Digital markets, communications and media: update to Ofcom’s areas of focus
Published: 5 December 2024
Last updated: 16 December 2024
This document sets out our updated areas of focus under our Digital Markets Strategy. It sets out how we will continue to support competition and the best outcomes for customers and businesses when considering the impact of digital markets on communications and media sectors in the UK.
Pledge to recruit more women into senior tech roles
Published: 23 November 2023
Last updated: 24 September 2024
Ofcom and the UK's major telecoms providers have committed to promoting the role of women in technology roles.
Carbon emissions of streaming and digital terrestrial television
Published: 28 October 2022
Last updated: 22 July 2024
This report takes a snapshot of energy consumption of viewing on both platforms today, rather than judging which has the potential to be more energy efficient in the future. Our goal was to develop an understanding of what factors are most significant in driving the energy consumption of the respective platforms.
What super-apps could mean for the communications sector
Published: 7 February 2024
Online communications services are more popular than ever and many are expanding the services they offer their users. There is a possibility this trend could lead to the development of so-called ‘super-apps’, offering a range of services and functionalities. Sunny Shergill and Nick Evans from Ofcom’s Strategy and Policy team discuss what this could mean for how we use online services and how Ofcom is responding to any regulatory issues that could arise.
Technologies for distributing linear content over IP
Published: 5 May 2023
Last updated: 22 January 2024
We commissioned a study to understand how broadband networks and internet infrastructure players such as Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are innovating.
Emerging technologies shaping the future of communications
Published: 14 January 2021
Last updated: 14 January 2024
Ofcom has today published a report that takes a look at some of the emerging technologies that could shape the way we live, communicate and entertain ourselves in the future.
Spotlight on the technologies shaping communications for the future – Simon Saunders
Published: 14 January 2021
Last updated: 12 January 2024
Gen Z driving early adoption of Gen AI, our latest research shows
Published: 28 November 2023
Teenagers and children in the UK are far more likely than adults to have embraced generative artificial intelligence, according to Ofcom’s latest study into the nation’s online lives.
Mandated interoperability in digital markets
Published: 2 November 2023
This economics discussion paper explores, in general terms, the links between interoperability and competition in digital markets. We discuss factors that may support a case for regulatory intervention to increase interoperability, as well as practical considerations and potential unintended consequences.
Discussion Document: Personal Online Communication Services
Published: 25 October 2023
In September 2022 we published our approach to digital markets in the communications sector, where we announced a programme of work to examine how digital markets are working for UK consumers and businesses.