Outlined below are all Comms Council UK’s responses to policy and regulatory consultations as well as other relevant briefings or best practice guidance. For information, most documents produced before March 2021 refer to ITSPA, the name of Comms Council UK before the decision was taken to rebrand the association.
February 2024 – Prohibiting inflation-linked price rises
October 2023 -Home Affairs Select Committee – Fraud Inquiry Evidence
August 2023 – Extending the growth duty to Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom
June 2022 – Letter to DCMS on the draft Telcoms Security Code of Conduct
May 2022 – Response to DCMS Consultation on New Telecoms Security Regulations and Code of Practice
November 2021 – Response to DCMS’ consultation ‘Data: a new direction’
June 2021 – Implementing the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) – Briefing Paper
February 2021 – Submission on The Electronic Communications (Security Measures) Regulations 2021
February 2021 – Response to the Interim Gigabit Take-up Report
December 2020 – GigaTAG Call for Evidence Response
October 2019 – Response to DCMS Consultation on Reforming Consumer Advocacy in Telecoms
February 2018 – Response to DCMS consultation on Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review
July 2015 – Response to DfT consultation on improving mobile communications to UK rail passengers
December 2014 – Response to DCMS consultation on Nuisance calls
November 2004 – BIS: ENUM Consultation on the Proposed Arrangements in the UK
March 2024 – Ofcom’s Resilience Guidance
March 2024 – Tackling scam calls – expecting providers to block more calls with spoofed numbers
January 2024 – Call for inputs – Review of ADR in telecoms sector
December 2023 – Ofcom’s proposed Plan of Work 2024/25
August 2023 – Extending the growth duty to Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom
June 2023 – Ofcom Consultation: CLI Authentication
April 2023 Ofcom Consultation: CLI Authentication – CCUK Response
May 2023 Security Duties Consultation – CCUK Response
January 2022 –Response to Ofcom’s review of the telephony universal service obligation
February 2021 – Response to the Ofcom Annual Plan
October 2020 – Response to the Wholesale Voice Markets Review 2021-2026
May 2020 – Response to Ofcom consultation on Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review 2021-26
February 2020 – Response to Ofcom consultation on proposed plan of work 2020/21
December 2019 – Response to Ofcom consultation on CLI guidelines
June 2019 – Response to Ofcom consultation on Promoting Trust in Telephone Numbers
June 2019 – Response to Ofcom consultation on the future of telephone numbers
June 2019 – Response to Ofcom consultation on future of interconnection and call termination
February 2019 – Response to Ofcom Physical Infrastructure Market Review
October 2018 – Response to Ofcom Consultation on end-of-contract and out-of-contract notifications
July 2018 – Response to Ofcom Consultation on Proposals for Guidance on General Condition A3.2(b)
February 2018 – Response to Ofcom consultation on Proposed Annual Plan 2018/19
June 2017 – Response to Ofcom Consultation on Automatic Compensation
April 2017 – Response to Ofcom Consultation on Delivering a more independent Openreach
March 2017 – Response to Ofcom Consultation on the Review of the General Conditions of Entitlement
February 2017 – Response to Ofcom Spectrum Consultation
October 2016 – Response to Ofcom Cross-Platform Switching Consultation
July 2016 – Response to Ofcom Call for Inputs on Automatic Compensation
February 2016 – Response to Ofcom Annual Plan
September 2014 – Response to Ofcom’s consultation surrounding the 03 Number Range – revenue sharing
May 2014 – Response to Ofcom’s consultation surrounding porting charges under General Condition 18
April 2013 – Review of the fixed narrowband services market
July 2012 – Response to further consultation on the Simplifying of Non-geographic Telephone Numbers
February 2012 – Response to Ofcom’s Draft Annual Plan
November 2011 -Statement and further consultation on geographic telephone numbers
April 2011 – Changes to General Conditions and Universal Service Conditions
March 2011 – Simplifying Non-Geographic Telephone Numbers
February 2011 – Geographic Telephone Numbers
November 2010 – Strategic Review of Consumer Switching
November 2010 – Fair and reasonable charges for fixed geographic call termination
September 2010 – Traffic management and “Network Neutrality”
June 2008 – Initial assessments of when to adopt self-or co-regulation
September 2007 – Access to the Emergency Services
September 2007 – Arrangements for Porting Numbers when customers switch suppliers
January 2007 – Number Portability
August 2006 – End-to-end Connectivity
May 2006 – Telephone Numbering – Safeguarding the future of numbers
May 2006 – Regulation of VoIP Services
April 2006 – Ofcom’s Consumer Policy
February 2006 – Ofcom Draft Annual Plan 2006-2007
December 2005 – Number Portability and Technology Neutrality
August 2005 – Next Generation Networks: Further Consultation
August 2005 – Consultation on BT’s Undertakings in lieu of an Enterprise Act reference
(Strategic Review of Telecommunications: phase 3)
March 2005 – Review of Universal Services
March 2005 – Conserving Geographic Numbers
February 2005 – Valuing BT’s Copper Access Network
February 2005 – Strategic Review of Telecommunications (Phase 2)
January 2005 – Next Generation Networks: Future arrangements for access & interconnection
November 2004 – Consultation on New Voice Services
November 2004 – An Assessment of Alternative Solutions for UK Number Portability
May 2004 – Numbering Arrangements for Voice over Broadband Services (second response)
March 2004 – Numbering Arrangements for Voice over Broadband Services
January 2021 – Evidence to the Telecommunications (Security) Bill 2019-2021 Public Bill Committee
October 2016 – Response to Digital Economy Bill Committee
April 2016 – Response to House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Investigatory Powers Bill
August 2013 – Response to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee Inquiry into Nuisance Calls
August 2012 – Response to the Joint Committee on the Draft Communications Data Bill
Ocotber 2006 – House of Lords Science & Technology Committee Report on Internet Security.
February 2005 – Ofcom’s Strategic Review of Telecommunications
Preventing Misuse of Sub-Allocated and Assigned Numbers – Best Practice Guide
Recommendations for Provisioning Security – Version 2
Recommendations for secure deployment of an IP-PBX-Version 3
Porting between Comms Council UK members
Emergency Services – Technical Issues, Potential Solutions and Benefits
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