Openreach to increase WLR products to accelerate PSTN migration
Openreach will increase the wholesale cost of its WLR (wholesale line rental) products from April 2026 to accelerate migration off the PSTN ahead of the January 2027 switch‑off. Prices will rise by 20% in April 2026, then to 40% above today’s level in July and 40% in October, effectively doubling costs within a year. The […]
Minister Lloyd questioned by Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee
The Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee held an oral evidence session on digital inclusion and telecoms this week with the Minister for Digital Economy, Baroness Lloyd, and two other civil service officials from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) Baroness Lloyd has overall responsibility for telecoms as part of her ministerial remit. […]
Ofcom opens consultation proposing new rules on how mobile providers must stop scammers from sending mobile messages
Ofcom has opened a consultation proposing new General Conditions for mobile operators and business messaging aggregators to cut scam mobile messages across both person to person and application to person channels. Measures include limits on PAYG SIM volumes, blocking known scam numbers and messages in transit based on reports of malicious sender IDs, URLs and […]
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
