{"id":7284,"date":"2014-08-01T07:32:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T06:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=7284"},"modified":"2014-08-01T08:57:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T07:57:18","slug":"ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their controversial and Government-backed plans for a massive hike in annual licence fees for the 900MHz and 1800MHz radio spectrum bands. But the revised fees are still high.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The issue, which reared its head as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s initial consultation during October 2013 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/10\/uk-mobile-operators-face-huge-licence-fee-hike-900mhz-1800mhz.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>), appeared to stem from the fact that the regulators auction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> (LTE) spectrum (<strong>800MHz<\/strong> and <strong>2.6GHz<\/strong>) had not raised quite as much money for the treasury as perhaps hoped. But prior to all of this the Government had already directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> in 2010 to revise the fees &#8220;<em>to reflect full market value, after the completion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> auction<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>As a result mobile operators, which currently pay a combined total of \u00a324.8m per year for the 900MHz band and \u00a339.7m for 1800MHz, were initially told that this licence fee would now be increased several fold to \u00a3138.5m per year for 900MHz and \u00a3170.4m for 1800MHz.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say the operators were not happy and some have already slowed their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> deployments until the matter is settled (we have a separate story on that after this one &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ee-confirms-uk-4g-rollout-delay-blames-threat-licence-fee-hike.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). Meanwhile others are said to be considering legal action over the move and in the meantime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> has reviewed their decision and updated their analysis, which has today resulted in the following changes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Revised Licence Fees Per Operator<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Vodafone<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCurrent: \u00a315.6m<br \/>\nProposed October 2013: \u00a383.1m<br \/>\nRevised Proposal: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a365.8m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a> (Telefonica)<\/strong><br \/>\nCurrent: \u00a315.6m<br \/>\nProposed October 2013: \u00a383.1m<br \/>\nRevised Proposal: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a365.8m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCurrent: \u00a324.9m<br \/>\nProposed October 2013: \u00a3107.1m<br \/>\nRevised Proposal: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a386.4m<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nCurrent: \u00a38.3m<br \/>\nProposed October 2013: \u00a335.7m<br \/>\nRevised Proposal: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a328.8m<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s noted that the figures for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Three UK<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> relate to their respective holdings after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a>&#8217;s planned divestment of some 1800MHz spectrum, which began last year and is due to be completed in October 2015. The revised proposals also use the <strong>Consumer Price Index<\/strong> (CPI) as the inflation index to calculate annual licence fees, whereas the figures proposed in October 2013 used the <strong>Retail Price Index<\/strong> (RPI).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Philip Marnick, Ofcom&#8217;s Group Director of Spectrum, said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We expected substantial responses to our initial proposals, which are based on complex analysis. We\u2019ve listened carefully to the arguments and evidence put forward during the consultation, which has helped refine our proposals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019re conducting a further consultation to ensure we reach an appropriate view about the best approach to setting the annual licence fees. We expect to publish our final decision on mobile licence fees around the turn of the year<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The fees are a clear improvement but some mobile operators suggest that they&#8217;re still unhappy, and indeed it&#8217;s easy to see why from the level of increase proposed. Never the less Ofcom still anticipates that, subject to the outcome of this consultation that closes on 26th September 2014, the new fees should come into effect sometime during 2015. But we wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see more delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their controversial and Government-backed plans for a massive hike in annual licence fees for the 900MHz and 1800MHz radio spectrum bands. But the revised fees are still high.<\/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":[62,61,405,60,32,36,63,96],"class_list":["post-7284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-3g","tag-4g","tag-ee","tag-mobile-broadband","tag-o2","tag-ofcom-regulation","tag-three-uk","tag-vodafone"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike - ISPreview UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike - ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ISPreview UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-01T06:32:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-08-01T07:57:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ispreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mark Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\"},\"headline\":\"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-01T06:32:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-01T07:57:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\"},\"wordCount\":511,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"3G\",\"4G\",\"EE\",\"Mobile Broadband\",\"O2\",\"Ofcom Regulation\",\"Three UK\",\"Vodafone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"ISP News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\",\"name\":\"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike - ISPreview UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-01T06:32:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-08-01T07:57:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2014\\\/08\\\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"ISPreview UK\",\"description\":\"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"ISPreview.co.uk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/mjack\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/ispreview.bsky.social\",\"https:\\\/\\\/mastodon.social\\\/@ispreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5\",\"name\":\"Mark Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/01\\\/nggallery_import\\\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Mark Jackson\"},\"description\":\"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ispreview\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ispreview\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ispreview.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/markj\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike - ISPreview UK","description":"The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike - ISPreview UK","og_description":"The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html","og_site_name":"ISPreview UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","article_published_time":"2014-08-01T06:32:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-08-01T07:57:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Mark Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ispreview","twitter_site":"@ispreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Mark Jackson","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html"},"author":{"name":"Mark Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5"},"headline":"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike","datePublished":"2014-08-01T06:32:43+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-01T07:57:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html"},"wordCount":511,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"keywords":["3G","4G","EE","Mobile Broadband","O2","Ofcom Regulation","Three UK","Vodafone"],"articleSection":["ISP News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html","name":"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike - ISPreview UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-08-01T06:32:43+00:00","dateModified":"2014-08-01T07:57:18+00:00","description":"The UK telecoms and media regulator has, following concerns\u00a0from some of the major Mobile Network Operators, today launched another consultation on their","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/08\/ofcom-re-examine-huge-uk-mobile-operator-licence-fee-hike.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ofcom Revises Huge UK 3G and 4G Mobile Operator Licence Fee Hike"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","name":"ISPreview UK","description":"Top Broadband ISP and Mobile Provider Information Site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#organization","name":"ISPreview.co.uk","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ispreview_uk_logo.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"ISPreview.co.uk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mjack\/","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/ispreview.bsky.social","https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/de66a8b4e937c21c80e443d1bf9c35d5","name":"Mark Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/nggallery_import\/Mark-Jackson-96x96.jpg","caption":"Mark Jackson"},"description":"By Mark Jackson Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ispreview","https:\/\/x.com\/ispreview"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/markj"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}