April 7th 2005
By: Amit
The French Competition Authority (The Conseil de la Concurrence) has published on 04 April its decision endorsing the French telecommunications regulator�s move to mandate the dominant mobile operators to open up their networks to Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs).
In December 2004 the French telecommunications regulator (ART) has published the findings ...
April 7th 2005
By: Luke
International high-tech consultancy Scientific Generics this week commence an inaugural project for Ofcom, which investigates the possibilities of providing wireless broadband access (WBA) to rural communities currently unable to access alternative broadband technology. The project is being undertaken with a specialist consortium of partners which include; Lucent Technologies, DotEcon and ...
April 7th 2005
By: monica
Following up on Peggy�s earlier post on the controversies and debates regarding the distinction for regulatory purposes between �broadcasting� and �information society� services, I want to draw attention to a discussion document that deals with these very same matters, this time in the context of the European Convention on Transfrontier ...
April 6th 2005
By: monica
For the last few days all world media have widely covered the death of Pope John Paul II and have extensively reported on his life and role in the XX century. All? Not in China, which together with Russia, is one of the few countries that was never visited by ...
April 5th 2005
By: Luke
"We've made a wonderful offer. It gives Ofcom the chance to create forward-looking telecoms regulation for the first time,' said Verwaayen. 'It's a wonderful opportunity for the industry to get on with life."
Not sure everyone is agreed on this one...
Comments - blog@ofcomwatch.co.uk
April 5th 2005
By: Russ
Not to be upstaged by Google's announcement (see Luke's post of earlier today), Al Gore, once falsely-rumoured to have won the U.S. presidential election, announced today the creation of a television channel aimed at the youth market, called 'Current'.
Rock on!
The folks at Ofcom and DCMS should mull this over. ...
April 5th 2005
By: Luke
The Register - the best IT resource on the web - reports:
"Google co-founder Larry Page has announced that the company wants the public to send in its homemade videos - and he doesn't mind how mucky they are.
"There might be an adult section, or something like that. I don't think ...
April 5th 2005
By: Luke
The Trade and Industry Select Committee report into Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications is now online.
April 5th 2005
By: Luke
The Trade and Industry Committee today publishes its Report on its inquiry Ofcom's Strategic Review of Telecommunications (HC 407 - I).
During its inquiry, the Committee focussed on how Ofcom has addressed some of the issues the Committee raised last year in its Report on The UK Broadband Market (Second Report ...
April 5th 2005
By: ChrisMarsden
It's official, folks, as released by the Cabinet Office on April Fool's Day in its strategy document.
That marvellous quote is at p13. I
It gets worse at p14 with a wilfully misleading headline that UK is the 'most extensive and competitive broadband market in the G7' - when in fact, errr, ...
