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Ofcom has announced plans to standardise the cost of calling 0800, 0845 and other non-geographical numbers from mobile phones. Currently call costs to 0800 numbers can cost anything from 10p to 24p per minute whilst the cost of...
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The National Audit Office is to investigate the low amount raised by Ofcom’s auction of the 4G airwaves, which in June generated £2.3bn – a total of £1.2bn less than the Treasury had forecast, and £3bn less than the theor...
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The results of the 4G auction will be announced on Wednesday, with mobile phone networks Vodafone, O2 and EE expected to carve up the most valuable spectrum between them. Telecoms regulator Ofcom will reveal whether the complex...
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Residents in northern parts of Scotland will be the last to receive 4G services,according to telecoms watchdog Ofcom. The regulator is clearing spectrum needed to run 4G services and it expects to complete this in England, Nort...
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Earlier today Ofcom outlined proposals to prevent service providers from increasing prices in the middle of a fixed term contract without allowing the customer to terminate. Ofcom’s proposals will affect mobile, broadband and l...
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The UK’s telecoms regulator has opened a consultation on how to manage changes to phone tariffs during the lifetime of the initial contract. Ofcom’s proposed approach is to intervene to allow consumers to exit their contract wi...
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BT has been told it must repay almost £95m to corporate customers following a row over high speed data provision. The regulator Ofcom ruled the company had overcharged for Ethernet services and must hand back £94.8m to communic...
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Ofcom has announced seven bidders participating in the upcoming UK 4G spectrum auction. The bidders are EE, BT, Vodafone, O2, Three, Hong Kong conglomerate PCCW and UK network supplier MLL Telecom. Regulator Ofcom says the UK 4...
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Ofcom today received applications and deposits for 4G licences from operators, which will be assessed this month before bidding begins in January The first stage of the auction for 4G licences was completed today as application...
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Ofcom has unveiled plans to enable the release of new airwaves for future mobile devices, which will help meet the growing demand for data. Alongside this, the telecoms regulator has published new data on the UK’s communication...
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Operators have until 11 December to submit applications for 4G licences, and will find out early next year whether they have been successful Ofcom announced today. The telecoms regulator also confirmed reserve prices for the sp...
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Ofcom said today the transition from analogue to digital terrestrial TV has been successfully completed, paving the way for 4G mobile broadband. The UK telecoms regulator said: “The switchover to digital has freed up much neede...
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