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Ofcom Expand List of UK Internet TV Platforms Subject to Public Broadcasting Rules

16th December, 2025 (15 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed which connected TV platforms will be subject to the Media Act’s (2024) new online availability and prominence regime, which requires them to ensure that BBC iPlayer and any other designated public service broadcaster (PSB) TV players (inc. public service content) are “available, prominent, and easily accessible“.

Ofcom Probe BT and Three UK Over Outages of Mobile Calling and 999 UPDATE2

15th December, 2025 (8 Comments)

The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has this morning launched fresh investigations into mobile network operators EE (BT) and Three UK following network outages in the summer that resulted in UK-wide disruption to mobile call services, including to emergency services (e.g. 999 for police, fire, ambulance etc.).

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ISP Baltic Broadband Look to Expand UK Business Full Fibre Network

11th December, 2025 (2 Comments)

Business ISP Baltic Broadband, which has long offered a mix of fixed wireless and full fibre broadband network connectivity to firms in the Liverpool area, has hinted at a possible expansion of their 100Gbps capable network to reach 2,000 more business premises located in offices, and business estates over the next 12-months or so.

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Gov Confirm “No Plans” to BAN Mid-Contract UK Broadband and Mobile Price Hikes

10th December, 2025 (52 Comments)

The Government has clarified that it has “no plans to ban in-contract price rises” for UK consumers taking broadband, mobile and phone services, which makes their recent push to have Ofcom’s CEO, Dame Melanie Dawes, “look at in-contract price rises again“ seem increasingly unlikely to result in any big changes.

Ofcom Finds UK Adults Now Spend Over 4.5 Hours Online Each Day

10th December, 2025 (1 Comment)

The telecoms regulator has today published their annual Online Nation 2025 report, which examines how we all use and interact with the internet in the United Kingdom. Overall, it found that 95% of people aged 16+ have access to the internet at home, and the average time spent per day online (excluding work) is 4 hours and 30 minutes (up 10 mins from last year).

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Ofcom UK Approve Short Duration 2.3GHz Licenses for Pop-up Mobile Cover

4th December, 2025 (1 Comment)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has given its blessing to the “early 2026” introduction of short “notice, short duration licences” for outdoor and indoor use in the 2320-2340MHz radio spectrum band, which could support everything from pop-up 4G and 5G mobile (broadband) coverage to TV broadcasting etc.

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Teleauora Seek New Ofcom Powers to Boost UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout

1st December, 2025 (5 Comments)

Telecommunications infrastructure provider and licensed UK retail service provider Teleauora has revealed that they’re seeking new powers from Ofcom to help provide customers with “gigabit-capable fibre and wireless” broadband services – focusing on residential homes, offices, and business estates, in rural and urban areas across the UK.

Virgin Media UK Fined £23.8m Over Poorly Handled Digital Phone Migrations

1st December, 2025 (20 Comments)

Broadband ISP and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) has today been hit with a £23.8 million fine by telecoms regulator Ofcom, which occurred after they were found to have “failed to protect vulnerable telecare customers” during their programme to migrate them from analogue phone services to IP-based digital landlines.

TOTSCo Provide Update on Progress of UK Broadband ISP Switching Performance

28th November, 2025 (8 Comments)

The One Touch Switching Company, which is the industry-led company responsible for helping to deliver Ofcom’s solution for easier and quicker UK switching between home broadband and phone providers on different networks (One Touch Switching), has provided an update on their progress toward refining the OTS solution as it passes 2 million successful switches since launch.

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Vodafone Set to Boost Power Backup at Key Mobile Mast Sites

28th November, 2025 (6 Comments)

Mobile network operator Vodafone has revealed that they’ve started a new “Enhanced Power” initiative, which will work to boost resilience and extend power backup time at around 10,000 key mobile sites across Europe and Africa using a mix of AI and other technologies. This is also likely to benefit the UK, although specific country details aren’t yet available.

Chancellor Calls on UK Broadband and Mobile Providers to Play Fair with Price Hikes UPDATE

26th November, 2025 (16 Comments)

The UK Government’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has today increased the pressure on the country’s main broadband and mobile providers by calling on them to “reinforce” their commitment to “treating customers fairly” by, among other things, confirming that “customers under contract will not face price rises beyond those they signed up for“.

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INCA Oppose Ofcom UK Proposals on Openreach Wholesale Broadband Pricing

24th November, 2025 (10 Comments)

The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents many of the UK’s alternative broadband networks, has today warned Ofcom “not to relinquish statutory price regulation” on Openreach via recently proposed changes (here) to their Wholesale Local Access (WLA) pricing remedies under the 5-yearly Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR).

GSMA Report Warns Mobile Operators Need 3x More Spectrum for 6G

20th November, 2025 (7 Comments)

A new report from the GSMA, which represents over 1,000 mobile operators and related businesses across the world, has warned that the next generation of 6G networks will require up to three times more mid-band radio spectrum to keep pace with surging data demands, AI-powered services and next-gen digital applications.

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Ofcom – Gigabit Broadband Covers 87 Percent of UK as 5G Hits 97 Percent

19th November, 2025 (10 Comments)

Ofcom has today released their Connection Nations 2025 digital infrastructure report earlier than usual, which reveals that residential gigabit-capable broadband ISP networks now cover 87% of the UK (up from 84% in 2024), while outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile operator is available to 97% of premises (up from 95%). But rural cover remains weaker.

Competition Tribunal Allows UK Mobile Handset Overcharging Case to Proceed

18th November, 2025 (3 Comments)

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has allowed a class action claim – originally worth “at least” £3.285bn – against EE (BT), Vodafone (Three UK) and O2 (Virgin Media) to move forward, albeit with limitations. The case, brought by Justin Gutmann and law firm Charles Lyndon, accuses the operators of overcharging for mobile handsets beyond the end of their contractual term.

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Ofcom Consult on Impact of Openreach PIA on the UK Leased Line Market UPDATE

17th November, 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today opened a “narrow consultation” that proposes to amend their leased line access (LLA) market analysis for the ongoing Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR) to reflect a “greater potential impact” from Openreach’s Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product (this allows rivals to run new fibre via existing cable ducts and poles).

CEO of Broadband ISP Zen Internet Calls for Ban of Mid-Contract Price Hikes

15th November, 2025 (46 Comments)

The boss of venerable UK broadband and phone provider Zen Internet, Richard Tang, has backed the Government’s Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Liz Kendall, in her alleged “call for an ‘outright ban on absurd’ mid-contract telecoms price rises“. But it remains unclear whether Ofcom will go that far.