Prioridades da OFCOM para 2007/8

Programme of Work for 2007/8:

A: Driving forward a market-based approach to spectrum
Priority 1: Driving forward spectrum liberalisation and trading
Priority 2: Releasing more spectrum to allow new services to develop
Priority 3: Co-ordinating international spectrum policy
Additional Policy Work: Driving forward a market-based approach to spectrum

B: Promoting competition and innovation in converging markets
Priority 4: Understanding wireless platforms as convergence progresses
Priority 5: Assessing new sources of market power that emerge through convergence
Priority 6: Promoting competition in converging markets
Priority 7: Securing competition and efficient investment in next-generation networks
Additional Policy Work: Promoting competition and innovation in converging markets

C: Delivering public outcomes as platforms and services converge
Priority 8: Reviewing how we protect viewers and listeners through content regulation
Priority 9: Promoting access and inclusion
Priority 10: Maintaining diverse and high-quality content in public service broadcasting
Additional Policy Work: Delivering public outcomes as platforms and services converge

D: Improving compliance and empowering citizens and consumers
Priority 11: Promoting media literacy and enabling consumers to make informed choices
Priority 12: Making enforcement more targeted and effective
Priority 13: Ensuring consumers can switch providers quickly and easily
Additional Policy Work: Improving compliance and empowering citizens and consumers

E: Moving towards more consistent legal and economic frameworks
We will focus on this area in the second and third years of our strategic framework, but will begin preparatory work in 2008/9 as resources allow.

F: Reducing regulation and minimising administrative burdens
Priority 14: Reducing regulation and minimising administrative burdens
G: Maximising our impact on international policy development
Priority 15: Maximising our impact on international policy development
H: Operational activity
Operational Activity