This is the latest email from OFCOM. It looks like it was written by a bunch of bureaucrats who probably have never used a radio. To me it is a quango. Sorry, WHAT do they
actually do that adds value?:
This month’s update covers:
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Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator Update
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BBC Significance Test: Radio 5 live Sports Extra
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BT Undertakings: BT’s temporary use of the Enterprise Cloud for specified Openreach operational support systems
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Made out of London register
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PSB Nations and Regions compliance reporting
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Radio licensing monthly update
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Television broadcast licensing update
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Consumer Protection Test
Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator Update
The Independent Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator (OTA2) has published its update for September 2015.
At the end of September 2015, the number of unbundled lines stood at
9.81 Million. There were 5.50 Million WLR lines and the number of
telephone numbers using CPS was 1.97 Million.
BBC Significance Test: Radio 5 live Sports Extra letter
Ofcom has published a letter
providing input into the BBC Trust’s significance test of proposals to
increase BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra programming. Ofcom has considered
the potential impact of the proposals on other players in the market.
Ofcom’s input forms a specific part of the BBC Trust’s significance test
but any decisions are made by the BBC Trust.
BT Undertakings: BT’s temporary use of the Enterprise Cloud for specified Openreach operational support systems
Ofcom has published an exchange of letters
between BT and Ofcom concerning BT’s use of the BT Enterprise Cloud,
which is shared across BT, for specified Openreach operational support
systems. The letters include Ofcom’s agreement to a request from BT to
allow it to use the Enterprise Cloud in this manner on a temporary basis
until December 2015.
Public Service Broadcasters’ nations and regions compliance reporting, 2014
Ofcom has a duty under the Communications Act 2003 to ensure certain
public service broadcasters comply with quotas for programmes made and
shown in the nations and English regions. Ofcom has reported on
ITV, STV, UTV, S4C and BBC programmes made and shown in the nations and
English regions. The report also sets out the delivery of original and
independent productions by ITV, STV and UTV.
‘Made Outside London’ programme titles register, 2014
The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are required to broadcast a
proportion, range and value of programmes made outside the M25. This report sets out the programmes the broadcasters have certified as ‘Made outside London’ broadcast during 2014.
Radio licensing monthly update
The monthly update
provides information about Ofcom’s broadcast radio licensing activity
with regard to both the commercial and community radio sectors,
including news of the planned advertisement of a new local analogue
commercial radio licence in Scotland.
Television broadcast licensing update
The latest broadcast licensing update
provides information about Ofcom’s broadcast TV licensing activity,
including details of new licences issued and changes to existing
licences.
Consumer Protection Test
The Consumer Protection Test for telephone number allocation focuses on
communications providers that have used numbers to cause serious or
repeated harm to consumers. Ofcom will not allocate 070 personal
numbers, 0871/2/3 special service higher-rate numbers or 09 premium rate
numbers to anyone who appears on either of two lists. Ofcom strongly
encourages all providers that assign telephone numbers to others to take
best use of numbers and consumer protection into account, and to refer
to the following two lists when making assignment decisions. "
