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[November 28, 2000, 13:07]
Oftel Boss Wins Place On Ofcom Board
News David Edmonds, director-general of Oftel, has been appointed to the board of Ofcom, the new super-regulator that will oversee the UK's broadcasting and telecommunications sectors. The posting means that Edmonds, who has ruled Oftel since 1998...
[September 25, 2002, 11:13]
Jane Wakefield: Oftel - Watchdog Or Lapdog?
News What I really wanted to do was to put these questions directly to the director general David Edmonds, but apparently he is not prepared to talk to us until Oftel has something new to say on the issues.
[September 29, 2000, 15:27]
Analysis: Ofcom To Give BBC Remit For Universal Net Access?
News Perhaps for its consistently and well publicised incompetence David Edmonds' charge will now be assimilated by the encompassing Ofcom -- leaving the director general's future somewhat uncertain. In an interview with ZDNet News David Edmonds...
[December 13, 2000, 16:20]
2000 Roundup: The Saga Of Unbundling BT's Network
News In a strongly-worded letter, World Online called on director general David Edmonds to pull his finger out. It was the turn of Oftel director general David Edmonds to come under the spotlight in October when it emerged he would be hauled before a...
[January 3, 2001, 6:12]
UK Internet Tariffs To Be Set Below Local Call Rate
News Director General of Telecommunications, David Edmonds, explained how this will give ISPs greater flexibility. According to Oftel's David Edmonds the watchdog is well aware of the importance of the Internet.
[March 10, 1999, 15:04]
UK Regulator Oftel's Role Examined
News Wed, 20 Sep The head of Oftel, David Edmonds, acknowledged Tuesday that the telecommunications watchdog is partly to blame for the sluggish unbundling of BT's "local loop" With director general David Edmonds becoming increasingly apologetic about...
[September 27, 2000, 15:14]
Ex-Oftel Chief Quits Ofcom Early
News Ofcom announced on Friday that David Edmonds, the former head of Oftel, was resigning from its board almost a year earlier than planned. Edmonds departure comes just weeks after Ofcom was highly critical of the state of the UK telecoms market...
[December 10, 2004, 12:00]
Eye2Eye: Oftel's Edmonds On Unmetered
News Here David Edmonds talks about the negotiations which made the Friaco deal possible and how the UK finally got unmetered Internet access. Edmonds refuses to accept that the original SurfTime wholesale agreement was a mess and allowed BT to gain...
[November 28, 2000, 10:23]
Exclusive: Oftel Boss Predicts The Death Of The Watchdog
News Speaking exclusively and candidly to ZDNet News David Edmonds confesses he is leading the vanguard for the abolition of the watchdog in its current form and claims to be extremely excited at the idea of its replacement -- coined OfCom.
[November 27, 2000, 15:42]
OFCOM 'will Not Help' Rural Broadband Crisis
News Oftel director-general David Edmonds said on Monday that OFCOM -- the forthcoming super-regulator that will oversee both the broadcasting and telecommunications markets -- will not be in a significantly better position to drive the rollout of high...
[May 28, 2002, 11:30]
Regulator Considers VoIP Phone Numbers
News Oftel is also considering introducing a new telephone number range so that calls that are carried using Internet technology can easily be identified," said David Edmonds, Oftel's director general. Edmonds' statement was contained in a guidance...
[April 2, 2002, 13:12]
BT Caves In Over Broadband Price Cut Row
News Oftel has already welcomed the cut, with director general David Edmonds saying that he would probably have imposed a cut of a similar level, if an on-going investigation into BT's pricing had come down against the telco.
[May 7, 2003, 16:52]
Oftel Claims UK Consumers Have Cheapest Net Prices
News Business users do not fare quite so well admits director general of Oftel David Edmonds. Overall Edmonds is pleased with the survey and Oftel promises this is just the first of many benchmarking exercises to come.
[May 26, 2000, 14:39]
Oftel Dictated To By BT Says ISPA
News Laurence Blackall, an ISPA council member, believes director general of Oftel David Edmonds is being dictated to by BT. Mr Edmonds is sadly misinformed if he believes that BT's delayed and diluted unmetered plans will allow full and fair...
[August 25, 2000, 14:42]
BT's Monopoly Days Are Numbered
News Its own failure to speed up the process resulted in the watchdog's director general David Edmonds being dragged in front of the Trade and Industry committee to explain his organisation's actions over unbundling.
[December 5, 2000, 10:04]
BT Broadband Strength Sparks Parliament Fight
News When asked whether he regretted not pushing for the separation of BT back in 1997, Oftel director general David Edmonds said he was extremely relieved that he had taken the decision not to. With all the benefits of hindsight, if we'd used the...
[November 12, 2003, 15:00]
Oftel Chief Summoned By MPs
News MPs will summon Oftel chief David Edmonds for an explanation why the watchdog is making such slow progress in opening up BT's local loop to competitors. Edmonds has been inundated with complaints about BT's activities and has been criticised for...
[October 16, 2000, 8:48]
MPs Accuse Oftel Of 'laziness' And 'complacency'
News The DTI select committee told David Edmonds, director general of Oftel, that he would be summoned to this meeting a fortnight ago. Edmonds' office knew he would be asked to explain the pricing of leased lines and why the unmetered issue had spun so...
[November 15, 2000, 8:30]
UK Mobile Phone Companies Will Cope With Christmas Frenzy
News In October, director general of Oftel David Edmonds demanded to see the plans operators had to cope with the rush, following collapsed networks last year. Edmonds hopes it will be a happier mobile Christmas this year.
[December 1, 1999, 16:23]
