Universal Service Obligation for Broadband Coming Soon?

Be aware that the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS) will be consulting early in 2016 concerning its proposal that the government should introduce a broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO), with the aim of giving customers the legal right to demand a broadband connection speed of 10Mbps, regardless of location. In its 7th November 2015 press release, DCMS …

Ofcom Press Release – 12th August

Ofcom has launched a six-month initiative to check the compliance of communications providers with General Conditions 15.1 through 15.9 of the Ofcom General Conditions of Entitlement, relating to the availability of communications services to members of the public with disabilities, and in particular the obligations on communications providers to publicise information about their services to disabled consumers in an easily …