Neowin News Feed for: Ofcom

4G UK: Ofcom reveals seven bidders for spectrum auction

Andy Weir — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:04:19 +0000

The UK's telecommunications regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed that seven companies will bid in the auction for 4G mobile spectrum in January 2013, with new 4G services launching as soon as late Spring. Read more...

Texting preferred over talking in the UK says Ofcom

Steven Parker — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:12:34 +0100

Brits no longer feel the need to have a good chinwag on the old dog-and-bone, with the younger generation leading the charge of sending text messages over making calls, so says a recent Ofcom study. Read more...

Fake anti-piracy warnings hitting UK users

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:51:46 +0100

Fake anti-piracy warning emails are being sent to users with money requests in an attempt to profit from the UK Digital Economy Act's upcoming law that states users will be warned when pirating. Read more...

Ofcom blocks BBC's Freeview HD DRM plans

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:46:44 +0000

The BBC's plans for using digital rights management to prevent unauthorised usage of material broadcast on the coming Freeview HD service have been blocked by industry regulator Ofcom. The BBC had planned to let people... Read more...

Social networking less popular with the youth

Elliot Harrison — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:00:05 +0100

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A surprising article has been published in today's issue of the UK newspaper The Independent. According to the article, the media regulator Ofcom have done some research and have found that growing numbers of teenagers... Read more...

Ofcom warns on tighter Internet regulation

NEXTY — Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:28:30 +0000

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If the Internet industry does not better regulate itself, then public and political opinion may force tighter regulation upon it, warns Ofcom, which still has an eye on local loop unbundling The Internet... Read more...