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Ofcom is committed to reducing its regulatory burdens on its stakeholders. A desire to remove unnecessary and out-of-date regulation underpins all our work. Significant areas of deregulation in 2007/8 include:

• Removing regulations on certain wireless services, April 2007
• Increasing the allowed power levels for broadcast at the frequency 5.8 GHz, May 2007
• Making Ultra Wideband technologies licence exempt, August 2007
• Proposals to remove conditions on 2G spectrum licences, September 2007
• Proposals to deregulate wholesale broadband markets, November 2007
• Simplifying radio Formats, November 2007
• Recommending simplification of Community Radio regulation, November 2007
• Recommending simpler radio ownership rules, November 2007
• Removing restrictions on a spectrum licensee at 3.5 GHz, November 2007
• Allowing public bodies to trade and release spectrum, January 2008
• Considering requests from local stations to co-locate, February 2008
• Proposals to simplify rules on distribution of television advertising, March 2008
• Removing regulatory restrictions on mobile use on aircraft, March 2008

• Ofcom Annual Report 2007/08 - Section B [pdf]
• Adroddiad Blynyddol 2007-08 Ofcom - Adran B [pdf]

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