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Broadband and mobile coverage checker

Enter a postcode to view mobile coverage by provider, or availability of broadband services (standard, superfast and ultrafast). You can also view the results as interactive maps.

How to report scam texts and mobile calls to 7726

Find out how to report an unwanted or scam text or mobile call to your provider using the free 7726 service.

Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin

The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on investigations into potential breaches of Ofcom’s codes and rules for TV, radio and video-on-demand programmes.

Telephone area codes: Find UK dialling codes for numbers starting 01 and 02

Look up UK dialling codes (or ‘STD codes’) by geographic area or the first few numbers of a landline phone number.

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Response to Channel 4 Corporation’s Statement of Media Content Policy 2023

Published: 8 October 2024
App design for media literacy

Online services pledge to prioritise media literacy

Published: 7 October 2024
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New roaming alerts for UK holidaymakers

Published: 1 October 2024
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Top listening trends for International Podcast Day

Published: 30 September 2024
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Ofcom investigates broadband network BRSK’s installation of telegraph poles

Published: 30 September 2024

Our research

Evaluating the Wellbeing Impacts of the Online Safety Act: a Feasibility Study

The new Online Safety Act (OSA) and existing VSP regulation place duties on relevant online services to protect their users from illegal content and children from certain harmful content.

Making Sense of Media Annual Plan 24-25

This document details our progress since we published our last annual plan in April 2023. We are proud of all we have achieved over the last 18 months across a range of disciplines including policy, research, evaluation, commissioning activities for communities and working with platforms.

Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial

Ofcom’s Behavioural Insights Hub ran its first in-house online trial this year, and we’re looking to do more.

Resources for industry

Regulating Channel 4

Published: 20 March 2024

Last updated: 8 October 2024

Information about how we regulate Channel 4 in the UK, including our latest reports and reviews.

A summary of Ofcom's rules for phone and broadband providers

Published: 19 July 2023

Last updated: 1 October 2024

A guide to some of Ofcom’s most important telecoms regulations, guidance and voluntary schemes – ones that every phone or broadband provider should know about.

General Conditions of Entitlement

Published: 16 August 2023

Last updated: 1 October 2024

The General Conditions of Entitlement are the regulatory conditions that all providers of electronic communications networks and services must comply with if they want to provide services in the UK.

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