Ofcom
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European Commission clears 21st Century Fox’s bid for Sky
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In December the US movie and TV giant, which owns 39% of Sky, announced its ambition to buy the rest of the the pay-TV giant and fold it into its own operations.
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Ofcom unveils plans to cap basic tier fibre prices
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Many households’ broadband bills could fall over the next couple of years after Ofcom announced plans to cut prices for some services supplied over BT’s Openreach network.
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Openreach failings land BT with a £42m fine
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An investigation carried out by telecom regulator Ofcom found that Openreach had “misused” its contracts with other telecoms providers by reducing compensation payments due to them when installing ethernet leased lines for them.
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Ofcom set to force Britain’s ISPs to pay compensation to phone & broadband customers
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Under the new rules, which are subject to consultation, delays in repairing services would see customers paid £10 per day from the third day, £30 per missed appointment and £6 per day for the delayed start of services.
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BBC names five non-executive board members ahead of governance changes
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Paralympic Gold medal winner Tanni Grey-Thompson and Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate gallery, have been appointed to the new BBC Board which replaces the BBC Trust from next month.
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Plusnet fined £880,000 after billing for cancelled services
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According to the telecoms regulator, the firm’s billing system repeatedly failed to update customers’ accounts to reflect when services had been cancelled, meaning that 1,025 customers continued to receive bills for services they’d cancelled entirely or moved to other providers.