http://www.thecma.com/rss/forum/ 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   en-uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:26 GMT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:06:26 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Design Militia (www.designmilitia.co.uk) RSS Generator 1.0 no-reply@thecma.com (Admin) no-reply@thecma.com (Admin) http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Cyber_security/ Information on the emerging UK strategy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Cyber_security/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Next_Generation_Access/ 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 firm evidence of demand and the economic crisis deters investment. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Next_Generation_Access/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Ofcom_Draft_Spectrum_Plan_for_the_London_2012_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games/ 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 run-up to and during the seven weeks of the events. These include private mobile radios in and around Games venues across the UK, and wireless cameras and microphones to broadcast sound and pictures to a global audience of... Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Ofcom_Draft_Spectrum_Plan_for_the_London_2012_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Number_Translation_Services_087x_etc/ Regulation of NTS numbers is shared between Ofcom and PhonePayPlus, with some responsibilities for 087x numbers being transferred to PPP on 1 Aug 09 Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Number_Translation_Services_087x_etc/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/EU_Telecoms_Package_Vote/ 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 come into effect following agreement between the European Parliament and Council of Ministers. The European Parliament will vote on the Telecoms Package on Wednesday 6th May 2009 Among the key issues addressed:... Sun, 03 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/EU_Telecoms_Package_Vote/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Digital_Britain/ The government action to follow on from the Ciao review. Interim report published 29 Jan 09, final report due "early summer". Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Digital_Britain/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Content_Regulation_IPR/ 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 putting strain on the cost of bandwidth; the EU was only recently persuaded that private networks should not be included in the Audio-Visual Media Services Directive, and there are suggestions that a broadband... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Content_Regulation_IPR/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/International_Affairs_INTUG/ 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 INTUG as its route into the Commission. INTUG is an association of associations, and provides a useful interface between CMA and our counterparts in most of the other Member States, as well as in other parts of the world.... Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/International_Affairs_INTUG/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Spectrum_Management/ 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 policy of minimum allocation and maximum free market. MEPs, recognising the strategic importance of spectrum, want a greater say in the way that spectrum is managed in the EU. The Council of Ministers of the 27 Member... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Spectrum_Management/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Communications_Data_Protection_Privacy_and_ID/ 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 films on the Internet……………… Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/Regulatory_Affairs/Communications_Data_Protection_Privacy_and_ID/