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Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Then, with a bang, in strides Ed Richards. Mr Richards, are you there? So, our master of ceremonies Declan Curry (of the BBC) calls for Richards. Then, as Richards is mid-flow, he stops. Richards isn't easily stopped, though - he embarks on a long...
[November 25, 2005, 17:20]
Finding a funder for fibre to the home
News Ed Richards [Ofcom's chief executive] said a couple of weeks ago that it could be that telecoms is one of those areas where "build it and they will come" [as a model] might work. But Ed Richards' speech was far more upbeat: "We are going to do...
[May 6, 2008, 16:23]
Ofcom: Data-roaming charges 'bad for businesses'
News Ofcom chief Ed Richards has claimed that unreasonable mobile data-roaming costs could have an adverse impact on businesses which increasingly rely on mobile connectivity. Speaking at the Ofcom Annual Plan stakeholder meeting on Tuesday, Richards...
[January 30, 2008, 11:44]
Ofcom leans towards Government with chief exec
News Ofcom has named chief operating officer Ed Richards as its chief executive, filling a vacancy created by the resignation in May of former chief Stephen Carter. Richards has a strong government heritage, having largely created the 2003...
[October 5, 2006, 13:50]
Ofcom hints at 4G auction strategy
News Speaking at the launch of the regulator's annual report into the communications market, chief operating officer Ed Richards said that Ofcom's "starting point is that we would release [spectrum for 4G services] using the market mechanism".
[August 11, 2006, 11:50]
Ofcom chief executive quits
News There is no word yet on his successor, but many believe that Ed Richards, Ofcom's current chief operating officer and a former policy advisor to Downing Street, is in the running. Luke Gibbs of OfcomWatch told ZDNet UK that Richards "looks a shoo...
[May 26, 2006, 12:30]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband to spur fibre rollout
News Speaking at a conference hosted by the UK trade association for technology, Intellect, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said mobile broadband's rapid rise in popularity could help encourage fixed-line operators to invest in next-generation...
[July 7, 2008, 8:45]
Cheap broadband to prevent BT fibre 'monopoly'
News However, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards does not believe that BT will be allowed to once again become a broadband "monopoly" as it presses ahead with its fibre rollout. According to Richards, any attempt at excessive pricing of super-high-speed...
[March 4, 2009, 7:29]
VoIP takes off
News VoIP has now got a substantial presence — 10 percent of households are using it in some way or another," said Ed Richards, Ofcom's chief operating officer, on Thursday. Broadband uptake was being further boosted by the appearance of so-called "free...
[August 10, 2006, 16:25]
Comms managers: UK businesses need fibre
News The CMA's report coincided with a speech given to Intellect, the UK's IT industry body, by Ofcom chief Ed Richards. Speaking on the subject of NGA investment, Richards seemed to imply the regulator would not put severe price limitations on those...
[July 4, 2008, 15:09]
Ofcom: No public funding for 21CN competitors
News The chief executive of Ofcom, Ed Richards, has dismissed the idea of public money being used to fund an alternative next-generation network. In an interview with the regulation-related blog Ofcomwatch, Richards denied that a serious competitor to...
[April 11, 2007, 17:49]
Ofcom plans crackdown on rogue telcos
News Speaking on Wednesday, chief executive Ed Richards said that Ofcom was determined to crack down on companies that give poor levels of service or that are guilty of practices such as mis-selling their services.
[December 21, 2006, 15:26]
ISP threat letters have 'positive effect', says Ofcom
Blog Ed Richards, the chief executive of the telecoms regulator, told ZDNet UK in Brussels that "letter-writing itself, if done properly, seems to have had a positive effect", for example by alerting parents to their children's activities.
[June 25, 2009, 14:48]
Nice try, Vodafone
Blog After O2 recently announced some pretty impressive data roaming rate cuts and Ofcom chief Ed Richards complained that the high charges were hurting businesses, this made sense. Along comes a press release today from the Vodafone Group, entitled...
[February 8, 2008, 10:00]
Ofcom changes rules on number porting
News The UK was one of the first countries to introduce number portability and this has helped create a competitive mobile market," said Ed Richards, chief executive of Ofcom, on Tuesday. Switching mobile operators will be a much speedier process as of...
[July 18, 2007, 13:23]
Ofcom rules VoIP networks must allow 999 calls
News In the future, consumers will be confident that, if they can make calls to ordinary national numbers using their VoIP service, then they will be able to call 999 or 112 in an emergency, " said Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards.
[December 6, 2007, 12:39]
Public service broadcasting could go mobile
News Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said in a statement: "The way PSB is delivered and consumed is changing radically. Communications watchdog Ofcom is launching a review into public service broadcasting, which could see an increased role for content...
[September 12, 2007, 12:27]
Ofcom revises Openreach rules
News Openreach's role is to sell products to any communications company wishing to provide services to UK customers," said Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards on Thursday. The telecoms regulator Ofcom has launcheD a new package of "incentives" for...
[March 20, 2008, 16:51]
Ofcom lets BT sell voice and TV bundles
News The decision will benefit consumers by spurring competition around bundled services, Ofcom's chief executive Ed Richards said. Ofcom has lifted a restriction meaning BT will now be allowed to start selling bundles of services such as landlines...
[September 15, 2009, 17:51]
Ofcom seeks to speed up UK fibre rollout
News Launching the review today, Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards said: "Super-fast broadband — next-generation access and networks — is crucial to the UK's future. Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts to help speed up the rollout of super...
[April 17, 2008, 8:43]
