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Ofcom Consumer Panel raises its concern over actual speed
The issue of actual broadband speeds once again came on the surface, when Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Ofcom Consumer Panel has instructed the six leading Service Providers of the UK to take effective steps so that the consumer will get clear information over what actual connection they will get. Ever since broadband and the [...]
Ofcom on the new HDTV platform to be launched by the BBC
The Market Impact Assessment (MIA) released by Ofcom shows that the BBC’s proposed plans to launch its HDTV (High Definition Television) for free viewing would not produce expected adverse impacts in market. BBC is to make this HDTV available via various digital mediums like cable, terrestrial and via satellite to viewers across the UK. However, [...]
Ofcom instructs VoIP providers to offer 999 emergency services
Ofcom, the telecom regulator, issued a consultation to the VoIP service providers asking them to provide access of the emergency services to its customers using 999. Generally all standard PSTN lines get access of emergency services through 999 while such services were offered to only a small section of VoIP users by the VoIP operators [...]
Broadband television use increases
Ofcom in its recent research has found out that the number of people using their broadband connections to watch television has increased drastically. In their research conducted in the first quarter of this year, it has been found out that there has been a rise in more than 40% of the people using broadband connections [...]
