Ofcom has published its proposals for the new Telecoms Access Review 2026 (TAR), which it hopes will improve competition and investment in gigabit-capable networks, maintaining the competitive landscape created by the preceding Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review 2021 and go further to promote better outcomes for end-users.
nexfibre is calling for maintained restrictions on Openreach in Ofcom’s Telecoms Access Review (TAR) 2026, which will reset the fibre rules for the next five years.
Ofcom will retire its old UK Broadband ISP Switching System NoT+ on 24th October, following One Touch Switch (OTS) going live on 12th September.
JSM Group has been granted Ofcom Code Powers to improve its client offering by simplifying processes, particularly for power cable trenching and infrastructure projects.
Vorboss is calling on Ofcom to introduce an automatic compensation regime for business customers after finding that the UK economy has lost £17.6bn in the last 12 months due to fixed connectivity outages.
Vodafone UK’s CEO Ahmed Essam has added his voice to those in favour of Openreach’s proposed new pricing arrangement for its FTTP services, Equinox II.
Only 5.1 per cent of those eligible for social tariffs have switched to cost saving schemes (220k of a potential 4.3 million households), with 53 per cent of benefits claimants still unaware of their existence.
Under new proposals announced by Ofcom, broadband providers would only be able to use the terms ‘fibre’ and ‘full-fibre’ if their network uses fibre-optic cables all the way from the exchange to the home.
Ofcom’s enquiry into unexpected mid-contract price rises by telecoms providers has been lauded by Giganet CEO Jarlath Finnegan.