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Ignorance is bliss in telecoms torpor

The Ofcom Consumer Panel has spoken. Britain's smallest businesses are all at sea... Read more

12 May, 2005 by Leader

Small firms baffled by telecoms terms

...with Britain's army of small businesses, says research published by the Ofcom Consumer Panel this week. The Panel interviewed owners and managers from 300... Read more

12 May, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

ISPs criticised for overstating broadband speeds

...s largest ISPs asking them to change their broadband selling practices. The Ofcom Consumer Panel is concerned that customers are not getting enough information on... Read more

10 October, 2007 by Richard Thurston

Small firms 'squeezed out' on telecoms customer care

...about the service they receive from their mobile and Internet providers, an Ofcom Consumer Panel survey has found. The survey, published on Thursday, shows a... Read more

2 June, 2006 by David Meyer

Ofcom seeks to encourage telco fibre investment

...targeting regions where telcos are less likely to install new networks. An Ofcom consumer panel recently recommended that areas that missed out on the first... Read more

24 September, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Broadband outcasts to get next-gen networks first

...rollout should leapfrog other areas this time around. The chair of the Ofcom Consumer Panel, Anna Bradley, said the issue of serving areas without broadband... Read more

5 September, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Ofcom's BT deal wins cautious support

...under the bonnet before we provide an informed response," she added. The Ofcom Consumer Panel, which represents the interests of individual citizens and businesses, echoed... Read more

23 June, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Internet telephony rules still up in the air

...can always dial 999. According to Roger Darlington, a member of the Ofcom consumer panel who attended the IT Priorities conference, VoIP providers must educate... Read more

28 September, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Ofcom hatches plan to woo telcos to fibre

...targeting regions where telcos are less likely to install new networks. An Ofcom consumer panel recently recommended areas that missed out on the first wave... Read more

23 September, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

UK broadband outcasts to get 100Mbps first

...17.Hyderabad 18.New York 19.Sydney 20.Shenzhen Chair of the Ofcom Consumer Panel, Anna Bradley said the issue of serving broadband-less areas... Read more

4 September, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

Old folk cut off from vital online services

...the national average of 22 per cent, according to statistics from the Ofcom Consumer Panel (OCP). But the OCP claims many of these older people... Read more

5 July, 2006 by Andy McCue

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