Consultation on Ofcom's preliminary views relating to whether BT should be allowed to depart from its published prices in instances where its services can now be replicated by competitors. Further consultation is expected on services found to be replicable. Read more...

Calling for input on proposed conditions and award mechanisms for this single round sealed bid auction which will take place in Spring 2006. Read more...

Ofcom is seeking views on the nine priorities identified in its Annual Plan, including releasing and liberalising spectrum. Planned spectrum release includes the bands at 412-414 MHz, 422-424 MHz, 872-876 MHz, 917-921 MHz and part of the L-Band spectrum (1452-1492 MHz), as well as preparation for the award of the… Read more...

Joint proposals from UK regulator Ofcom and Republic of Ireland regulator ComReg for a coordinated approach to awarding licences in the 1785-1805MHz band across the whole island of Ireland. The regulators propose two single licences one for the Republic and one for Northern Ireland. Both would be technology and application… Read more...

Interpreting the criteria to be applied when awarding national and local radio multiplex licences. The criteria are contained in sections 47 and 51 of the Broadcasting Act 1996. Issues include roll out, coverage and content of proposed services. Read more...

Ofcom is consulting on whether the markets for the supply of wholesale mobile voice call termination (MCT), the service necessary for a network operator to connect a caller with the intended mobile recipient of a call on a different network, are effectively competitive, and if not what changes could be… Read more...

Establishing a framework to address the regulatory issues raised by NGNs and to support their development. Ofcom proposes a number of policy principles and processes to support them. Read more...

Ofcom says current arrangements for trading may be "imposing unnecessary regulatory burdens" and proposes to simplify them by reducing the number of processes required to execute a trade from six to four. In many cases the parties would only need to notify Ofcom rather than getting the regulators consent in… Read more...

Following an urgent request from Everything Everywhere to have its 2G 1800 MHz license changed to allow it to offer LTE in the refarmed band, the British regulator is consulting stakeholders to ascertain if there will be any material risk of distortion of competition if the licence is varied as… Read more...

Update: December 5, 2013 The deadline for this consultation has been extended to January 3, 2014. It announced the extension on the same day that it released a report on "Spectrum Attribution Metrics". October, 2013 The UK telecommunications regulator has issued a consultation on its spectrum management strategy for the… Read more...