Ofcom wants to make it easier to deliver satellite Wi-Fi to planes, trains and ships

11 years ago

Ofcom Asks For Input On 5GHz Spectrum Allocation

Ofcom launches a public consultation into spectrum sharing, with a focus on Wi-Fi and M2M

11 years ago

Ofcom Proposes Easier Broadband Switching

Ofcom proposals seek easier broadband and landline switching for consumers hunting for a better deal

11 years ago

Superfast Broadband Adoption Increases Average UK Speed To 14.7Mbps

Average UK speeds rise thanks to superfast broadband, but gap between urban and rural widens

11 years ago

Limited Superfast Broadband Access In Wales Leads To Mobile Dependency

Just 48 percent of Welsh premises have access to superfast broadband as users turn towards mobiles

11 years ago

DCMS Communications Policy To Focus On Consumers And ‘Harmful Content’

Simplified spectrum rules, better TV, a crackdown on "harmful content" and “nuisance calls” all part of the new strategy

11 years ago

Ofcom Clears 800MHz Spectrum For UK 4G services

Ofcom says project to clear the 800MHz of TV services wll be completed on Wednesday

11 years ago

Ofcom Liberalises 2G and 3G Spectrum For 4G Use

Ofcom removes the regulatory barriers for the re-farming of 900 MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz spectrum

11 years ago

Ofcom Investigates BT Fibre Dominance After TalkTalk Complaint

Ofcom probes TalkTalk's compalint of monopoly abuse. BT says it has no case to answer

12 years ago

Ofcom White Space Trial To Begin This Autumn

Ofcom white space trial to test problems ahead of potential 2014 rollout

12 years ago

Ofcom Praises Competitive UK Broadband Market

Ofcom says 9 million unbundled copper lines are bringing bills down

12 years ago

Ofcom Fines TalkTalk £750,000 For Nuisance Calls

TalkTalk says two suppliers who made the calls will pay the fine

12 years ago

Ofcom Promises Clearer Charges For Business Phone Numbers

Ofcom wants to make the cost of calling 08.09 and 118 numbers clearer to consumers

12 years ago

Ofcom 4G Auction To Be Investigated By National Audit Office

NAO to see whether Ofcom 4G auction undersold the country's spectrum resources

12 years ago

Average UK Broadband Speeds Increase By A Third In Six Months

Average UK broadband speeds have trebled in the last four years to 12Mbps

12 years ago

Ofcom Broadband Report Says UK Internet Use Is Highest Among ‘EU5’

Ofcom says UK benefits from competitive broadband market but trails on superfast broadband

12 years ago

BT Frustrated As Ofcom Takes High-Speed Regulation Plans To EU

Price caps could come in by April and BT isn't happy

12 years ago

Ofcom UK 4G Spectrum Auction Raises Just £2.31bn For Government

EE, Three, Vodafone, O2 and BT are all winners, but pay much less than expected

12 years ago

UK 4G Spectrum Auction Could Raise Government As Much As £4bn

Report suggests fierce competition could yield the treasury more than expected

12 years ago

Government Launches Plan To Mitigate 4G Television Interference

Government and operators back a body which plans to minimise the 4G stress on TV signals

12 years ago

Ofcom Proposes To Liberalise Sprectrum For 4G

Ofcom starts consultation after Vodafone and Three ask to use existing spectrum for 4G

12 years ago

Ofcom Confirms 4G Auction Underway

The auction is in progress, but we won't know the winners until next month

12 years ago

Ofcom Fines Playboy £100,000 For Failing To Protect Children From Porn

Ofcom rules that Playboy age verification measures were insufficient on two of its websites

12 years ago

Ofcom Plans To Protect Users From Mobile Price Hikes

Ofcom wants to protect customers whose bills are increased by operators mid-contract

12 years ago