Ofcom To Look Into Net Neutrality

UK telecommunications regulator Ofcom has announced its plans to hold an auction for the next-generation 4G mobile phone spectrum in early 2012. The regulator said that the auction, which is being touted as the largest mobile...

Ofcom is to exempt Internet Service providers with less than a 400,000 users from the terms of the Digital Economy Act.Timico reports on its blog that Ofcom has said the DE Act will be limited to ISPs with 400,000 subscribers or...

British communication watchdog Ofcom seems to be working on plans to create mass awareness on broadband services, as well as sprucing up users’ experience with their broadband offerings, according to a number of...

Mobile network operators O2 and Vodafone could be excluded from the auction process for buying additional spectrum when UK switches off its analogue network. Both mobile companies could therefore keep their spectrum but won't be...

Ofcom’s chief exec Ed Richards yesterday talked about the challenges the UK government could face in materialising its ambitious project of providing broadband for all in UK by the end of 2012.  While speaking on...

The Code does not require the disclosure of average speeds, but Ofcom said that might change. Some 32 ISPs, covering over 90% of broadband customers, have already agreed to honour both the letter and the spirit of the Code to...

One third of consumers wishing to switch broadband provider don’t do so because they have no faith in the process, latest research from BroadbandChoices.co.uk reveals.  The findings come as the Migration Authorisation...

Paul Allen, editor of Computeractive magazine, addressed the Westminster eForum on “delivering next generation broadband”. He was invited to present to an audience of MPs, analysts and key stakeholders in the...

Internet service providers (ISPs) have been asked for their views about why consumers often do not get the advertised broadband connection speeds that they think they are buying. Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Ofcom Consumer...

Google is considering a move into the UK wireless market after the regulator Ofcom yesterday proposed grabbing back more than a third of the mobile phone spectrum that Vodafone and O2 have been using for 22 years to auction it...

Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) has been hailed as an evolution in cheaper, faster broadband connections, but it can have some expensive consequences for customers who sign up unawares, warned Michael Phillips, BroadbandChoices.co.uk...

A report issued by the consumer group Which? has found that there is a “huge” gap between publicised broadband speeds and what most users get, with some customers on 8Mb packages actually getting as little as 0.09Mb it has...

There is a huge gap between advertised broadband speeds and the actual speeds users can achieve, new research from consumer group Which? has shown.A survey by the organisation found that broadband packages promising speeds of up...

Point Topic's latest survey has highlighted growing dissatisfaction amongst UK consumers with the internet service they receive from their ISPs. "The change since our last survey is striking. Within 10 months the satisfaction...

The communications regulator has received complaints from consumers who have found it difficult to obtain a Migration Authorisation Code (MAC) from their current broadband supplier. A MAC is required to switch broadband...