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• ‘Worst’ File-Sharing Pirates Spend 300% More on Content Than ‘Honest’ Consumers

  
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  Early 2012 UK telecoms regulator Ofcom commissioned research designed to track consumer behavior and attitudes towards the legal and illegal consumption of copyrighted material. The research targeted Internet users over 12 years old with the aim of gathering information on the way they consume movies, music, TV ...
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• BT Openreach’s Ethernet delivery and repair worsens

  
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  BT Openreach’s delivery and repair of Ethernet connections continues to deteriorate, the Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA2) reports. Br0kenTeleph0ne reported earlier that Openreach had suspended a new Ethernet ordering system , Ethernet Access Direct (EAD), on 15 September after communications ...
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• Ofcom: Improved text relay access a priority.

  
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  A new and improved ‘text relay’ service must be made available to people with hearing and speech impairments by all landline and mobile telephone providers, Ofcom announced today. Text relay enables people with these impairments to communicate with others through telephone or textphone equipment. Today’s ...
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• Why do SMEs who advertise on-line not transact on-line: lack of bandwidth, confidence, skills or support?

  
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  On the morning of the first day of Infosec I attended a PICTFOR briefing on the current state of UK Cyber Security. The lack of intelligible security guidance for small firms was identified as a major issue by several speakers. Later that day I attended the launch of the 2013 Data Breaches Survey . Over half the ...
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• Mobile unlocking – is your network holding you hostage?

  
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  You’ve come to the end of your contract and want to move to a new deal on a different network. All you need to do is give your provider a call to request your PAC code and you’re ready to go, or is it not so simple? When you complete your mobile phone contract and want... Read more » The post Mobile ...
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• Channel 4 censured for airing jokey ad after disturbing movie rape scene

  
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  Light-hearted Phones 4U ident featuring woman during sex ran after disturbing scene in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Channel 4 broke the broadcasting code for running an ad that appeared to make light of a disturbing rape scene in the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the media regulator has ruled. The ...
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• BT’s broadband rip-off – the evidence

  
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  Credible evidence that BT is charging more than double what it should for wholesale superfast broadband products has probably prompted national regulator Ofcom to investigate a complaint that BT is conducting an illegal margin squeeze. The evidence is contained in a confidential report commissioned by TalkTalk, ...
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• UK prepares for White Space spectrum trials

  
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  The auction of 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum undertaken in the UK earlier this year is considered crucial to the economic delivery of next-generation mobile broadband services in less densely populated areas. Although the auction provided the government with less revenue than was expected (a fact that is now the subject ...
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• OFCOM rolls out a significant white spaces trial

  
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  The pilot project being implemented by the UK regulator should yield useful learnings for all who want to make better use of spectrum. Ofcom is inviting the industry to take part in the pilot, which is scheduled for the third quarter of 2013. Locations will be chosen once the trial participants are on-board. It ...
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• UK Social Networking Growth Is Highest Among Those 55+

  
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  Social networking is growing faster among older internet users in the UK, according to a new study from telecoms regulator Ofcom .  While growth rates are lower among younger demographics (where social networking use is already widespread), internet users ages 55+ have shown strong growth in social network use. ...
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• Ofcom fines TalkTalk £750,000 for silent calls

  
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  TalkTalk have been fined £750,000 by Ofcom for making silent calls Ofcom has fined TalkTalk for making an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls to potential customers in 2011, through two of its call centre outsourcers -  Teleperformance and McAlpine Marketing. This follows an investigation as part of ...
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• 55% of net users use the same password for most, if not all, websites. When will they learn?

  
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  A study by Ofcom, the UK communications watchdog, has unearthed some appalling statistics which reveal just how badly the general public treat password security.
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• Ofcom slaps TalkTalk with fine of £750k

  
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  TalkTalk faces tough time yet again as Ofcom slaps fine of £750,000 on ISP for having made more number of silent and abandoned calls to its customers in the year 2011. Ofcom investigated after it received numerous complaints from customers in the year 2011. TalkTalk has confessed to complaints but has blamed call ...
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• Ofcom Report Shows Digital TV Switchover All But Complete

  
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  The media regulator Ofcom has just released its latest digital television figures for the UK, reporting an increase across the board in the percentage of households receiving digital TV, which now stands at 98%. Ofcom report shows digital TV switchover all but complete Ofcom’s Digital Television Update ...
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• TalkTalk hit with £750,000 silent call fine

  
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  Ofcom investigation reveals that during a two-month period TalkTalk exceeded the silent calls limit by a substantial amount and failed to keep adequate records of calls Telecoms giant TalkTalk has been fined £750,000 for making an excessive number of abandoned and silent calls to potential customers. Silent calls ...
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• Ofcom announces plans to overhaul 0800 and 0844 call charging

  
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    Telecoms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that they plan to change the way some non-geographic numbers are charged, making it clearer for consumers to understand call charging rates. As it stands, the current charging system can be unclear for consumers to know how much it would cost to call various non-geo number ...
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• Calling 0800 numbers could finally be free from mobiles

  
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  Calling 0800 freephone numbers could finally be free to call from mobile phones. Calling freephone numbers from mobile phones has also been charged by all UK operators. Freephone numbers are used mostly from Utility, Banks and customer service centers and calling freephone numbers could cost as much as 30p from your ...
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• Would re-opening the UK Broadband market to competition be a fitting tribute to Mrs Thatcher?

  
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  Amid all the "tributes" and suggestions for memorials we have forgotten what would have happened if some of her less controversial achievements, such as telecoms liberalisation leading to full competition in the local loop, had not been reversed after 1997. The independent regulators put in place to open up ...
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• Extra DAB radio stations coming to Northern Ireland - Digital One licence extended

  
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  Provision of DAB radio in Northern Ireland has been weak since its inception. When originally set up, DAB radio had two national multiplexes (bundles) of radio stations (one with BBC stations, the other commercial) that were transmitted all across the UK, supplemented with local commercial multiplexes. Due to ...
  5 weeks ago

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