Ofcom is the regulator for the communications services that we use and rely on each day.
As people communicate seamlessly online and offline, we now need to invest our efforts into making digital communications work for everyone
Ofcom wants to understand how adults and children in the UK use media.
Under the Online Safety Act, Ofcom's job is to make online services safer for the people who use them. We make sure companies have effective systems in place to protect users from harm.
Ofcom is committed to a thriving telecoms sector, where companies can compete fairly and customers benefit from a broad range of services.
Ofcom's job is to make sure there is a universal postal service.
You can't see or feel radio spectrum, but we use it every day. Our job is to authorise and manage the use of spectrum in the UK.
We make sure that broadcasters provide quality TV, radio and on-demand programmes that appeal to diverse audiences. We also have rules in place to protect viewers and listeners from harm.
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Proposals we are consulting on and decisions we've made.
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Rules, guidance and other information for the industries we regulate.
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Published: 8 May 2024
Last updated: 25 November 2024
Our proposals for how internet services should approach their new duties relating to content that is harmful to children.
Published: 22 November 2024
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Metro Technologies Ltd.
Published: 21 November 2024
We are providing stakeholders with an opportunity to comment on this initial assessment and seek initial views to understand how stakeholders consider the launch of the new DAB+ stations and the changes to Radio 5 Sports Extra could affect them if they go ahead. Stakeholders will have an opportunity to comment on our draft conclusions for both proposals before we reach a final decision.
Published: 23 July 2024
Last updated: 20 November 2024
In this call for input we are seeking stakeholder views on the potential supply of, and demand for, direct to device services (D2D) and MSS in the UK, and the associated spectrum needs. We also set out our initial thinking on the implications for how we manage spectrum that these services might use.
Published: 8 December 2023
Last updated: 18 November 2024
In this consultation, we are proposing to update our existing resilience guidance to provide greater clarity on how providers of public electronic communications networks and services can comply with their security duties under a new framework for security and resilience that came into force in October 2022.
Published: 15 November 2024
The media ownership rules were put in place by Parliament to protect the public interest by promoting plurality for television, radio, and newspapers. In the interest of democracy, these rules aim to protect the plurality of viewpoints, give citizens access to a variety of sources of news, information and opinion and preventing undue influence by any one, or certain types of, media owner.
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Frontier Networks Limited.
Published: 22 March 2024
Last updated: 13 November 2024
This consultation seeks views on a proposal to streamline and simplify the Key Commitments for analogue community radio stations.
Published: 2 October 2024
Last updated: 12 November 2024
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Pulse Fibre Limited, whose registered company number is 13873355, for the purposes of the provision by it of an electronic communications network.
Published: 16 April 2024
Last updated: 11 November 2024
We have set out the design of the auction for awarding citywide licences for the mmWave spectrum and invite evidence on whether to include a negotiation period in the assignment stage.
Published: 18 July 2024
Last updated: 7 November 2024
In this call for evidence, we are seeking input to help us implement changes to the listed events regime introduced by the Media Act.
Published: 16 September 2024
Last updated: 5 November 2024
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Gigaloch Limited.
Published: 24 September 2024
Last updated: 1 November 2024
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Step Telecoms UK Limited.
Published: 31 October 2024
This document consults and seeks representations on draft regulations entitled the ‘Wireless Telegraphy (Spectrum Trading and Register) (Amendment) Regulations 2024’ (the “Proposed Regulations”) which are intended to implement previous policy decisions.
Published: 24 July 2024
Last updated: 31 October 2024
This consultation sets out proposals for the evolution of Ofcom’s Shared Access framework, to secure continued access to this spectrum for a growing range of users, and to support innovation across the UK.
Published: 30 October 2024
This document sets out Ofcom’s proposal to apply the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”) to SICOM Ltd.
Published: 20 September 2024
Last updated: 29 October 2024
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Countryside Fibre Limited.
Published: 2 August 2024
This page provides information about an addition to our earlier illegal harms consultation, to include animal cruelty and human torture content as types of content that platforms must tackle.
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Network Planning Solutions.
Published: 28 October 2024
This is a call for evidence for the report that Ofcom must produce under the Act about researchers’ access to information from online services to study online safety matters.
Published: 25 October 2024
This consultation sets out our proposals to modify the GCs to remove reference to the PSA and its Code of Practice so that the GCs are aligned with the future regulatory framework for PRS.
Published: 21 November 2023
Last updated: 25 October 2024
This Statement sets out our decisions in effect to transfer the regulatory functions of the PSA to Ofcom, including associated changes to the regulation of controlled PRS (CPRS).
Published: 28 August 2024
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Liberty Global Management Services 1 Limited.
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Liberty Global Management Services 2 Limited.
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Liberty Global Management Services Operations Limited.
Published: 24 October 2024
Ofcom is consulting on proposals to implement the fees and penalties regime for online safety, under the Online Safety Act 2023. The consultation is aimed at providers of regulated online services and other relevant stakeholders.
Published: 9 February 2022
Last updated: 22 October 2024
Our conclusions on how we will future approach to mobile markets and the role of spectrum in enabling mobile internet growth
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