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Latest UK broadband and mobile coverage revealed
More people can get faster broadband and a good mobile signal than last year, but some rural areas are still behind towns and cities for coverage – new data from Ofcom shows.
Celebrity Big Brother tops TV complaints for the decade
An episode of last year’s Celebrity Big Brother was the most complained-about TV show of the decade, new Ofcom figures reveal.
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Appointments to the board of MG ALBA
- Media release
20 December 2019
Ofcom has today announced four appointments to the board of MG ALBA, the body responsible for ensuring that high-quality television programmes in Gaelic are made available to people in Scotland.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/mg-alba-board
Latest UK broadband and mobile coverage revealed
- Media release
20 December 2019
More people can get faster broadband and a good mobile signal than last year, but some rural areas are still behind towns and cities for coverage – new data from Ofcom shows.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/latest-uk-broadband-mobile-coverage-revealed
Latest Northern Ireland broadband and mobile coverage revealed
- Media release
20 December 2019
More people can get faster broadband, but some rural areas in Northern Ireland are still behind towns and cities for coverage – new data from Ofcom shows.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/latest-northern-ireland-broadband-and-mobile-coverage-revealed
Latest Scottish broadband and mobile coverage revealed
- Media release
20 December 2019
More people can get faster broadband and a good mobile signal than last year, but some rural areas are still behind towns and cities for coverage – new data from Ofcom shows.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/latest-scottish-broadband-and-mobile-coverage-revealed
Latest broadband and mobile coverage figures for Wales revealed
- Media release
20 December 2019
More people can get faster broadband and a good mobile signal than last year, but rural areas still behind towns and cities for coverage – new data from Ofcom shows.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/latest-broadband-and-mobile-coverage-figures-for-wales-revealed
Celebrity Big Brother tops TV complaints for the decade
- Media release
18 December 2019
Ofcom has published1 the ten television programmes that drew the most complaints from viewers over the last ten years.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/most-complained-tv-2010s
Ofcom plans ban on mobile firms selling 'locked' phones
- Media release
17 December 2019
Mobile phone companies would be banned from selling ‘locked’ handsets, under a range of new plans from Ofcom to make switching even simpler.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/ban-on-mobile-firms-selling-locked-phones
Ofcom awards four new community radio licences
- Media release
11 December 2019
Ofcom has today announced the award of four new community radio licences in England, Scotland and Wales.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/ofcom-awards-four-new-community-radio-licences
Ofcom Election Committee’s decision on The Channel 4 News Climate Debate
- Media release
03 December 2019
Ofcom’s Election Committee has considered a complaint from the Conservative Party about The Channel 4 News Climate Debate.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/election-committee-decision-channel-4-news-climate-debate
Ofcom's Mansoor Hanif to step down
- Media release
21 November 2019
Ofcom has today announced that Mansoor Hanif has stepped down from his role as Chief Technology Officer.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/mansoor-hanif-to-step-down
Competition Appeal Tribunal rejects Royal Mail appeal against fine for competition law breach
- Media release
12 November 2019
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has dismissed Royal Mail’s appeal against Ofcom’s 2018 decision to fine Royal Mail £50 million for breaching competition law.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/tribunal-rejects-royal-mail-appeal-fine-competition-law-breach
Ofcom appoints Jonathan Oxley as interim Chief Executive
- Media release
06 November 2019
The Ofcom Board has today announced that Jonathan Oxley will become interim Chief Executive.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/jonathan-oxley-appointed-interim-chief-executive
Releasing airwaves for mobile services next year
- Media release
28 October 2019
Ofcom has today announced updated proposals to release crucial airwaves to meet growing demand for mobile broadband and support the rollout of 5G.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/releasing-airwaves-for-mobile-services
Ofcom welcomes mobile firms’ agreement to build a ‘shared rural network’
- Media release
25 October 2019
Read Ofcom’s response to the Government and mobile firms’ announcement of a ‘shared rural network’.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/shared-rural-network
BBC risking 'lost generation' as younger audience tunes out
- Media release
24 October 2019
The BBC may not be sustainable in its current form, if it fails to regain younger audiences who are increasingly tuning out of its services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/bbc-risking-lost-generation
You'll never talk alone: Liverpool stakes claim as Britain's chattiest city
- Media release
10 October 2019
People in Liverpool spend more time chatting on the mobile than those in other major cities, new research reveals.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/liverpool-is-britains-chattiest-city
Ofcom's assessment of BBC Breakfast, BBC One, 17 July 2019
- Media release
07 October 2019
Ofcom has today published its assessment of BBC Breakfast on BBC1 on 17 July 2019.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/assessment-bbc-breakfast
Fairer prices for broadband customers
- Media release
25 September 2019
Ofcom has today set out a range of measures to help ensure out-of-contract broadband customers pay fairer prices, and providers offer better protection to vulnerable customers.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/fairer-prices-for-broadband-customers
Parcel companies admit breaking competition law through anti-competitive agreement
- Media release
19 September 2019
Royal Mail and a reseller of its business parcel delivery services – the SaleGroup, which trades as Despatch Bay – have admitted being part of an illegal anti-competitive agreement.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/parcel-companies-admit-breaking-competition-law
Breaking the class ceiling – social make-up of the TV industry revealed
- Media release
18 September 2019
The UK’s television industry is strongly skewed towards people from privately-educated backgrounds, according to Ofcom research on the sector’s diversity.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/latest/media/media-releases/2019/breaking-the-class-ceiling-tv-industry-social-makeup-revealed