Update: New Ofcom regulations - industry responses
23 March 2021
UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom has confirmed how it plans to regulate the wholesale telecoms markets for the next five years and beyond.
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Key developments of 2020
24 November 2020
Keely Portway counts down some of the most-viewed and industry-shaping news stories of 2020
Ofcom revises 2020/2021 Plan of Work in light of Covid-19
4 May 2020
UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has published its Plan of Work 2020/21, which contains a number of amendments to the original draft, published in January, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ofcom praises telecoms operators amidst Covid-19 crisis
24 March 2020
UK communications regulator, Ofcom has set out its strategy for dealing with the Coronavirus outbreak, in terms of helping consumers and businesses adapt their living and working practices, and supporting 'key' telecoms workers.
UK regulator sets out proposals for full-fibre boost
8 January 2020
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom has revealed its latest major proposals to accelerate investment in full-fibre broadband, under the Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review 2021-26.
Interim chief exec recruited to Ofcom
18 November 2019
The Ofcom board has announced Jonathan Oxley will be interim chief executive.
UK urban-rural digital gap continues, say MPs
18 September 2019
A new report from the Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee warns that the ongoing digital divide between urban and rural areas continues to marginalise communities.
Ofcom report reveals nearly 2.5m UK premises now access full-fibre
17 September 2019
Nearly 2.5 million UK homes and businesses can now access full-fibre broadband, according to Ofcom’s latest data on broadband and mobile availability.
Ofcom rules confirm Openreach must open up infrastructure to rivals
28 June 2019
Ofcom has confirmed its final decisions on reviews of the physical infrastructure market.
Ofcom outlines views to define and regulate UK fibre markets
12 December 2018
UK communications regulator, Ofcom has set out its initial views on how to define geographic markets from 2021, when carrying out the next review of wholesale telecoms networks. This is as part of its long-term plans to support investment in fibre networks.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
