Kangaroo, the television catch-up and video on demand service being jointly developed by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 has been referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading.
The Competition Commission (CC) now has a 24 week period to look in to the online television service which will now not debut this
Despite hopes being raised at the recent London Calling event where ISPs met representatives from the music industry, the two sides would seem as diametrically opposed as ever on how to deal with unauthorised file sharing, particularly on who should pay to combat the problem.
Although former pop star Feargal Sharkey, now head of the BMR
OFCOM have tweaked the process for handling the situation where a customer finds they cannot order broadband due to a “tag on the line”. This usually arises when a service is already present on a phone line that prevents an ISP ordering ADSL from BT Wholesale, or prevents a LLU operator gaining access to the
OFCOM have today launched a new public consultation, seeking views on whether BT should be allowed to give discounted connections and voice line rental to up to 300 properties connected by Fibre to the Home (FTTH) in the Ebbsfleet development.
At first glance one might wonder why a consultation is required for this, but the Universal
Ofcom made the positive step on Thursday of getting 37 ISPs, which represent more than 90% of the UK market, to agree to a new code which mandates they must give a realistic forecast of the speed a subscriber will get. Whilst the code does not cover marketing slogans, so we are still likely to
OFCOM have today published a voluntary code of practice for the advertising and selling of broadband products, designed to reduce consumer confusion especially about speed of services. Some 37 ISPs have signed up at the time of writing, representing about 90% of the market. Signatories are expected to fully implement the letter and spirit of
Ofcom has today announced that it will deregulate 70% of the UK’s broadband market. The news was widely expected following the European Union green-lighting the process in February of this year.
The changes will see pricing restrictions placed upon BT Wholesale being removed in 1197 of the 5592 exchange areas. These “Market 3″ exchanges are those
The Register is carrying a story on the latest Ofcom views on making high speed net access a part of service providers universal service obligation (USO). Ofcoms view is that for the moment high speed net access should not be part of a USO.
Ofcom was quoted as saying, “By imposing a USO and in choosing
Ofcom today announced the next stage of its work to encourage competitive Next Generation Networks (NGNs).
NGNs use digital technology to connect telephone calls and other network traffic more efficiently than traditional telecoms networks. Internet Protocol (IP) based services can be developed more quickly and at lower cost to communications providers.
Over time NGNs will offer consumers