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Which? Accuse ISP Virgin Media UK of Unlawful Customer Contracts

24th August, 2023 (19 Comments)

A team of legal experts at Which? have today accused broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) of potentially breaching consumer contract law by “effectively [maintaining] a licence to impose unlimited [price] increases” through their Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) for existing customers. The consumer magazine wants Ofcom to investigate.

Court Rejects BT Attempt to Sue Virgin Mobile Over Migrations UPDATE

2nd August, 2023 (7 Comments)

The High Court has thrown out a “fanciful” legal challenge by EE (BT) against Virgin Media (VMO2), which last year (here) accused the UK operator of having migrated customers away from their then EE powered Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) platform – Virgin Mobile – before the agreement had been concluded.

Legal Opinion Warns of “unlawful” Clause in UK Online Safety Bill

19th July, 2023 (12 Comments)

The UK Government’s controversial new Online Safety Bill is facing more criticism today after Dan Squires KC and Emma Foubister of Matrix Chambers issued a legal opinion on its “prior restraint” clause. This suggests that there is “likely to be significant interference with freedom of expression that is unforeseeable and which is thus not prescribed by law“.

CityFibre Secure Wayleaves to Build FTTP to 1 Million UK Social Homes

22nd June, 2023 (4 Comments)

Network operator CityFibre has today announced that they’ve secured enough legal UK land and property access agreements (wayleaves) to connect over 1 million homes owned by local authorities and housing associations to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network.

Ofcom APPROVE Openreach’s Equinox 2 UK FTTP Broadband Price Cuts UPDATE4

24th May, 2023 (65 Comments)

Ofcom has this morning announced that it will NOT block Openreach’s proposed “Equinox 2” discount scheme for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP products from being introduced, which came after rival networks raised competition concerns over the plans.

ICO Fines UK ISP Ice Comms £80k for Making Illegal SPAM Calls

16th May, 2023 (8 Comments)

Crewe-based broadband and phone provider Ice Telecommunications Ltd (Ice Comms) has been fined £80,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after they were found to have made 72,682 unsolicited marketing (SPAM) calls to businesses registered with the CTPS or TPS between 13th Sept 2021 and 31st Jan 2022.

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Top 5 Most Common Fraud Texts on Virgin Media O2’s UK Network

21st April, 2023 (11 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has, after analysing and blocking tens of millions of malicious and fraudulent text (SMS) messages targeting its UK customers, revealed the top five most common fraud texts blocked on their network (firewall) in March 2023. Topping the table were texts from criminals posing as someone’s mum or dad.

Fideres Claim Virgin Media and TalkTalk Overcharged for Voice Only Lines

19th April, 2023 (2 Comments)

A new study from economic consultancy firm Fideres has accused UK telecoms regulator Ofcom of “tacitly allowing” TalkTalk, Virgin Media (VMO2) and other voice-only landline providers (e.g. SSE) to overcharge consumers by up to £200 million since 2009 (£100m by TT, £50m by VMO2, and a further £50m by smaller providers).

Ofcom Set to Refer UK Cloud Market for Competition Probe

5th April, 2023 (6 Comments)

Ofcom’s ongoing probe into internet-based UK cloud services, which tend to be dominated by big providers like Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft (Azure), has uncovered practices and features that “could limit competition” and is proposing to refer the market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for further investigation.

CMA Clamps Down on Online UK Rip-offs and Misleading Prices

29th March, 2023 (7 Comments)

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today set out its “red lines” for businesses (including broadband and mobile providers) that make use of “price reduction” and “urgency claims” when selling their products and services to UK consumers. People are also being encouraged to report online rip-offs via a new form.

Ofcom UK Delay Start of Openreach FTTP Broadband Price Cuts UPDATE3

17th March, 2023 (96 Comments)

Ofcom has this morning announced that they will need “an additional two months” to undertake further analysis of Openreach’s “Equinox 2” discount scheme, which will delay the operator’s planned 1st April 2023 launch of cheaper wholesale prices on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband ISP products.

Business Broadband ISP Trunk Networks Sees Liquidation

14th March, 2023 (5 Comments)

Business broadband ISP and IT support provider Trunk Networks, which previously also operated the residential focused No One and Leetline sub-brands, appears to have slipped into liquidation toward the end of last year. But while Trunk is no more, those residential off-shoots continue to grow.

High Court Blocks Crowdfunded Legal Challenge to UK 5G Rollout

13th March, 2023 (0 Comments)

The High Court (King’s Bench Divison) has once again blocked a questionable crowd-funded legal challenge by the Action Against 5G campaign, which had been attempting to disrupt the UK rollout of 5G (mobile broadband) over fears that the government was being “unlawful” in “failing to protect the public from the health risks from 5G.“

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INCA Accuses Ofcom of Putting UK Full Fibre Rollout at Risk UPDATE

8th March, 2023 (30 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association, which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has today warned Ofcom that “more than £25bn worth of investment” to improve the UK’s digital infrastructure “will be directly threatened” if Openreach is allowed to introduce new FTTP wholesale price discounts (Equinox 2).

British Internet via HAPS Firm Avealto in Trademark Spat with Airbus over Aalto

13th February, 2023 (0 Comments)

British technology and telecoms start-up Avealto, which is developing a High Altitude Platform (HAPs) that could be used in place of satellites to deliver broadband / data and voice connectivity, has got into a legal trademark spat with Airbus after the latter changed the name of their alternative Zephyr programme to Aalto.

Ofcom Propose NOT to Block Openreach’s UK FTTP Price Cuts UPDATE

3rd February, 2023 (45 Comments)

Ofcom has today opened an expected consultation into Openreach’s ‘Equinox 2‘ discount scheme, which will further reduce the wholesale prices of their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband products for ISPs and thus consumers. But their “provisional” view is “not intervene“, which is likely to anger alternative networks (AltNets).

UK Gov Says Password Sharing on Streaming Services is Illegal UPDATE2

20th December, 2022 (63 Comments)

The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced an interesting new campaign in partnership with Meta yesterday, which among other things decided to label “password sharing on streaming services [e.g. Netflix, Amazon Prime etc.] … without paying a subscription” as breaking copyright law. That’s a lot of new criminals.