Ofcom to regulate Rural Broadband Prices
Ed Richards, the head of the telecommunications regulator of the United Kingdom, Ofcom has said that he anticipated a price regulation so that fresh operators could use the rural underground duct and telegraph pole network of BT for laying their own new cables. According to Richards it was very much unlikely that BT would set [...]
19.5m Broadband Connections in the UK in 2010 Q4
Ofcom, the telecommunications regulator of the United Kingdom that regularly publish the communications sector market data, has released this month its report on the communications market for the fourth quarter of 2010. The key aspects for broadband shown by the report were an increase in the broadband connections by 3.9 per cent (728,000 connections) comparing [...]
Competition in UK Broadband Market could be boosted by the Ofcom Move
The broadband internet market of the United Kingdom could be on its way to witness an increased competition among the telecommunications service providers after a recent announcement made by the telecommunications regulator of the country, Ofcom. The regulator has announced that its proposals to the wholesale telecoms service access arm of BT, BT Openreach could [...]
Ofcom Against Misleading Unlimited Text and Call Claims
The telecommunications industry regulator of the United Kingdom, Ofcom has keened over the use of the expression ‘unlimited’ in the sales pitches of the internet service providers with regard to broadband internet tariffs. In another interesting development, Broadband Genie, the broadband comparison website has also joined Ofcom in denouncing companies offering unlimited packages, which are [...]
Ofcom mulls banning of Misleading Broadband Speed Ads
It was only under a week back a prominent regulatory body operating in the United Kingdom had urged Ofcom to act upon the misleading broadband speed advertisements frequently given by the internet service providers of the country. Now it is understood that the telecommunications regulator itself is seeking to check the broadband suppliers from advertising [...]
