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.
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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.
Published: 21 July 2023
Last updated: 6 January 2025
Details of the technical parameters of all analogue VHF, MF, and DAB transmitters (including services on multiplexes) currently on-air.
Published: 12 December 2023
Last updated: 20 December 2024
Ofcom wants to make sure people can access high-quality broadband and mobile services at a price they can afford. This page provides an overview of what we're doing.
Published: 8 February 2024
Last updated: 19 December 2024
Ofcom must consider the impacts of the BBC’s activities on fair and effective competition.
Published: 16 July 2024
Last updated: 17 December 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.
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.
Published: 31 July 2024
How well public service broadcasters met their programming quotas in 2024.
Published: 9 November 2023
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 draft codes.
Published: 8 January 2021
Ofcom Broadcasting Code financial promotions and investment recommendations.
Published: 27 February 2024
The Online Safety Act makes businesses responsible for keeping people, especially children, safe online. Here’s what you need to know and do now.
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.
The tool will be divided into four steps that follow Ofcom’s risk assessment guidance. Following these steps will help you to comply with the illegal content risk assessment duties, and the linked safety duties and record-keeping and review duties.
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: 3 August 2023
How well public service broadcasters met their programming quotas in 2023.
Last updated: 12 December 2024
This register lists companies that have been granted powers under the Electronic Communications Code.
Published: 11 December 2024
Ofcom is today publishing two consultations as we continue to implement new laws under the Media Act 2024.
Published: 16 August 2023
Last updated: 11 December 2024
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: 14 March 2024
Last updated: 9 December 2024
Ofcom has joined forces with international regulators to enhance global efforts to make the online world a safer place.
Last updated: 4 December 2024
The Making Sense of Media Advisory Panel informs Ofcom's work to help improve the online skills, knowledge and understanding of UK adults and children.
Published: 5 July 2023
Last updated: 3 December 2024
Coverage maps for small-scale DAB multiplexes.
Published: 30 November 2023
Last updated: 29 November 2024
This is Ofcom’s seventh Annual Report on the BBC in which we assess the BBC’s performance against all areas of our regulation and set out how we have carried out our role.
Published: 28 November 2024
We have deployed a beta version of an online mapping tool designed to assist stakeholders in identifying available spectrum in the most heavily used shared access band.
Published: 25 May 2010
Last updated: 9 November 2024
The Community Radio Fund helps to fund the core costs of running Ofcom-licensed community radio stations.
Published: 5 May 2021
Last updated: 8 November 2024
The 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz frequency bands are being awarded by auction. The frequency bands are likely to be used by mobile network operators to deliver a range of services, including 5G mobile.
Published: 22 February 2022
Last updated: 7 November 2024
Radio Operations Coverage; Ofcom licenses all UK commercial television and radio services. Our Broadcasting Code also sets out the rules which television and radio broadcasters must follow.
Published: 20 February 2024
Last updated: 6 November 2024
Information about mobile network operators' obligations to provide good quality data and voice coverage across the UK.
Published: 26 April 2018
Last updated: 31 October 2024
Guidelines for the provision of Calling Line Identification Facilities and other related services over Electronic Communications Networks Version 2
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