A look at Ofcom's approach to setting wireless telegraphy Act licence fees and the application of adminstrative incentive pricing. Read more...

A look at the regulations required under section 170 of the Act which will make previously confidential licences public and allow the spectrum trading regime to get underway before the end of this year. Read more...

Proposals for the management of ENUM in the UK through industry self-regulation. The DTI wishes to ensure that the proposed framework will result in open and fair competition and provide adequate safeguards to protect the public interest. (ENUM links telephone numbers to Internet locations and identities such as email addresses) Read more...

Consultation to consider five alternative combinations of sites, mode and power for Digital Terrestrial TV coverage. Will also address potential use of the 8k variant of the DTT standard; and how current coverage deficiencies should be managed at switchover.Digital Replacement licences to be amended by end of May. Read more...

BT has SMP in the area of NTS call termination, hence this proposal to impose two SMP service conditions – an obligation to provide Network Access and an obligation not to discriminate. Read more...

Views invited on Ofcom's proposals to boost competition, innovation and investment. Main point is requiring BT to ensure 'genuinely equal access' to its network or face competition investigation. Consultation also covers ways of improving customer's market knowledge and simplifying the process of switching suppliers. Read more...

Setting out the medium to long term plans for managing UK spectrum with the aim of having 71.5% of the market liberalised by 2010. Four key points to be addressed:i. Can the market be relied on to deliver objectives?ii. How much spectrum for licence exempt use?iii. Should cognitive access be… Read more...

Two issues to be considered in this consultation: i. A revision of the network charge controls (“NCCs”)) using the widely acknowledged RPI-X mechanismii. It also proposes revisions to the assessment of BT’s market power in two specific interconnection economic markets. Read more...

How reasonable rates of return should be calculated, including the approach to estimating companies’ weighted average cost of capital and the assessment of risk associated with new services. Read more...

Comments invited on Ofcom's proposals to cut the charges BT and Kingston Communications make to companies offering carrier pre-selection; and to make these cuts effective immediately on publication of the direction. Read more...