The telecoms regulator told the House of Lords that internet regulation would be more effective if the government developed legislation that an independent body could enforce. The meeting with the House of Lords Communications Committee, Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), discussed internet regulation in the modern digital economy, as well as how…
In a planned shake-up of its UK sites, Virgin Media to cut down its operations sites from eight to four. The telecoms company currently operates from more than 100 locations, with its largest call centre based in Swansea. The closure of this centre will mean job losses or transfer options for the 800 people currently…
O2 predicts significant benefits from 5G. The ‘Value of 5G for Cities and Communities’ report from O2, predicts savings of up to £450 a year for the average household. The implementation of 5G could lead to savings in energy bills, council tax bills, and a reduction in food waste. Local councils, the report predicts, could…
Demand for new smartphones appears to be waning. With the collapse in the China market and Apple shipping 5m fewer devices, the global smartphone market fell 9% in the final quarter of 2017, the biggest fall in smartphone history. With features on smartphones, such as cameras, now being so good, there are fewer reasons to…
Following an agreement between the Government and the Church of England, Church Spires across the UK will help boost digital connectivity in rural communities. There are 65% of Anglican churches and 66% of parishes located in rural areas in England. Most of these buildings are centrally located within the community, which makes them ideal for…
As the process of “compulsory liquidation” of UK construction firm, Carillion, begins, its fibre broadband contracts with Openreach and Gigaclear hang in the balance. Carillion, alongside telecoms systems installation and services’ company, Telent, held engineering and fibre broadband contracts with both Openreach and Gigaclear. Openreach hoped to extend its national fibre broadband network with a…
GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, is an EU Directive that is due to replace current UK Data Protection Directive. On 25th May 2018, legislation on how you process, store, use and dispose of personal data is changing. Regardless of Brexit, the law on data protection is changing and GDPR will affect the way you…
From the 1st October 2018, a series of measures, including financial penalties, will come into force to protect vulnerable customers. These include people with learning or communication difficulties and those suffering physical or mental illness or bereavement. The measures will require all communications providers to offer disabled users access to priority fault repair, third-party bill…
The household telephone directory to cease being a publication in January 2019 Once an essential part of every household, Yellow Pages owner, Yell says it will stop printing from January 2019, moving to a fully digitised version only. The 23m copies of the final edition will no doubt become end-of-an-era souvenirs to many. Yell says…
Offering pay TV and mobile services in addition to internet access, since launching in 2010, TalkTalk has close to 1 million mobile customers. However, following the departure of long-standing boss Dido Harding, earlier this year the telecoms provider has begun discussions with rivals Vodafone, O2 and Virgin Media to offload its mobile operations. This move…
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