Consultations and statements
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Consultation: Inmarsat Global Limited - application for non-geostationary earth station network licence
Ofcom received an application from Inmarsat Global Limited (“Inmarsat”) for an NGSO network licence for their NGSO system.
Consultation: Starlink Internet Services Limited (SpaceX) application
Ofcom's initial assessment of SpaceX's request to vary four of its NGSO gateway licences to increase the number of antennas, and our proposal to grant the variation on the basis of this assessment
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Statement: Principles for media literacy by design
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 31 October 2023
- Status: Statement published
- End: 15 January 2024
We invited stakeholders to help us understand what good media literacy ‘by design’ looks like for social media, search, video-sharing, and gaming services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/principles-for-media-literacy-by-design
Statement: Ensuring the quality of TV and on-demand access services
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 13 July 2023
- Status: Statement published
- End: 21 September 2023
This statement sets out changes we have made to the Ofcom TV access services code (“the Code”) which sets out the statutory requirements, and the accompanying best practice guidelines (“the Guidelines”) which give recommendations on ensuring the quality and usability of access services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/ensuring-the-quality-of-tv-and-on-demand-access-services
Consultation: Proposal to make a market investigation reference into the supply of public cloud infrastructure services in the UK
- Consultation
- Start: 05 April 2023
- Status: Closed
- End: 17 May 2023
We are proposing to make a market investigation reference into the supply of public cloud infrastructure services in the UK.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/cloud-infrastructure-market-investigation-reference
Statement: Ofcom's plan of work 2023-24
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 14 December 2022
- Status: Statement published
- End: 08 February 2023
As we take on these new duties, this plan of work sets out our planned activity to deliver on our mission to make communications work for everyone over the coming year.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/ofcoms-plan-of-work-2023-24
Call for evidence: First phase of online safety regulation
- Consultation
- Start: 06 July 2022
- Status: Closed
- End: 13 September 2022
We are seeking evidence to strengthen our understanding of the range of approaches and techniques platforms can employ to help them meet their proposed duties under the Online Safety Bill.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/online-safety-regulation-first-phase
Treating vulnerable customers fairly: a guide for phone, broadband and pay-TV providers
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 25 September 2019
- Status: Statement published
- End: 20 November 2019
We are proposing measures that broadband, phone and pay-TV providers could adopt to make sure they treat vulnerable people fairly.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/treating-vulnerable-consumers-fairly
Helping consumers get better deals: A review of the impact of end-of-contract notifications and pricing commitments by broadband and mobile providers
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 14 December 2018
- Status: Statement published
- End: 01 February 2019
We are examining the scale of any harm resulting from pricing practices in the fixed broadband market, and setting out our proposals to help consumers get better deals.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/helping-consumers-get-better-deals
Call for evidence: Second phase of online safety regulation
- Consultation
- Start: 10 January 2023
- Status: Closed
- End: 21 March 2023
We will be publishing codes of practice setting out the steps platforms can take to protect children online as well as guidance on how platforms should assess risks of harms to children.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/call-for-evidence-second-phase-of-online-safety-regulation
Call for evidence: Net neutrality review
- Consultation
- Start: 07 September 2021
- Status: Closed
- End: 02 November 2021
Ofcom has begun a review of how the UK’s net neutrality framework is functioning
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/call-for-evidence-net-neutrality-review
Statement: The regulation of advertising on video-sharing platforms
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 26 May 2021
- Status: Statement published
- End: 28 July 2021
In November 2020 Ofcom was given new powers to regulate video-sharing platforms (“VSPs”) established in the UK.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/regulation-of-advertising-on-vsp
Statement on the making of amendment regulations under section 71 of the Communications Act 2003
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 15 June 2021
- Status: Statement published
- End: 16 July 2021
We have considered comments received in response to our consultation and set out our decision on the amendment regulations in this document.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-3/uso-funding-regulations-2021
Statement: the future of media plurality in the UK
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 15 June 2021
- Status: Statement published
- End: 10 August 2021
This statement sets out our recommendations for making sure the regulatory framework for media plurality remains fit for the online world.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/future-media-plurality-uk
Statement: guidance for video-sharing platform providers on measures to protect users from harmful material
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 24 March 2021
- Status: Statement published
- End: 02 June 2021
Ofcom has published guidance for video-sharing platform (VSP) providers on the regulatory requirements to protect users from harmful material.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/guidance-vsp-harmful-material-measures
Statement: Open Communications – Enabling people to share data with innovative services
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 04 August 2020
- Status: Statement published
- End: 10 November 2020
Ofcom would like to update on the case for Open Communications, an initiative for people and businesses in the telecoms and pay TV markets.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/open-communications
Statement: Automatic compensation
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 24 March 2017
- Status: Statement published
- End: 05 June 2017
In this statement, we set out our conclusion that there is a need for an automatic compensation scheme to protect residential consumers who suffer from certain service quality failures with their landline and/or broadband services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/automatic-compensation
Statement: Implementation of the new European Electronic Communications Code
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 27 October 2020
- Status: Statement published
- End: 30 November 2020
We have confirmed a package of new rules that protect broadband, mobile, pay TV and landline customers, to help make sure they get a fair deal.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/proposals-to-implement-new-eecc
Statement: Digital Comparison Tools – changes to Ofcom’s voluntary accreditation scheme
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 17 December 2019
- Status: Statement published
- End: 28 February 2020
We are making changes to our accreditation scheme to make sure comparison tools continue to work for customers of communication services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/proposed-changes-voluntary-accreditation-scheme
Call for evidence: Video-sharing platform regulation
- Consultation
- Start: 16 July 2020
- Status: Closed
- End: 24 September 2020
Ofcom is seeking evidence and information related to the new requirements that will apply to video-sharing platforms.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/video-sharing-platform-regulation
Statement: Compensating providers delivering universal services
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 05 November 2019
- Status: Statement published
- End: 07 January 2020
We have made our decision on the funding regulations to compensate providers for universal services.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/compensating-providers-delivering-universal-services
Statement: Measures to support Openreach’s trials in Salisbury and Mildenhall
- Consultation
- Statement
- Start: 27 November 2019
- Status: Statement published
- End: 06 January 2020
The statement sets out our decision to make the changes proposed in the consultation, and also a related consultation published in July 2019.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/openreach-trials-salisbury-and-mildenhall