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News On Friday, Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, said the operator had now rolled out 3G coverage to at least 80 per cent of the UK population, as it was obliged to do. Ofcom warned O2 in February that it was the only 3G licensee to have fallen...
[06 May 2008]
News In separate news, Ofcom has announced O2 has now met the obligations of its 3G licence to achieve 80 per cent overage of the UK population. Ofcom added it will conduct a further assessment to ensure all 3G licensees remain in compliance on 31...
[02 May 2008]
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom has threatened to shave months off O2's 3G licence term after the mobile operator failed to meet a coverage deadline. O2 was obliged by the terms of its 3G licence to achieve 80 per cent overage of the UK population by the...
[27 Feb 2008]
News Ofcom has announced the results of its fourth radio spectrum auction, awarding licences to 10 organisations. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth
[22 Feb 2008]
News O is for Ofcom Average broadband costs have dropped 36 per cent in the last four years, according to price comparison site uSwitch. Back in 2004, customers could expect to pay an average of £27 per month for a less-than-fat 0.5Mbps connection.
[01 Feb 2008]
News O is for Ofcom Firing up fat pipes is inducing techno-rage in many UK broadband customers, according to a survey commissioned by O2 Broadband. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[25 Jan 2008]
News O is for Ofcom O2 has significantly cut its data-roaming prices within Europe. The Telefónica group, which owns O2, has announced its customers in the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Spain and the UK would see cuts in excess of 40 per cent when...
[15 Jan 2008]
News O is for Ofcom The N3 broadband backbone is part of the £12.4bn NHS IT modernisation programme and is key to the delivery of new services such as electronic prescriptions and the Picture Archiving and Communications digital X-ray system.
[06 Dec 2007]
News Ofcom has announced a consultation that could result in a drastic improvement in mobile coverage across the country. According to Ofcom, such a move could bring £6bn in benefits to the UK economy. Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards said: "We can't...
[20 Sep 2007]
News BT's share of fixed-line call volumes fell below 50 per cent for the first time last year, an annual report by Ofcom has revealed. Ofcom attributes the rise largely to the increasing prevalence of smart phones with PDA functionality, which are able...
[24 Aug 2007]
News Ofcom said the regulator was aware of the GSMA's study and that it would publish a consultation document on spectrum refarming later this year. Mobile operators have renewed calls to open up GSM radio frequencies for the delivery of 3G data.
[25 Jun 2007]
News Regulator Ofcom has saved the UK's mobile operators hundreds of millions of pounds per year - and the watchdog is hoping some of the cash will find its way back into consumers' pockets. Now Ofcom has reduced the amount operators can charge another...
[27 Mar 2007]
News Ofcom said this week it would auction its largest-ever portion of radio spectrum, which the regulator believes is most likely to be used for 3G or mobile WiMax. We have assumed that deployments in the 2500-2690 MHz band [the largest band on offer...
[14 Dec 2006]
News Mobile customers are being fleeced for calls to competing networks because Ofcom has not cracked down on charges imposed by the UK's five mobile operators, according to the European Commission. Ofcom has proposed plans to reduce these rates within...
[28 Nov 2006]
News O is for Ofcom Speaking in London today, Peter Erskine, CEO of O2, revealed the mobile operator will be seeking to capitalise on the convergence trend with new technologies. It's a trend O2's rivals have all sought to capitalise on, with mobile...
[15 Nov 2006]
News Not so, says UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom. Brussels is threatening a complete overhaul of the way the telecoms sector is controlled. Viviane Reding, information society commissioner for the EC, announced in a speech yesterday the Commission would...
[28 Jun 2006]
News Backing up Reding's remarks, the European Regulators Group (ERG), which includes Ofcom as a member, said the high cost of mobile roaming had "for some time been a source of concern to European authorities" but that it had proven "difficult to deal...
[28 Mar 2006]
News Communications regulator Ofcom has recognised that some users are caught out by international roaming rates and announced on Tuesday it has begun examining international mobile roaming fees. Businesses can look forward to high and confusing roaming...
[26 Jan 2006]
News Currently, operators opting to use the DVB-H standard are essentially waiting to hear which, if any, of the desired spectrum bands will be licensed for mobile TV by regulator Ofcom. O2 is looking to get into bed with rival operators in order to...
[17 Jan 2006]
Comment The main stumbling block for DVB-H, the superior broadcast technology, is that it requires a new tranche of spectrum to be allocated to it, and Ofcom has so far not recognised the need, or urgency, for doing so.
[06 Oct 2005]
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