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.
How to make the most of communications services as a small business.
How to make the most of the services you use, and deal with problems.
Proposals we are consulting on and decisions we've made.
How we make sure companies follow our rules, to protect customers and promote competition.
Rules, guidance and other information for the industries we regulate.
If you're looking to use certain radio equipment, or broadcast on TV or radio, you'll need a licence from Ofcom.
Our latest news, features, views and information about our work.
Evidence we gather to inform our work as a regulator.
Published: 24 April 2025
Today we are publishing a major policy Statement for the protection of children online.
Published: 26 October 2023
Last updated: 24 April 2025
Our plans for putting online safety laws into practice, and what we expect from tech firms.
Published: 16 December 2024
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: 7 May 2024
Under the Online Safety Act, services likely to be accessed by children will have to carry out a children's risk assessment. Find out what this means for you.
Published: 16 July 2024
If you allow pornography on your online service, this page is for you. It explains what you need to know about the Online Safety Act and what you need to check to ensure you follow the rules.
Under the Online Safety Act, services that are likely to be accessed by children have new duties to comply with to protect children online. One way they can do that is to adopt the safety measures in Ofcom’s codes of practices.
Published: 17 October 2024
The Online Safety Act makes companies that operate a wide range of online services legally responsible for keeping people, especially children, safe online. If you provide an online service, there are actions you must take when duties come into force. This page explains the important milestones.
Published: 15 December 2022
Last updated: 22 April 2025
Links to statements on changes to General Conditions of Entitlement.
Published: 16 August 2023
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.
Published: 28 April 2010
This section provides information about UK telephone numbers, and allows communications providers to apply for telephone numbers from the National Numbering Plan.
Published: 17 April 2025
List of postcodes containing premises where international roaming SIMs are predicted to lose 2G indoor coverage once Virgin Media O2 (O2) restricts inbound roaming on its 2G network, as O2 is the only MNO providing 2G coverage at these locations.
Published: 22 January 2024
Last updated: 17 April 2025
The UK’s mobile network providers will switch off their 3G and then 2G networks over the next few years. This page explains how suppliers of Internet of Things (IoT) and third-party devices can help their customers during this period of change.
Published: 19 July 2022
Last updated: 16 April 2025
Information specific to those working in radio broadcasting and radio communications.
Published: 13 June 2024
Last updated: 11 April 2025
More information about how radio spectrum is allocated in the UK, including links to important documents.
The Online Safety Act (OSA) makes businesses, and anyone else who operates a wide range of online services, legally responsible for keeping people (especially children) in the UK safe online.
Published: 9 November 2023
Last updated: 9 April 2025
One way services can keep their users safe is to adopt the measures in our codes of practices. Find out what measures we've proposed in our codes.
Under the Online Safety Act, most regulated services will have to carry out a risk assessment. Find out what this means for you.
Last updated: 7 April 2025
This section is dedicated to information and research for the telecoms industry, including codes of practice.
Published: 15 February 2024
Last updated: 2 April 2025
Consultation documents and final directions relating to the application and revocation of the Electronic Communications Code.
This register lists companies that have been granted powers under the Electronic Communications Code.
Published: 20 October 2022
Last updated: 27 March 2025
Ofcom’s first report on video-sharing platforms (VSPs) sets out what we found in the first year of regulation.
Published: 11 January 2024
A list of video-sharing platform (VSP) services that have notified to Ofcom.
Published: 31 January 2025
Last updated: 20 March 2025
If you are involved in the provision of a premium rate service, you need to check if you are a regulated PRS provider carrying out a regulated activity within the meaning of The Regulation of Premium Rate Services Order 2024 (‘the PRS Order’).
Published: 14 April 2015
The fixed telecommunications market is made up of a variety of different markets which we have reviewed in different formats over the years.
Published: 4 March 2024
Last updated: 17 March 2025
Ofcom occasionally publishes notes to alert broadcasters and on demand service providers to key changes or information.
Published: 5 January 2021
This section of the Broadcasting Code relates to the concept of "due impartiality" as it applies to news and other programmes.
Published: 31 July 2024
Last updated: 7 March 2025
How well public service broadcasters met their programming quotas in 2024.
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