"Quick, easy and reliable switching": changes coming to Ofcom's General Conditions on 3 April 2023

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If you run a telco or ISP - fixed or mobile - make sure you're aware of the imminent changes to Ofcom's General Conditions, around switching (customers moving from one provider to another). Ofcom has Read more

Emergency video relay and the "999 BSL" service: an update for Internet access providers and telcos

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In June 2021, Ofcom published a statement setting out its decision to require providers of fixed and mobile telephony services and providers of internet access services, to provide, or contract to Read more

"Router freedom": the (qualified) right for users to choose their own terminal equipment

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The Dutch Consumers and Markets Authority has announced that, if a Dutch entity of Vodafone, Vodafone Ziggo, does not act rapidly to ensure that users can select and use their own terminal equipment, Read more

Ofcom General Condition changes coming into effect 17 June 2022

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On 17th June 2022, further changes to Ofcom's General Conditions of Entitlement take effect. If you haven't started already, now would be a good time to: check, and probably update, your terms, to Read more

Ofcom's General Conditions of Entitlement: an update, with important changes

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In December 2021, Ofcom published an updated (unofficial) consolidated version of the General Conditions of Entitlement. Ofcom describes the changes as: Changes to A2, A3, A4, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, Read more

decoded.legal and the seven OSI layers for Internet, telecoms, and tech legal advice

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Blake E Reid, an excellent US tech/telecoms law professor, tweeted: This is a good argument for Internet law folks to take telecom law, where the environmental impacts of Internet infrastructure Read more

Does size matter? And how does a communications provider know how big you are?

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1 There are just a few more days to run on Ofcom's consulation on revised proposals for definitions of a few key terms in the UK's implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code Read more

Network operators: reporting obligations for reductions in availability

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1 If you are reading this, you're probably already having a bad day. This blogpost won't make it better, but hopefully it will make things clearer. As always, if you need a hand, please do get in Read more

VoIP / ITSP round-up

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This week's blogpost is a bit of a cheat, as I'm linking out to a recording Simwood made of the talk I gave at their annual conference a couple of weeks ago. I gave my usual update on legal issues Read more