April 29th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
A Platinum Circle megavalue reader points me to the latest edition of the EC Competition Policy newsletter (see pages 8 - 15), which contains an examination of what sort of public network funding scenarios might constitute state aid. My reading is that this seems to broadly support the open infrastructure ...
April 28th 2005
By: Paul
In the second interview in OfcomWatch's Interview Series, Paul Tavener spoke to Tim Suter and Matt Peacock over a variety of broadcasting standards issues. Further interviews on a selection of other topics will be posted in the coming months on the Ofcomwatch Interviews page.
This interview was carried out on behalf ...
April 28th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
This comes my way via the activist sphere. Sounds like an interesting event, and potentially one capable of influencing OFCOM thinking, if the right people turn up. Best of all, it's free. Many of the best things are.
~ James Enck
April 25th 2005
By: Luke
In advance of May 5th, broadband consultancy Point Topic has combined a mass of data and new market models to show for the first time how many business and residential broadband users there are in each constituency in England and Wales.
The constituency results show a big range between the peaks ...
April 23rd 2005
By: Paul
Whilst being of the opinion that Ofcom is a light touch evidence based regulator and will, eventually, act in the interests of citizens and consumers, one thing they definitely are not is quick. In the fast paced and rapidly evolving world of media communications, with ever increasing internet speeds, Ofcom ...
April 23rd 2005
By: monica
Probably the greatest novelty in the last decade of communications regulation has been the shift from regulation to competition. Competition law concepts (i.e., dominance) and methodologies (i.e., market definition) are increasingly used ex-ante for regulatory purposes. The European Framework for Electronic Communications (and the 2003 Communications Act implementing the Directives) ...
April 22nd 2005
By: monica
France was one of the last big European countries to launch DTT services (after the UK, Germany, and Italy) but it could very well soon take over its neighbours. In only 3 weeks since its launch in March 31st, about 300,000 DTT decoders have been sold. Coverage is not nationwide ...
April 22nd 2005
By: Luke
Sarah Turnbull has left SJ Berwin to become legal director in the competition and markets group at Ofcom.
Turnbull, who worked in the competition team at the top 20 City firm and starts in her new role in July, will report to Ofcom head of legal Polly Weitzman.
April 22nd 2005
By: Russ
Following-up my post of a few days ago, it was announced yesterday that Helen Coonan, Australia's communications minisiter, will be visiting the UK with an eye to learning about Ofcom's experiences with BT. She will be accompanied by Telstra chairman Donald McGauchie.
Coonan said:
"In the UK there have been ...
April 21st 2005
By: Peter
Ofcom has awarded the first of the five-year community radio licenses advertised last year.
There has been much talk about pirate stations getting a look in, allowing excited editors to claim that Ofcom is giving a legitimate front to criminals and drug dealers. However, the licenses awarded yesterday don't reflect these ...
