Regulator Ofcom UK has announced strict new mandatory rules designed to stop the mis-selling and slamming of landline services, which will come into effect from tomorrow. Telecoms companies and ISPs that fail to comply are likely to face fines of up to 10% of their turnover.

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Analyst firm Point Topic has released a new map of the United Kingdom (UK) that breaks the country down into its various political constituencies. The map shows how much it would cost in extra government money (subsidy) to rollout a next generation broadband network to each area.

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has called on the government to force UK ISPs into delivering a "minimum and guaranteed" speed of 8Mbps direct to business premises. The move follows a new FSB-ICM survey of 1,300 small firms, which found that 24% are dissatisfied with their broadband service.

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The growth rate of next generation Fibre-to-the-Home ( FTTH ) 100Mbps broadband services in Europe, specifically those of the EU36 countries (including Russia), has increased markedly from 19% in June 2009 to 29% in December 2009 (Q4). There are now some 3.5 million EU FTTH subscribers and the service can already reach 25 million homes and buildings.

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New Consumer Focus research - 'Broadband Minded' (.PDF) - has found that money is not the only barrier preventing low-income consumers from connecting to the Internet, many ‘non-connected’ consumers simply see the technology as irrelevant to their lives.

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A BBC commissioned GlobeScan survey of 27,000 adult people in 26 different countries has revealed that 79% believe access to the internet should be a fundamental right. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UN are already pushing for the internet to be classed as basic infrastructure by global governments, much like water and roads.

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Consumer Focus UK has revealed new research that shows how four in ten people are unable to name a single online music service at all - despite there being over 20 on the market. Furthermore the nine in ten (85%) who are aware of online music services, have only heard of iTunes and Amazon.

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The Government has today launched a new body, Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), which will drive forward the Universal Service Commitment (USC) to deliver "at least" 2Mbps to every household by 2012. It will also manage the spend of its £1bn 'Next Generation Fund' (NGF), which comes from the controversial 50p phone line tax, to deliver next generation broadband to 90% of the country by 2017.

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