April 21st 2005
By: ChrisMarsden
The papers from the conference 13-14 April are now available online - very heavyweight as this is the biennial telco regulator get-together.
Given the previous post, it's notable that - though the majority of regulators kept to the 'business as usual' agenda - a good proportion, if a minority, were very ...
April 20th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
It's always painful to see the dismay and utter disbelief which greets the passing of an institution or an industry, especially in the reactions of those caught up in it. We are witnessing this in the case of Rover now in the UK, and the very idea that an institution ...
April 20th 2005
By: Russ
Our friend, Christian Ahlert, just alerted us to the fact that Creative Commons-UK now has its own website and that CC-UK licenses are now available in usable form (I recall the earlier version was a draft).
Check it all out here.
April 20th 2005
By: Russ
Media and communications policy watchers in Oz must be buzzing with excitement: As we've reported before, similar to Ofcom, Australia is creating a new media and communications regulator that will commence operations on July 1, 2005. The new regulator will be called ACMA - the Australian Communications and ...
April 20th 2005
By: Jan
First an uncontroversial PSB review - now they're charging broadcasters less for regulation. I snatched this from Broadcast:
"Ofcom has slashed its annual fees to broadcasters by up to 29% after coming in under budget last year. The regulator said its 2005/6 budget would be around �133m - 5% lower than ...
April 19th 2005
By: Luke
Tony Stoller, Ofcom's Director of External Relations, is set to take up the role of Consultation Champion at Ofcom.
He takes over the role from Philip Rutnam, Partner, Competition and Strategic Resources.
April 16th 2005
By: Luke
Lord Currie is giving the keynote at the IIC Conference - Thousands to Millions � The New Diversity in Broadcasting and Telecommunications - Monday 10th October 2005 � Tuesday 11th October 2005.
A very interesting line up - both of speakers and topics. Good to see Professor James Curran on ...
April 15th 2005
By: Amit
The EU Commission announced yesterday that it has launched legal proceedings against ten EU member states (Germany, Italy, Latvia, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Finland) for infringement of the EU rules for electronic communications. The Commission claims there are defects in the national laws of these member ...
April 15th 2005
By: Luke
A good response to our question about whether the European Commission's plans to promote broadband over power lines was bonkers.
PLT/PLC/BPL/DPL - it doesn't matter what you call it said one of our readers it has significant technical problems. He suggested the following link as a good place to get an ...
April 15th 2005
By: Luke
James Enck, on his fantastic EuroTelcoBlog notes this morning:
"Skype should pass 100m downloads today."
An important milestone indeed.
