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News O2 press adverts claimed "Best ever UK mobile network performance beating all national call success rates previously published by Oftel" within a specified period. O2 has found itself on the wrong end of an adjudication... [09 Nov 2005]
Qualcomm gets former watchdog Cruickshank on board
News The Scot has previously worked at McKinsey, the NHS in Scotland, Times Newspapers, United Business Media, Virgin Group and most famously Oftel and then the LSE. Qualcomm has elected former UK telecoms director general... [07 Jun 2005]
Opinion: How broad is broadband?
Comment In 2003 independent regulator Oftel revised its definition of 'broadband' by dropping the requirement that internet connections should be capable of delivering real-time video content. It concluded that asymmetric... [23 Feb 2005]
BT reveals Danon successor
News In other telecoms news, it has been announced that Dave Edmonds, formerly director general at then telecoms regulator Oftel, is to step down from the board of super-regulator Ofcom. The successor to BT Retail CEO Pierre... [10 Dec 2004]
5 years ago… Oftel slams Cable & Wireless on billing U-turn
News 03.09.1999 Oftel has warned Cable & Wireless Communications not to raise charges for its domestic customers after the UK telco tried to hoist a £10 monthly charge on Videotron cable customers making free local calls to... [03 Sep 2004]
Ofcom slams BT on anti-competitive broadband
News Freeserve's claim was twice rejected by Oftel, the UK telecommunications regulator that was later replaced by Ofcom. Ofcom believes that BT has infringed competition law in its pricing of broadband services, the UK... [02 Sep 2004]
Leader: 118 - not so great?
Leader News of a National Audit Office inquiry, seemingly unhappy with the way then-telecoms regulator Oftel handled the migration, sounds weighty but there is one key thing the move to 118 numbers supposedly showed - when all... [24 Aug 2004]
Watchdog to investigate 'cheaper' 118 calls
News The National Audit Office is to investigate Ofcom predecessor Oftel's introduction of directory enquiry competition to see if customers are getting a good deal. The number of directory-enquiry queries has dropped by... [24 Aug 2004]
UK web use shows sharp rise
News Several previous reports from organisations such as Oftel and the Office of National Statistics had suggested that internet penetration in the UK was firmly stuck at about the 50 per cent mark. Internet take-up in the UK... [02 Aug 2004]
Broadband independent opens flank attack on BT
News The company had a complaint against BT for 'predatory pricing' on its Wavestream Metro and Connect National products dismissed by now-defunct regulator Oftel late last year. All-optic broadband supplier Vtesse has... [15 Apr 2004]
mmO2 plans a boom year
News Last year, now-defunct regulator Oftel ruled that mobile operators would have to cut charges to users terminating calls on rival networks. BT mobile offshoot mmO2 predicts that it will show its heels to UK rivals and... [31 Mar 2004]
Carphone shoots second in phone price war
News The company, and now defunct regulator Oftel, were under fire from MPs earlier this week for its confusing tariff structure. Carphone Warehouse today announced that all calls on its TalkTalk network would be free as it... [25 Mar 2004]
BT cuts residential voice calls
News Just yesterday the UK Public Accounts Committee criticised BT and former regulator Oftel for confusing consumers. BT has announced price cuts which it says will make bills easy to compare and mean savings as compared to... [24 Mar 2004]
Consumers suffering from fixed-line 'monopoly'
News A report from the Public Accounts Committee published today has slammed BT and former regulator Oftel, saying the 'quasi-monopoly' of the telco is bad news for the fixed-line market - and especially for consumers. [23 Mar 2004]
5 years ago: Do people really want free net access?
News 17.03.1999: Oftel's recent decision to allow subscription-free ISPs to continue using the Number Translation Services (NTS) - the formula which allows for the carve-up of call revenues - was welcomed by ISPs. [17 Mar 2004]
