Consultations and statements

As part of our aim to improve spectrum access and efficiency, this document puts forward an additional option to change the 3.9 GHz licence by modifying its permitted frequencies, further to a consultation earlier in the year.

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

Satellite networks and other space services make use of scarce and finite resources - radio frequencies and orbital positions.

Ofcom has today published its proposed Plan of Work for 2025/26, outlining our areas of work for the next financial year.

This document sets out proposals to authorise the use of spectrum bands used by the UK’s Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) for satellite Direct to Device (D2D) services.

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.

This consultation sets out Ofcom’s proposals for our regulation of the fixed telecoms markets that underpin broadband, mobile and business connections, for the period from April 2026 to March 2031.

We have set out the design of the auction for awarding citywide licences for the mmWave spectrum and invite evidence on whether to include a negotiation period in the assignment stage.

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

Ofcom has published a consultation on applying the electronic communications code to CityFibre Metro Networks Limited under section 107(6) of the Communications Act 2003.

The Programme Making and Special Events (PMSE) sector relies on radio spectrum for wireless applications that are used in the production and staging of a wide range of live and broadcast entertainment events.

We have decided to introduce a new UAS Operator Radio licence to authorise the use of radio equipment on drones.

Ofcom is seeking views on its proposals to make the 1900–1920 MHz (“1900 MHz”) band available for the UK’s rail network and the emergency services.

Ofcom has a duty to secure the wide availability of TV and radio services throughout the UK and to help us carry this out, we grant broadcasting licences with specific licence conditions attached. We enforce these licence conditions in line with our published General Procedures, which were last updated in April 2017. Since then, there have been developments in the types of broadcasters we regulate, changes in our approach to regulation, and an increase in our caseload. In this context, we are now reviewing our General Procedures to ensure they remain fit for purpose.

Ofcom has given its consent to the BBC and ITV for consent to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the Men’s Six Nations Rugby Union Championships in 2025.

Our consultation contains proposals for revised Annual Licence Fees for 900, 1800 and 2100 MHz spectrum.

We have issued a statement on guidance to help services, and other stakeholders, to understand when and how we might use these powers.

Ofcom is consulting on draft Guidance for a safer life online for women and girls. The consultation is aimed at providers of regulated online services and other relevant stakeholders including Ofcom’s statutory consultees for the draft Guidance - the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner.

This consultation seeks views on a request to change the area to be served by the Stirling & Falkirk small-scale radio multiplex service. A radio multiplex service is the means by which DAB digital radio stations are broadcast.

Ofcom is seeking views on its proposals for making the 1492-1517 MHz frequency block within the 1.4 GHz band available for mobile use.

In this consultation we set out our proposed approach to authorising Wi-Fi and mobile services in the 6 GHz band. This includes a proposal to authorise standard power Wi-Fi in Lower 6 GHz under the control of an AFC database (subject to industry demand), and a proposal to authorise low power indoor Wi-Fi in Upper 6 GHz, with mobile coming into the Upper 6 GHz band at a later stage.

In this consultation, we welcome input on our proposed framework and the methods we intend to apply when deciding whether to designate an IPS. We also seek views on our proposed processes for IPS providers to follow when applying for designation, and for Ofcom to revoke designation.

The public service broadcasters (‘PSBs’) hold a unique place in UK society. Their role includes providing a wide range of informative and entertaining programmes that reflect the diversity of the nations and regions of the UK and are freely available to all.

talkSPORT is seeking Ofcom’s permission to switch off seven transmitter sites which would reduce the coverage of its AM national commercial radio licence from 92.0% of the UK adult population to 88.9%.

In this consultation, we are proposing to update our existing resilience guidance to provide greater clarity on how providers of public electronic communications networks and services can comply with their security duties under a new framework for security and resilience that came into force in October 2022.

Ofcom is consulting on proposals to implement the fees and penalties regime for online safety, under the Online Safety Act 2023. The consultation is aimed at providers of regulated online services and other relevant stakeholders.

A consultation on the principles and methods we propose to use in making recommendations to the Secretary of State for designating radio selection services.