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News Only a day before BT is to announce its annual results, Ofcom has revealed the telco's shrinking revenues and market share in a market that is also contracting. The Ofcom figures show a generally shrinking fixed-line market.
[19 May 2004]
News Electronic Networks: Challenges for the Next Decade, produced by the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit, told Ofcom it will have to ensure telcos such as BT do not abuse their powerful position in the UK's telecoms market.
[04 Dec 2002]
News O is for Ofcom In its watchdog role, Ofcom has been involved in a fair few skirmishes over the years. O is for Ofcom O is for Ofcom O is for Ofcom Ofcom Following an intervention by Ofcom in 2004, which cut the cost of unbundling, many operators...
[01 Nov 2006]
News O is for Ofcom This point was echoed by Ofcom exec Peter Phillips, partner, strategy and markets development, who said there is still "a lot of uncertainty" about how long current broadband networks will deliver what consumers need.
[22 Nov 2007]
News Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. And we are having those discussions with Ofcom on a regular basis because...
[22 Feb 2008]
News But BT believes the creation of Ofcom, the super-regulator for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries, gives an opportunity for more light-touch regulation. These restrictions have helped to create a relatively open and competitive...
[11 Nov 2003]
News Lord Currie, the head of Ofcom, wrote a report earlier this year that said that "careful consideration" should be given to separating BT. However, Ben Verwaayen, BT's chief executive, told journalists in September that he wasn't worried that Ofcom...
[04 Nov 2002]
News The list of MPs supporting the EDM includes Chris Bryant - who expressed his concerns about broadband rollout when the select committee on Culture, Media and Sport considered the introduction of Ofcom - and Derek Wyatt, another tech-savvy MP.
[27 Feb 2003]
News Earlier this month, a group of MPs expressed their dismay that BT was such a dominant player, and on Thursday night Ofcom warned that it could take action to improve local-loop unbundling -- a process that allows other telcos to install their own...
[20 Feb 2004]
News Ofcom has called for simplifying the process of switching providers and recently received support from BT for the cause. A "significant minority" of consumers have trouble working out which company offers the best value or quality of service on...
[17 Nov 2006]
News Although Ofcom research shows that 83 per cent of internet users who switch providers find the process easy, a significant minority encounter problems. At present the supplying of these codes is purely voluntary, meaning that industry regulator...
[13 Dec 2006]
News O is for Ofcom A is for ADSL Virgin described this as 'a significant speed advantage' over regular 8Mbps ADSL connections and said the free upgrade will roll out by region from late next month and be completed by late summer.
[28 Jan 2008]
News Companies including BT - which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as the 21CN - and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll out an up to 50Mbps broadband service by the end of next year, joined...
[27 Nov 2007]
News Martin O'Neill, Labour MP for Ochil, expressed doubts that Ofcom would be able to effectively regulate BT, given Oftel's performance on local loop unbundling, a process which has so far failed to create significant competition at the wholesale...
[05 Dec 2002]
News A spokeswoman for Scottish & Southern told ZDNet UK that the company's CEO, Ian Marchant, will be meeting with Ofcom next week and he will be complaining about BT's behaviour. Because we are meeting with Ofcom next week, there is nothing I can say...
[10 Nov 2003]
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 In an Ofcom survey, 54 per cent of smaller ISPs claimed their ability to offer personalised products rather than standard packages gave them the advantage over the bigger players. O is for Ofcom Despite Ofcom's best efforts to encourage competition...
[26 Jan 2007]
News O is for Ofcom A is for ADSL BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer...
[22 Apr 2008]
News O is for Ofcom A is for ADSL BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next-generation network's national rollout. Paul Reynolds, chief executive of BT Wholesale and board sponsor of the 21CN...
[28 Nov 2006]
News O is for Ofcom A is for ADSL BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers in a customer satisfaction survey. B is for BT Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660, then Sky (657), AOL (646), Orange (636), Pipex (634...
[06 Dec 2007]
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