Ofcom

  • Ofcom gives go-ahead to early UK 4G services

    Ofcom gives go-ahead to early UK 4G services

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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom says it will allow Everything Everywhere – owners of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK – to launch 4G mobile data services using its existing bandwidth. The decision means 4G services, which allow faster data speeds and downloads than existing 3G services, are expected to launch this year. Other networks must wait…

  • Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why

    Here’s what data YouView is really collecting and why

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    Scared that Lord Sugar will be monitoring what you watch? Allow us to inject to reality into the YouView privacy row.

  • 4G will boost mobile data coverage to 98% of the UK

    4G will boost mobile data coverage to 98% of the UK

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    Next-generation 4G data services will bring high-speed mobile broadband to at least 98% of the UK according to telecoms regulator Ofcom. The regulator has announced plans to auction spectrum to enable mobile phone operators to offer high-speed services. Spectrum will be offered in two bands (800 MHz and 2.6 GHz) which Ofcom says will help…

  • Ofcom: Just 5% of UK homes have a Smart TV

    Ofcom: Just 5% of UK homes have a Smart TV

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    Just 5% of UK households own a Smart TV, according to telecoms regulator Ofcom. Smart TVs are capable of delivering video and other content via broadband, often via apps Ofcom says sales have doubled in the past year with Smart TVs now representing a fifth of all TV sales, but notes almost half (47%) of…

  • O2 and Vodafone announce plans to speed up 4G roll-out

    O2 and Vodafone announce plans to speed up 4G roll-out

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    UK mobile operators O2 and Vodafone are to create a “national grid” to speed up the delivery of high-speed 4G services. In a joint statement the two firms said the partnership would “deliver real benefits for today’s mobile phone users by creating two competing networks that will be able to offer indoor 2G and 3G…

  • TalkTalk tops Ofcom’s broadband and fixed line complaints

    TalkTalk tops Ofcom’s broadband and fixed line complaints

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    Communications regulator Ofcom says TalkTalk was the most complained about provider of landline and broadband services between October to December 2011, though the number of complaints against the firm has fallen since the first quarter of the year. Ofcom publishes a quarterly complaints report “to provide useful information for consumers, and also to incentivise telecoms…