Ofcom
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Government sets out new BBC funding and governance arrangements
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While the licence fee will remain and a “new regularised process” for setting the cost will also be introduced, the Government says any new services should be covered by subscription in order to reduce the universal burden placed on licence fee payers.
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BT pledges Fibre to the Premises and G.fast for 12m homes and businesses
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In addition to FTTP, which will be available to around 2m new-build residential and businesses premises, the telecoms giant will deploy G.fast technology on its existing copper and fibre network.
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BT keeps Openreach after review says standalone business would have no incentive to invest
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Instead of ordering Openreach to from the rest of the BT Group, Ofcom is proposing that other telecoms providers be allowed to use BT’s network of ducts and telegraph poles to lay their own cables.
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Ofcom announces new Channel 4 Chairman
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EasyJet Deputy Chairman Charles Gurassa has been appointed as the next Chairman of Channel 4 and will take up his post later this week.
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1,000 new posts created as BT seeks to repair poor customer service reputation
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The company has long faced complaints about the quality of its call centres and the service they offer to consumers, driven in part by a decision to offshore thousands of jobs.
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BT given final go-ahead to gobble up EE
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A number of companies who gave evidence to the CMA inquiry warned about a loss of competition but the watchdog ruled that while both BT and EE currently offer mobile services and home broadband, each was only a small player in the other’s core market.