As I previously mentioned, I spent a portion of today at Carriers World 2006, participating on a panel that examined Ofcom’s Sept 2005 settlement with BT that resulted in the creation of Openreach. I attended all the morning sessions, and here are some of my thoughts.
First, you should make it a point to attend [...]
I will be attending Carriers World 2006 later today and participating on a panel that is examining the 2005 BT-Ofcom Settlement (the operational separation of BT to include Openreach).
I’ll post a summary of what happened, along with my commentary.
Should be fun…
This week, there will be interviews for the post of Ofcom Chief Executive. The executive search process to appoint Stephen Carter’s successor began in June and has been led by Jan Hall of JCA Group.
The interview panel will comprise Ofcom Chairman David Currie, Ofcom Deputy Chairman Philip Graf and Ofcom Board member Millie Banerjee plus [...]
The BBC is to use the public value test mechanism for the first time, to assess the value of a management proposal for new on-demand services. These comprise simulcast TV over the internet; catch-up TV via the internet and digital cable for seven days after first broadcast; and the use of cleared audio material for [...]
By Pamela Whitby
Thinking about bidding for one of Ofcom’s upcoming spectrum auctions be warned – it is more complex than it looks.
That was the general thrust of a seminar held by city law firm Olswang in London this week (12.9.06). Whilst the cynics among us might well argue that the event was just a clever [...]
Ofcom today announced a consultation aimed at furthering the regulator’s efforts to tackle one of the thornier problems in telecoms: mobile termination rates – those rip-off fees one carrier charges another carrier for terminating your call onto their network.
The consultation document is available here. Responses are due by no later than 11 November [...]
I’ve just been invited to attend a conference entitled “Parliament And The Internet” to be held on 12 October 2006. If you’re interested, you’ll find more information here.
The links from this web page provide details of Ofcom’s planned work for 2006/07. The eight categorised tables set out the main activities to be carried out. Use the tables to learn more about the detailed activity proposed in terms of:
objectives and activities
outputs and timing
Ofcom contacts.
