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FIRMS that make nuisance phone calls face a crackdown after Ofcom found four out of five consumers are contacted on average twice a week. Ofcom found some firms make nuisance calls twice a week to four out of five consumers Half of such "cold calls" ...

Home Cinema Ofcom has criticised the quality of subtitling on live TV shows, proposing a short time delay to improve the situation. "Viewers have made clear that there are continuing problems with the speed, synchronisation, accuracy and ...

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An Ofcom study found 80 per cent of UK consumers receive nuisance callsA fresh clampdown on claims management firms has been launched by Ofcom after it found evidence of people being plagued with "annoying" and "distressing" nuisance phone ...

UK consumers who experienced unwanted calls received around two per week on average, according to research by Ofcom. Four in five participants received at least one nuisance call during the four-week research period. Calls about Payment Protection ...

Consumers receive an average of two nuisance calls per week, with Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) claims companies the biggest offenders, according to Ofcom. An Ofcom study that asked consumers to keep a record of all unwanted calls on their home ...

Firms that bombard people with unwanted calls about Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) and other compensation claims will be investigated by the telecoms watchdog. Ofcom today called for wider action to address the problem of nuisance calls. It ...

Ofcom has published a report outlining the availability of different communications services across the UK, examining how coverage varies between areas and might be improved. The report looks at access to seven services: fixed voice telephony, fixed ...

The spread of 4G networks is likely to fill 'not-spots' for mobile communications in the UK, with extra 2G and 3G equipment backing up that made for the fourth generation, according to a report from regulator Ofcom. Its new report on the ...