June 30th 2005
By: Russ
Ofcom released the details of the BT settlement. They are here.
Folks, here are the key takeaways / open issues as I see them from a legal perspective:
* This is essentially a consultation on whether BT has promised enough ('undertakings' - spelled out in Section 2 of the document) to avoid ...
June 30th 2005
By: Russ
And, as someone pointed out to me yesterday, it hardly gives confidence that the regulator will act in an independent manner...
June 30th 2005
By: Roger Darlington
A short discussion here.
June 30th 2005
By: Russ
Our friends at Reckon wonder if this counts as e-government!
Try your hand here. Meanwhile, the copyright extension issue seems to have disappeared off the radar screen here in the U.K.
Send your war stories to: blog@ofcomwatch.co.uk
June 29th 2005
By: Amit
The DTI published today a consultation proposing to raise the maximum penalty for misuse of Premium Rate Services (PRS) from �100,000 to �250,000.
This consultation is further to Ofcom�s December 2004 review of The Regulation of Premium Rate Services in which Recommendation 6 stated (with regards to the code of practice ...
June 29th 2005
By: David Lee
I'm posting details for a forthcoming event about the process of media policy making which will be taking place at Goldsmiths College, London on September 23rd 2005. If you are interested in attending, please email me to register.
MEDIA POLICY-MAKING AND POWER: A SYMPOSIUM
Organised by the Unit for Journalism Research, Goldsmiths ...
June 29th 2005
By: Russ
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) website is operational - click here. Well, 'operational' might be a charitable term...
I heard an interesting story today. Apparently the Sydney and Canberra ABA/ACA offices got together about a month ago and--in a 'team building' exercise--each baked a different cake.
Maybe they should have ...
June 29th 2005
By: EuroTelcoBlog
I look forward to reading the weekly updates from the ASA in the UK. This week's named and shamed telco is BT, which is pinned down by a savvy consumer who clocked that a 1GB data cap and unlimited free VoIP calls don't coexist easily. The adjudicators agreed.
~ James Enck
June 29th 2005
By: Russ
BT has committed to the Microsoft software platform, according to this press release.
This dovetails nicely with Ofcom's decision to slash ITV's license fee.
June 28th 2005
By: Russ
Ofcom claimed this morning to have published the conclusion to its Spectrum Framework Review but I cannot locate it on the regulator's website...
Bueller? ... Bueller?
Update: The statement was just released and is available here.
The upshot? This is a very general statement setting forth a market-based approach to regulation ...
