March 30th 2004
By: Russ
Ofcom Consumer Panel Releases Statement of Intent
The document can be found here.
The key points:
* The Panel will produce an annual report in July 2004.
* The Panel, similar to Ofcom will be 'evidence-based' and will develop a research programme to generate such evidence.
* The Panel will only intervene ...
March 27th 2004
By: Russ
Ofcom Watch investigates: The Ofcom Pass...
If you're like me, you've been tooling around on the Ofcom website for months now and continually seeing this thing called the 'Ofcom Pass'. Today I finally clicked on it. Here's the Ofcom Watch low-down:
* The Ofcom Pass will not work ...
March 26th 2004
By: Russ
Competing in the [regulatory] marketplace...
It's usually rare to see companies seeking stronger government regulation, especially in the area of technology policy, where 'light touch' or deregulatory policies have produced the most social benefits, but in today's FT Tiscali and Cable & Wireless make such a call.
It's a very terse piece, ...
March 23rd 2004
By: David
Spectral Efficiency
Ofcom's 2004 research programme may help to illuminate the balance of policy - and particularly the concerns that Spectrum Trading will not alone deliver significant gains in efficient spectrum utilisation.
In 'Spectral Efficiency: beyond the comfort zone', the challenges of measuring efficiency, or efficiency improvement, are considered in the ...
March 23rd 2004
By: Jan
David Elstein Goes Radio Gaga
'The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) has announced that David Elstein will take on the roll of Chairman from April 1 2004. He replaces Lord Eatwell who stepped down after four years'.
Elstein: "Despite my background in television I have a keen interest in radio and I ...
March 23rd 2004
By: Jan
Stephen Timms On Broadband Targets For 2010
Today's FT (pp 6) reports government is about to define new targets regarding the deployment of broadband for 2010. New targets will most likely be more related to fostering the use of broadband as opposed to take up or connectivity - a strategy supported ...
March 23rd 2004
By: Luke
PAC Release Telecom Consumer Pricing Report
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today released a report aimed at helping consumers get a better deal from telecom providers. The report is entitled - 'Helping Consumers Benefit from Competition in Telecommunications'
Ofcom's consumer panel will no doubt be taking a close look at the Committee's ...
March 23rd 2004
By: Russ
Regulatory Certainty v. Regulatory Advantage...
I was reviewing Hutchison 3G UK Ltd's response to Ofcom's Spectrum Trading Consultation and had the following thoughts:
* '3' paid significant sums in the UK's 3G auction in 2000, and now doesn't want any changes (related to spectrum management) that would otherwise upset its ...
March 22nd 2004
By: Patrick
WiMax is Still Coming � How Regulators Can Help
A couple of months ago, I noted with some skepticism that the WiMax product � although promising � appears to be benefiting from a great deal of hype. A great article published this month in The Economist also underscored some of ...
March 22nd 2004
By: Luke
PUAF: The Future Of Pay Phones
Roger Darlington's CommsWatch weblog has an interesting post about a research conducted by the Public Utilities Access Forum into the number of operational pay phones in the UK.
According to the PUAF's paper, over the last two years, BT has removed 17,500 payphones and of the ...
