July 30th 2006
By: Russ
I was just reading the Sunday Telegraph and came across a full-page advert that Ofcom also hosts on its own website: It's Your Call. I checked -- the only other full-page advert in the Telegraph was a Hyundai 'make waves' advert. Ofcom really splashed out some cash ...
July 28th 2006
By: Russ
Some of you may have noticed Ofcom's recent press release in which it announced the availability of the TopComm website. Ofcom say the website is 'designed to provide consumers with a comparison of quality of service levels among fixed-line telecoms providers in the UK.'
So, after a sweaty round of beach ...
July 25th 2006
By: Roger Darlington
I spent six years (2000-2005) as the first, part-time, independent Chair of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), so I continue to follow its good work with great interest.
When the IWF was first created in 1996, 18% of the child abuse images that were identified were found to be hosted ...
July 21st 2006
By: Russ
Ofcom CEO Stephen Carter's announcement that he will leave the regulator at the end of this month was accompanied by some interesting press. Today's FT, for example, states:
As head of the converged regulator that oversees television, radio, telecoms and wireless communications, Mr Carter looks to be one of the ...
July 21st 2006
By: Roger Darlington
The Ofcom Consumer Panel - on which I sit as the member for England - has a vacancy which it is currently advertising. Applications are invited by 18 August 2006. You can find full details here.
July 19th 2006
By: EuroTelcoBlog
Beneath the media hype about free broadband in the UK lies a sordid underbelly of broken promises and frustrated customers. In the latest example, one of my colleagues has suffered from a complete lack of connectivity on TalkTalk broadband for the past 36 hours (the line is working fine for ...
July 19th 2006
By: Roger Darlington
All readers of OfcomWatch will be familiar with the UK programme for digital switchover, starting in 2008 and finishing in 2012 (except for the Channel Islands which will be in 2013). Now this is a massive and immensely complicated project involving every household in the country - but does it ...
July 18th 2006
By: Russ
Miklos Haraszti, OSCE Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, delivered a public lecture today in Oxford concerning Freedom of Expression on the Internet.
Haraszti spoke at length about how most forms of government control over the internet suffer from problems of under or over-inclusiveness, and how they generally fail European principles related ...
July 18th 2006
By: Don Redding
Two events at Ofcom recently have helped update us on the Digital Dividend Review -- that is, the question of how to award the valuable UHF frequencies that become available through switching off analogue TV broadcasts. The consultancy Analysys, which is carrying out the review, briefed stakeholders; and Ofcom held ...
