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Watchdog Ofcom has ruled that firms which route phone calls across the net must connect to 999 and 112. Before now net phone firms have not been required to connect to emergency numbers. This ruling applies to those firms which let customers call normal national phone numbers.
The push for next-generation broadband could be premature, according to some senior industry figures. Both regulator Ofcom and BT have expressed doubts about whether the time is ripe for rolling out what would be expensive fibre optic networks.
The four big mobile phone operators are being accused of collusion by 3 Mobile. The dispute is going to the high court and 3 Mobile is suing their competitors for up to £250 million.
Ofcom will investigate sales tactics used by Vodafone, O2, Orange, T Mobile and 3 Mobile. Last year these network providers signed up to a voluntarily code aimed at cleaning up sales practices. However complaints have been increasing.
A ship's distress signal has been traced to a mountain of scrapped fridges and TVs in Belfast. A team from broadcasting regulator Ofcom found the beacon after the mayday was picked up by Civil Aviation Authority Receivers on the Isle of Man.
The Serious Fraud Office is to look at evidence from the media watchdog Ofcom over the GMTV phone scandal before deciding if a criminal investigation should be launched.
The TV premium phone in scandal for ITV refused to go away today as it faces fines of up to £70m from the TV regulator OfCom. The announcement comes not long after GMTV was fined £2m (covered in 'In the News' on 27 September).
The BBC has been criticised for showing a 2012 Olympics video logo linked with triggering epileptic seizures. TV watchdog Ofcom received eight complaints after the London logo was shown on three news bulletins in June.
Sir Trevor McDonald has escaped accusations of racism, despite calling the late comedian Bernard Manning a "fat, white bastard." He made the comment on his satirical ITV1 show, News Knight, one week after the death of the stand-up comic at the age of 76.
Women aged between 25 and 49 are now spending more time on the internet than men as they become hooked on keeping in touch with friends online, according to figures published today by the communications regulator Ofcom.
The net, mobile phones and MP3 players are revolutionising how Britons spend their time, says Ofcom's annual report. It reveals that older media such as TV, radio and even DVDs are being abandoned in favour of more modern technology.
Forget the 20-something man playing online fantasy football and selling motorbike parts on eBay. The internet has a new user.
Here's a post that has information about the original program-- reporters secretly filming inside of British mosques-- this post has information , as well as a link to the actual program itself.
video, pt 2, added to YouTube: August 08, 2007 "Police are reporting Channel 4 to the media reg... more info Police are reporting Channel 4 to the media regulator Ofcom over the way an undercover programme was edited.
"video added to YouTube: August 08, 2007 Police are reporting Channel 4 to the media reg... more info Police are reporting Channel 4 to the media regulator Ofcom over the way an undercover programme was edited.
Undercover footage taken inside Green Lane mosque, Birmingham Channel 4 aired the Dispatches show in January Police are reporting Channel 4 to the media regulator Ofcom over the way an undercover programme was edited.
It's the $4.6 billion question: does Google really want to build and run its own mobile internet network?
Ofcom has issued a yellow card to Mix 107, which failed to meet its format obligations by not broadcasting Asian and Afro-Caribbean programming. INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS ITEM
After being allowed to make reductions to Asian output on Home FM, The Local Radio Company has had its proposal to reduce specialist music output on Stray FM approved by Ofcom.
From BBC website: The BBC has been fined £50,000 after the results of a Blue Peter competition were faked last November. The show allowed a child visiting the studio to pose as a caller when technical problems stopped real calls getting through to the studio.
The media watchdog Ofcom warned yesterday that one of the only ways to get young people and ethnic minorities to engage with television news might be to sweep away impartiality rules, ushering in opinionated bulletins and more politicised news channels.
The Big Listen concluded last night, with a programme on sixty radio stations about the future of radio. OPINION RELATING TO THIS ITEM
Five CN Radio stations in the Midlands will feature eight hours of networked programming daily, and some of the networking will take place during the day.
Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has fallen foul of TV regulators for describing a car as "gay" on the hit BBC2 show.
BBC to go ahead into internet broadcasting market despite opposition from Ofcom.
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