By: Russ
Ofcom initiate mobile sector assessment
Ofcom today announced a mobile sector assessment. Check it out here.
Maybe it’s the nature of this website — I usually rag on Ofcom too much, but I think today’s announcement is welcome news for a number of reasons:
– It’s called an assessment, not the Future of Mobile. ‘Future of’ consultations always sound too ambitious and leave the regulator open to ridicule when the future looks a bit different … in the future.
– Importantly, it asks about deregulation.
– The approach: simple questions and a manageable document, means it is one of the first big-picture consultations that most consumers can get their arms around. Some of the other 100-page plus consultations have been unnecessarily complex. Who knows, maybe this assessment is too open-ended and won’t produce a sharp enough record? We’ll see…
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An iphone in every pocket…
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