We regard this consultation as a step to increased engagement with stakeholders affected by events in the mobile sector, and to help us ensure that regulation evolves and does not trail market developments.
We are particularly interested to engage with interested members of the public, and with consumer representatives, as well as those with a commercial interest in these issues. We have also set up a blog to enable discussion of these issues among stakeholders, and to help us to understand these issues better, from a range of perspectives.
We will also conduct further research into some of the areas that may represent cause for concern, such as the potential exclusion of certain groups of citizens and consumers from mobile services, and the detailed causes for recent complaint levels. We will also carry out further analysis of the options with regards to mobile termination rates and participate in the European debate on this issue.
After we have had chance to hear views from the consultation and gathered further evidence, we will set out the specific steps we propose, and if necessary, a timetable, as we move to conclude our Assessment.