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News It bought the spectrum in auction from regulator Ofcom at a price of £8,334,000. Ofcom's fifth auction of radio spectrum is part of a wider programme to release spectrum for a range of uses. US technology giant Qualcomm has bought part of the UK...
[16 May 2008]
News UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has also given its approval to the tech. Music blaring out of mobiles and conversations so loud that everyone in the train carriage is forced to listen are just two of the mobile habits that are getting on the UK's wick.
[09 May 2008]
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 launched a review into the most financially viable ways of replacing the existing copper networks. Consultation on Ofcom's proposed regulations for new-build fibre networks will finish on 25 June and the regulator...
[16 Apr 2008]
News UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, also gave its approval to in-flight mobile technology last month. In-flight mobile calls have been given the green light by the European Commission (EC) which has moved to pave the way for the take off of pan-European...
[08 Apr 2008]
News BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. Verwaayen was also instrumental in achieving a settlement...
[08 Apr 2008]
News The European Commission is keen on the idea of creating a "super-regulator" to oversee and potentially veto national telecoms regulators in Europe - an idea that has met with strong resistance from national regulators such as Ofcom.
[08 Apr 2008]
News Ofcom has released details of the largest spectrum auction to date, which will make available a swathe of spectrum suitable for mobile broadband and advanced wireless services via WiMax and 3G tech. However Ofcom notes there are a number of...
[07 Apr 2008]
News But the latest statistics from telecoms regulator Ofcom paint a picture of a growing digital divide based on the much less idealistic lines of income and ethnicity. In Ofcom's reply to Alexander, seen by silicon.com, the regulator states 35 per...
[07 Apr 2008]
News In-flight mobile phone calls may soon be a reality for travellers on UK airlines after UK telecoms regulator Ofcom gave its approval to the technology. The news follows a consultation on Ofcom proposals published in October last year and the...
[26 Mar 2008]
Cheat Sheet Although these fears seem exaggerated at the moment, industry regulator Ofcom has said there is the possibility that the ISP-content provider business model may need to change in the future to fund the huge growth in digital content.
[05 Mar 2008]
News An Ofcom spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that the UK regulator had been "working very closely" with the Commission on its own approach to next-generation access regulation, and claimed that "what we are proposing in the UK is...
[28 Feb 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]
Comment And that's the argument and it is a point that we have made to Ofcom. And we are having those discussions with Ofcom on a regular basis because we have to because the discussion has moved on to fibre to the curb.
[21 Feb 2008]
News Industry regulator Ofcom is also aware of the potential looming conflict and told silicon.com broadband traffic prioritisation is likely to be necessary in the near future as different kinds of traffic such as voice, video and data continue to...
[28 Jan 2008]
News Colette Bowe, chairman of the Consumer Panel, has written to Ed Richards, Ofcom's CEO, about the regulator's potential role in creating such a code of practice. Ofcom is being called on to introduce a code of practice for internet service providers...
[19 Dec 2007]
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom has released details of its plans for awarding the spectrum that will be freed up by the switch to digital TV in 2012. Operators will be given flexibility in what they do with the spectrum and by allowing them to decide...
[14 Dec 2007]
News Ofcom has released details of its plans to auction licences for the 'L-Band' of radio spectrum. Ofcom said there will be 16 lots of approximately 1.7MHz each for spectrum from 1,452MHz to 1,479.5MHz. L-Band spectrum will be released on a technology...
[10 Dec 2007]
News VoIP telephony providers will have to enable customers to make calls to the emergency services, following a ruling by Ofcom. Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, said: "As new voice services develop and become more mainstream, regulation must evolve...
[07 Dec 2007]
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