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Electronic Communications Code: Consultations and Final Directions

Published: 15 February 2024

Last updated: 8 January 2025

Consultation documents and final directions relating to the application and revocation of the Electronic Communications Code.

Statement: Proposal to apply Code powers to Frontier Networks Limited

Published: 15 November 2024

Last updated: 8 January 2025

We are proposing to apply the electronic communications code set out in Schedule 3A to the Communications Act 2003 to Frontier Networks Limited.

What is ‘line rental’? Why do I have to pay it?

Published: 13 December 2024

Britons spend only half as much time speaking on landline phones as we did five years ago. So why do most broadband customers still need to pay ‘line rental’, even if we don’t use our home phones?

Register of persons with powers under the Electronic Communications Code

Published: 15 February 2024

Last updated: 12 December 2024

This register lists companies that have been granted powers under the Electronic Communications Code.

Statement: Proposal to apply Code powers to SICOM Ltd

Published: 30 October 2024

Last updated: 12 December 2024

This document sets out Ofcom’s proposal to apply the Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”) to SICOM Ltd.

Consultation: Global Titles and Mobile Network Security

Published: 22 July 2024

Last updated: 9 December 2024

We are proposing to strengthen our existing rules and introduce new rules to tackle misuse of Global Titles.

Consultation: Proposal to apply Code powers to Metro Technologies Ltd

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.

Investigation into Gigaclear Limited’s compliance with General Conditions A3.5 and A3.6(a)

Published: 11 October 2024

Last updated: 19 November 2024

We are investigating whether Gigaclear Limited (Gigaclear) failed to provide accurate and reliable caller location information to emergency organisations between January 2022 and March 2024.

Statement: Proposal to apply Code powers to Pulse Fibre Limited

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.

Statement: Proposal to apply Code powers to Gigaloch Limited

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.

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