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The long-winded, complex, and sometimes highly controversial attempts to find a new Chairman for the UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom<\/a>, appears to have taken another twist. Reports suggest that Openreach<\/a>’s experienced Chairman, Mike McTighe, has allegedly become a front-runner to take on the role. AltNets may not be happy.<\/p>\n

Back in early 2020 it was revealed that Ofcom<\/a>’s then Chairman, Lord Burns<\/strong>, had agreed to step down (here<\/a>). The main reason appeared to be related to Ofcom<\/a>’s future powers to regulate internet content, which will extend its role. “The Secretary of State has indicated that the Government would like a Chair to be in place who is able to oversee the successful implementation of any changes in full<\/em>,” said Ofcom at the time.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The Government says Ofcom’s Chair will be paid \u00a3142,500 per annum (here<\/a>).<\/div>\n

The new Chair was originally supposed to be in place by the end of 2020, but this goal was not achieved and in January 2021 the Government instead appointed Maggie Carver<\/strong> to the role as an interim Chair (she previously held the role of Deputy Chair). Despite this, it’s been widely reported that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, wanted the former Daily Mail editor, Paul Dacre<\/strong>, to take on the role.<\/p>\n

However, in May 2021 the interview board rejected Dacre’s application and, instead of choosing from one of the other candidates who had been cleared by the recruitment team, the process was controversially restarted (i.e. all the approved candidates were effectively rejected by the then culture secretary, MP Oliver Dowden). In short, Dacre was given a second stab at the role, but in November 2021 he opted to withdraw from the process.<\/p>\n

According to the Telegraph<\/a>, Sue Gray, the senior civil servant also investigating Downing Street parties (assuming they can ever figure out how to define a ‘party<\/em>‘ \ud83d\ude09 ), is now chairing the new independent appointment panel to find Ofcom’s next Chair, and Mike McTighe<\/strong> has allegedly become the new front-runner for the role. McTighe has history with Ofcom, after he previously spent 8 years on the regulator’s board, as well as chairing boards in the energy and financial services sectors.<\/p>\n

Some operators, such as BT<\/a> and Openreach<\/a> (obviously), may view McTighe’s possible appointment to the role as a potentially very constructive step for the telecoms sector. But we suspect that others, such as many alternative networks (AltNet), might feel deeply uncomfortable with the idea. In any case, if McTighe were appointed to the role, then there would have to be a 6-month period of purdah to address any potential conflicts of interest, but that’s unlikely to placate all the concerns.<\/p>\n

Indeed, there is already a feeling among AltNets of being neglected by Ofcom – despite the significant investments currently being made to help build a more competitive market, and particularly after the bitter disputes over Openreach<\/a>’s ‘Equinox<\/em>‘ discount on FTTP<\/a> broadband lines (here<\/a>). On the flip side, regulators often benefit from having those with telecoms experience brought within the fold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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