Regulatory Affairs

About Regulatory Affairs

Regulation touches all our members and their business interests. Without the right balance, it can stifle competitiveness, business enterprise and innovation. That's why we spend a lot of time on activities that send this very clear message to government.

The forum has developed strong channels into government and is a valued influencer with suppliers and with regulators such as Ofcom and the European Commission. We also work with other industry stakeholders to ensure that our members' needs remain at the heart of future European and UK electronic communications policies.

The priorities identified for the Regulatory Affairs Forum are:

UK review of the European Communications Framework
Next Generation Access (NGA)
Impact of 21CN on business users
Regulation of the powers to intercept and retain electronic communications data

Current Discussions

Cyber security

Posted on: 25/06/09

Information on the emerging UK strategy

Posted on: 19/06/09

NGA - or fibre in the local loop - has been described as the major regulatory challenge of the decade. Urgent decisions are required from the Commission and from Ofcom, and yet there is little...

Posted on: 27/05/09

Ofcom today published proposals for managing the airwaves for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. These will support the thousands of different wireless services needed in the...

Posted on: 14/05/09

Regulation of NTS numbers is shared between Ofcom and PhonePayPlus, with some responsibilities for 087x numbers being transferred to PPP on 1 Aug 09

Posted on: 03/05/09

West Midlands Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour is one of the Parliament's rapporteurs on the package of legislation dealing with telecoms markets, internet access and consumer rights, which should...

Posted on: 30/01/09

The government action to follow on from the Ciao review. Interim report published 29 Jan 09, final report due "early summer".

Posted on: 24/12/08

Business users can no longer afford to ignore the issue of how, and by whom, content is regulated. Powerful arguments are being assembled in favour of control of access to the web; BBC iPlayer is...

Posted on: 24/12/08

The European Commission doesn't like to take comment from organisations inside singel Member States. Hence CMA, as a founder member of the International Telecoms Users Group (INTUG), relies on...

Posted on: 10/12/08

The Commission favours a more or less equal mix of command and control (eg: for pan-EU services) and a free market based on the auction process and spectrum trading. The UK is committed to a...

Posted on: 02/12/08

EU culture ministers on 20 November 2008 rejected French proposals to curb online piracy through compulsory measures against free downloading, instead agreeing to promote legal offers of music or...

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