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Friends of the Lake District (FLD) is a registered charity, established in 1934, with the objects of protecting and conserving the landscape of the Lake District and Cumbria. A specific concern for FLD is the visual intrusion of overhead wires and poles (landlines) particularly in designated areas i.e. National Parks and Areas of [...]
Any reader of CommsWatch will be more than familiar with the growth of user-generated content on the Internet. But who is generating this content and how widespread is the trend? Ofcom’s recent publication “The Communications Market 2006″ is a rich source of data to be mined and provides some light on the user-generated content [...]
The latest ONS figures on Internet connectivity are no cause for complacency. They suggest that the proportion of homes in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland) connected to the Net is 57%. No UK figure is given but, since Net take-up in Northern Ireland is lower than for most of the UK, on the ONS data [...]
The 7th Annual Telecoms Regulation & Competition Law conference. I was there last year and it was very informative. This year’s lineup looks impressive as well.
Was it just me, or was yesterday’s broadcast bulletin released by Ofcom — the one where Tom & Jerry are caught smoking — eerily similar to the scene in ‘Thank You For Smoking’ where they discuss digitally editing old Hollywood movies to remove the cigarettes?
The Telegraph (Hugh Davies) had the best take on Ofcom’s actions: [...]
Hey folks, in the immortal words of Jim Anchower, it’s been a long time since I rapped at ya…
If you are planning your autumn schedule, I just wanted to highlight some of the upcoming events we have listed down on our sidebar:
19-20 Sept (London) – Mobile Content World. The keynote speaker will be Chuck [...]
A web site which encourages mobile phone users to register their complaints against each operator by identifying intersections and landmarks where their phone continually drops off has been launched in the UK. “Dead Zones“, a “Wiki” of mobile phone coverage complaints, aims to create an open forum for mobile phone users to share their service [...]
Yesterday’s Times had an op-ed piece commenting on the idea that Stephen Carter might take the top post at ITV. The Times said in part:
It is . . . far too soon for [Stephen Carter] to switch to running a business that he has recently been regulating. The nature of his position at Ofcom means [...]
Answer here.
I wish T-Mobile would hire this guy – I get no mobile signal in OX7!
Found a nice new source of telecoms/media information today, when I saw that Investment Banking firm Near Earth LLC had announced the launch of its new online library. Near Earth will publish a continuing series of whitepapers related to the Satellite, Media & Telecommunications industries that can be downloaded from the site.
The initial papers in [...]
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