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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If you're looking to use certain radio equipment, or broadcast on TV or radio, you'll need a licence from Ofcom.
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Published: 15 April 2025
This consultation seeks views on a request to extend the area to be served by the Newcastle & Gateshead small-scale radio multiplex service to include an adjoining area or locality
Published: 16 December 2024
Last updated: 10 April 2025
The consultation includes our policy proposals for minimum standards of accuracy against which a technology must be accredited before we can require its use under a Notice, and guidance to providers about how we propose to use this power.
Published: 10 April 2025
The BBC is proposing changes to its radio services, by launching four new DAB+ music radio stations; and to extend the broadcasting hours of Radio 5 Sports Extra, changing it from a part-time service offering live sports only, to a service broadcasting daily from 9am-7pm.
Published: 4 February 2025
Last updated: 8 April 2025
A consultation on the principles and methods we propose to use in making recommendations to the Secretary of State for designating radio selection services.
Published: 16 April 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: 22 July 2024
We are proposing to strengthen our existing rules and introduce new rules to tackle misuse of Global Titles.
Published: 13 December 2024
Last updated: 7 April 2025
Our consultation contains proposals for revised Annual Licence Fees for 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum.
Published: 22 March 2024
Last updated: 4 April 2025
This consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposal to grant a NGSO network licence to Kepler for their constellation. We invite comments on our proposal by 29 April 2024
Published: 17 December 2024
Last updated: 3 April 2025
As part of our aim to improve spectrum access and efficiency, this document puts forward an additional option to change the 3.9 GHz licence by modifying its permitted frequencies, further to a consultation earlier in the year.
Published: 11 February 2025
Last updated: 2 April 2025
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Rocket Fibre Limited.
Published: 31 March 2025
Satellite networks and other space services make use of scarce and finite resources - radio frequencies and orbital positions.
Published: 4 December 2024
Last updated: 28 March 2025
Ofcom has today published its proposed Plan of Work for 2025/26, outlining our areas of work for the next financial year.
Published: 25 March 2025
This document sets out proposals to authorise the use of spectrum bands used by the UK’s Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) for satellite Direct to Device (D2D) services.
Last updated: 24 March 2025
This is the first of Ofcom’s policy Statements that Ofcom, as regulator of the Online Safety Act, will publish as part of our work to establish the new regulations.
Published: 20 March 2025
This consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposals for our regulation of the fixed telecoms markets that underpin broadband, mobile and business connections, for the period from April 2026 to March 2031.
Published: 24 January 2025
Last updated: 14 March 2025
We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Shire Fibre Limited.
Published: 3 November 2011
Ofcom has published a consultation on applying the electronic communications code to CityFibre Metro Networks Limited under section 107(6) of the Communications Act 2003.
Published: 23 October 2015
Last updated: 11 March 2025
The Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) sector relies on radio spectrum for wireless applications that are used in the production and staging of a wide range of live and broadcast entertainment events.
Published: 10 June 2022
We have decided to introduce a new UAS Operator Radio licence to authorise the use of radio equipment on drones.
Published: 10 March 2025
Ofcom is seeking views on its proposals to make the 1900–1920 MHz (“1900 MHz”) band available for the UK’s rail network and the emergency services.
Published: 3 December 2024
Last updated: 10 March 2025
Ofcom has a duty to secure the wide availability of TV and radio services throughout the UK and to help us carry this out, we grant broadcasting licences with specific licence conditions attached. We enforce these licence conditions in line with our published General Procedures, which were last updated in April 2017. Since then, there have been developments in the types of broadcasters we regulate, changes in our approach to regulation, and an increase in our caseload. In this context, we are now reviewing our General Procedures to ensure they remain fit for purpose.
Published: 19 December 2024
Last updated: 6 March 2025
Ofcom has given its consent to the BBC and ITV for consent to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the Men’s Six Nations Rugby Union Championships in 2025.
Published: 26 July 2024
Last updated: 26 February 2025
We have issued a statement on guidance to help services, and other stakeholders, to understand when and how we might use these powers.
Published: 25 February 2025
Ofcom is consulting on draft Guidance for a safer life online for women and girls. The consultation is aimed at providers of regulated online services and other relevant stakeholders including Ofcom’s statutory consultees for the draft Guidance - the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner.
Published: 6 January 2025
Last updated: 21 February 2025
This consultation seeks views on a request to change the area to be served by the Stirling & Falkirk small-scale radio multiplex service. A radio multiplex service is the means by which DAB digital radio stations are broadcast.
Published: 18 October 2023
Last updated: 17 February 2025
Ofcom is seeking views on its proposals for making the 1492-1517 MHz frequency block within the 1.4 GHz band available for mobile use.
Published: 13 February 2025
In this consultation we set out our proposed approach to authorising Wi-Fi and mobile services in the 6 GHz band. This includes a proposal to authorise standard power Wi-Fi in Lower 6 GHz under the control of an AFC database (subject to industry demand), and a proposal to authorise low power indoor Wi-Fi in Upper 6 GHz, with mobile coming into the Upper 6 GHz band at a later stage.
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