EU tells Ofcom to pull its finger out
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British watchdog inflates costs The European Commission says British regulator Ofcom is having a negative effect on mobile rates in the UK. The EC and national regulators are meant to be working together to bring down mobile costs.â¦
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Consultation doc hits doormats Ofcom has published the first of its consultation documents looking at how Spectrum Usage Rights (SURs) are going to work in the real world, and the future looks bad for mesh networks with their lack of centralised control.â¦
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Bill and Ted's Bogus Green Paper The European Commission has announced a review of the regulations that compel telcos to provide public call boxes that could lead to them being scrapped.â¦
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Â· Ofcom identifies 'serious management failings'Â· Mistake was kept secret for three months
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LONDON - The UK took another step towards greater competition in and cheaper access to broadband technology as telecoms regulator Ofcom published its final proposals for local loop unbundling and ordered BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges
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A shake-up of European Union telecoms regulation risks undermining national watchdogs and creating an unnecessary layer of bureau&shy;cracy in Brussels, says the UK telecoms regulator.
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Ofcom has unveiled tighter restrictions on participation TV programmes including surprise spot checks to ensure TV broadcasters are complying with new licence conditions. By Mark Sweney
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Telecoms regulator Ofcom says BT must provide rivals with "real equality of access" to its phone lines network, or else face action.
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Tries to cut down price hurdles Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards will tell a meeting of European regulators today there is a need to make sharp reductions to the costs of "text roaming" and "data roaming" across Europe.â¦
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Ofcom has challenged BT to come up with proposals for opening up its networks to competitors to help speed the growth of telecoms services including broadband - or face a possible Competition Commission investigation.
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The market's changing, so the regs will too Telecoms regulator Ofcom is to investigate whether changes in the UK mobile market should also mean changes in the way it is regulated.â¦
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The company won't say whether it will participate in Ofcom's auction of radio spectrum, citing a U.S. ruling.
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BT may have to pay a fine if found to have broken competition rules, Ofcom warns, but  the firm says it has already been cleared.
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3, the mobile phone operator, has vowed to continue legal action against Ofcom in spite of plans by the regulator to address one of the company&#39;s core complaints.
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The European Union wants firms to stop advertising junk food to children and to make food labelling clearer, the FT says.
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BT has won a reprieve after telecoms regulator Ofcom backed away from demanding the former state telecom monopoly&#39;s break-up, calling instead for it to offer rivals equal access to its network.
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But 8Mbit/s could happen...theoretically The Ofcom Consumer Panel has called on regulators to pull their fingers out and demand that ISPs are more honest with us about the limitations of broadband.â¦