{"id":12508,"date":"2016-09-17T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T07:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=12508"},"modified":"2016-09-17T08:22:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T07:22:21","slug":"new-powers-allow-ofcom-fine-mobile-operators-poor-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/new-powers-allow-ofcom-fine-mobile-operators-poor-coverage.html","title":{"rendered":"New Powers Allow Ofcom to Fine Mobile Operators for Poor Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked deep within the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/new-uk-digital-economy-bill-details-broadband-uso-internet-changes.html\" target=\"_blank\">Digital Economy Bill 2016-17<\/a> is a measure that will give <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> enough power to impose a financial penalty (worth up to 10% of a company&#8217;s gross revenue) on Mobile Network Operators&#8217; (MNO) or Fixed Wireless ISPs that fail to deliver on a coverage obligation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Back in December 2014 the Government reached a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/12\/uk-mobile-operators-agree-5bn-deal-extend-geographic-coverage-90.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u00a35bn legally binding agreement<\/strong><\/a> with all of the major mobile operators (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a>), which committed them to extend their geographic network coverage (voice and text) of the United Kingdom to 90% by the end of 2017 (falling to 85% for Mobile Broadband data coverage).<\/p>\n<p>At present most of the major operators&#8217; are still a fair distance from achieving this target, although <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>&#8217;s mass of spectrum and their early head-start on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> roll-out should put them in a better position than some of the others (their website currently reports 70% geographic coverage and climbing), but all operators still face a lot of hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>Since then we&#8217;ve seen plenty of bickering between mobile operators, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> and the Government over various issues related to mobile coverage. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> recently lost a court battle over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s proposed licence fee hike for the <strong>900MHz<\/strong> \/ <strong>1800MHz<\/strong> bands (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/08\/ee-uk-lose-court-battle-900mhz-1800mhz-licence-fee-hike.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile reform of the <strong><span class=\"st\">Electronic Communications Code<\/span><\/strong> (ECC), which is needed to make it easier and cheaper for operators to deploy infrastructure on private land, still faces plenty of opposition from land owners (this forms part of the above bill).<\/p>\n<p>On top of that Ofcom&#8217;s forthcoming auction of the<strong> 2.3GHz<\/strong> (2350 \u2013 2390MHz) and <strong>3.4GHz<\/strong> (3410 \u2013 3600MHz) bands appears to be facing plenty more threats and challenges, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a> in particular claiming that EE and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a> should be blocked from owning too much spectrum (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/09\/spectrum-starved-three-uk-asks-ofcom-tackle-bt-ees-mobile-power.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The Government has clearly had enough of trying to use a carrot instead of the stick to resolve such issues and as a result we already know that the new bill will make it harder for telecoms operators to obstruct new Ofcom regulation. But that&#8217;s not all they want to see changed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Matt Hancock MP, Digital Economy Minister, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the digital age, getting a mobile signal is not a nice to have but a critical part of modern life. It&#8217;s vital for the economy as well as personal calls, texts and web browsing.<\/p>\n<p>The mobile operators have signed up to legally binding obligations to deliver coverage to at least nine tenths of Britain. This new legislation will mean the Government can ensure their commitments are delivered.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In relation to this the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2016\/09\/16\/the-end-of-mobile-phone-not-spots-ministers-propose-new-power-to\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a> has spotted that Part 2 (<em>Digital Infrastructure<\/em>) of the bill also includes a new power to fine mobile \/ wireless operators (<em>Dynamic spectrum access services<\/em>) a hefty amount for failing to deliver on a coverage obligation (this will normally reflect an accounting period of 12 months before the contravention).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>53H Amount of penalty under section 53E<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(1) The amount of a penalty notified under section 53E is to be such amount, not exceeding 10% of the relevant amount of gross revenue, as OFCOM think\u2014<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>(a) appropriate, and<\/p>\n<p>(b) proportionate to the contravention in respect of which it is imposed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ofcom tends to give operators a chance to meet their obligations first before taking action and past experiences with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a>&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/3g\">3G<\/a> coverage suggest that they&#8217;ll probably do this again for the geographic target (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/11\/vodafone-fail-ofcoms-uk-3g-mobile-broadband-coverage-requirement.html\">here<\/a>), which might result in a delay to meeting the 90% goal but would avoid an immediate financial penalty. Never the less the threat does exist and 10% is no small piece of pie, especially for big companies.<\/p>\n<p>We should point out that the 90% obligation applies to any of the 900MHz (GSM), 1800MHz (GSM), 2100MHz (UMTS) or 800MHz (LTE) bands as set out last year (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/02\/ofcom-tweak-commits-mobile-operators-90-uk-landmass-coverage.html\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked deep within the new Digital Economy Bill 2016-17 is a measure that will give Ofcom enough power to impose a financial penalty (worth up to 10% of a company&#8217;s gross revenue) on Mobile Network Operators&#8217; (MNO) or Fixed Wireless ISPs that fail to deliver on a coverage obligation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[62,61,86,60,36,38,476],"class_list":["post-12508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-3g","tag-4g","tag-law","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-politics","tag-wifi"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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