Update on meeting with PSTN team at DSIT
Comms Council UK met with DSIT officials to discuss PSTN migration, business fibre connections and measures to tackle fraud. DSIT is seeking examples of industrial estates or business parks where a lack of fibre is hindering PSTN migration. Members with PSTN residential customers or Critical National Infrastructure clients are invited to consider signing the Government’s […]
Chancellor and Technology Secretary urge telecoms firms to do more to protect consumers
The Chancellor and Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) have written to telecoms CEOs, calling for a roundtable to discuss what industry action can be taken to support transparency around consumer pricing. The roundtable would also seek to explore what more the Government can do to drive further investment into the UK’s […]
New Bill introduced to strengthen cyber defence and resilience
The government has introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (12 November 2025) to strengthen cyber defences for essential services under its Plan for Change. While public electronic communications networks and services are not directly in scope, many telecoms operators and service providers may be indirectly impacted via supplier obligations, data centre operations and incident […]
CCUK sign Second Telecommunication Fraud Charter
On 5 November 2025 at the BT Tower, CCUK signed the government’s Second Telecommunications Fraud Sector Charter. Our Chair, Tracey Wright, addressed the event and set out CCUK’s role in driving practical measures across the business to business voice and telephony market. Section 2 of the Charter drew on input from CCUK members. It commits […]
NCSC publish Annual Review 2025
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published its Annual Review 2025, revealing the UK now faces an average of four nationally significant cyber incidents every week. The NCSC is urging every business to make cyber resilience a boardroom priority, not just an IT issue. In the year to August 2025, the NCSC Incident Management team […]
ICO survey on data sharing to prevent, detect and investigate scams and fraud
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is seeking feedback on its November 2024 advice on sharing personal information to combat scams and fraud. A short survey is open from 6 October 2025 until 23:59 GMT on 31 December 2025 and covers five sections: About your organisation, Awareness and engagement, Usefulness and clarity, Impact, and Suggestions for […]
Supporting Women in Tech Week
We are excited to participate in this year’s Women In Tech Week. Throughout the week between 13th and 17th October, we will be releasing a new Women in Telecoms podcast each morning at 7am. Stay tuned and watch our podcasts that we recorded over the summer at https://commscouncil.uk/women-in-telecoms/ Support Women in Tech Week #WomenInTechWeek @WeAreTechWomen
CCUK Awards 2025 winners revealed
We are proud to announce the winners of our 17th annual Comms Council UK Awards. Each year, the Awards acknowledge accomplishments within the unified communications and VoIP industry. As with previous years, the 2025 Comms Council UK Awards was sponsored by Magrathea, and the winners were announced at a ceremony at 116 Pall Mall in […]
Ian Murray named as replacement to Telecoms Minister Chris Bryant
Following the Cabinet reshuffle in early September 2025, Liz Kendall has been confirmed as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, replacing Peter Kyle. Shabana Mahmood has become Home Secretary, replacing Yvette Cooper. Ian Murray has replaced Sir Chris Bryant as Minister of State in the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, and has […]
Home Office confirm that Second Telecommunications Fraud Charter is in development
In response to Chris Coghlan MP’s question on publishing a second Telecommunications Fraud Charter, answered on 10 September 2025, Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the Home Office is developing a new Charter to strengthen efforts to identify, prevent and disrupt telecoms fraud. CCUK is currently working with the Home Office to develop this new second […]
