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Protecting women and girls online
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We've set out practical steps that will help to make the online world safer for women and girls, tackling misogyny, pile-ons, online domestic abuse and other harms.
[Find out more](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/ofcom-calls-on-tech-firms-to-make-online-world-safer-for-women-and-girls/)
Latest telecoms and pay-TV complaints
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Weāve published the latest figures for complaints weāve received about the UKās main landline, broadband, mobile and pay-TV services. Where does your provider rank?
[Find out more](/phones-and-broadband/service-quality/latest-telecoms-and-pay-tv-complaints-revealed4/)
Protecting the postal service for the future
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We've proposed changes to the obligations on Royal Mail ā while protecting features that matter most to people ā to put the universal postal service on a more sustainable footing
[Find out more](/post/royal-mail/protecting-the-postal-service-for-the-future/)
Ofcom regulates the communication services we use and rely on each day.
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### Broadband and mobile coverage checker
Enter a postcode to view mobile coverage by provider, or availability of broadband services (standard, superfast and ultrafast). You can also view the results as interactive maps.
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### How to report scam texts and mobile calls to 7726
Find out how to report an unwanted or scam text or mobile call to your provider using the free 7726 service.
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### Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin
The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on investigations into potential breaches of Ofcomās codes and rules for TV, radio and video-on-demand programmes.
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### Telephone area codes: Find UK dialling codes for numbers starting 01 and 02
Look up UK dialling codes (or āSTD codesā) by geographic area or the first few numbers of a landline phone number.
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### Making 978 MHz spectrum available for drones
Published: 11 March 2025
](/spectrum/radio-equipment/making-978-mhz-spectrum-available-for-drones/)
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### Ofcom fines The Word Network Ā£150,000 for breaking broadcasting rules
Published: 11 March 2025
](/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-standards/ofcom-fines-the-word-network-150000-for-breaking-broadcasting-rules/)
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### Protecting people from online suicide and self-harm material
Published: 5 March 2025
](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/protecting-people-from-online-suicide-and-self-harm-material/)
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### Letter to the BBC chair on the BBC programme 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone'
Published: 3 March 2025
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### Enforcing the Online Safety Act: Scrutinising illegal harms risk assessments
Published: 3 March 2025
](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/enforcing-the-online-safety-act-scrutinising-illegal-harms-risk-assessments/)
Our research
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### Measuring the diversity of news content online
Published: 5 February 2025
In this Economics Discussion Paper, we use NLP to classify the topic of each news article read by a sample of people who had their internet use tracked over one month in 2021.
](/media-use-and-attitudes/attitudes-to-news/measuring-the-diversity-of-news-content-online/)
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### Telecommunications Market Data Update Q3 2024
Published: 23 January 2025
In the following section we highlight some of the key trends emerging this quarter from the data we collect on the UK telecommunications sector.
](/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infrastructure/telecommunications-market-data-update-q3-2024/)
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### Public Service Media Review - Review of Public Service Media (2019-2023)
Published: 17 December 2024
Last updated: 5 February 2025
Since our last review in 2020, Small Screen: Big Debate, the broadcasting industry has witnessed and reported on unprecedented national and international instability.
](/tv-radio-and-on-demand/public-service-broadcasting/ofcoms-review-of-public-service-media-2019-2023/)
Resources for industry
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### General demand for information
Published: 3 February 2025
This webpage contains Ofcomās publication of our general demand for financial information relating to PRS revenues under article 55 of the Regulation of Premium Rate Services Order 2024, S.I. 2024/1046 (PRS Order) for the purposes of calculating Ofcomās related administrative charges.
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### Resilience to climate change in the telecoms sector
Published: 24 January 2025
Climate change is expected to have profound social, political, environmental and economic impacts. Ofcom does not have duties to pursue environmental or climate change policy goals.
](/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infrastructure/resilience-to-climate-change-in-the-telecoms-sector/)
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### Ofcomās Annual Report on Notices to deal with terrorism content and/or CSEA content
Published: 24 January 2025
This is Ofcom's first annual report on notices to deal with terrorism content and/or CSEA content pursuant to section 128 of the Online Safety Act 2023
](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/ofcoms-annual-report-on-notices-to-deal-with-terrorism-content-andor-csea-content/)
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### Quick guide to implementing highly effective age assurance
Published: 23 February 2024
Last updated: 16 January 2025
The Online Safety Act has introduced new rules on robust age checks that services must follow to protect children
](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-pornography/)
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### Quick guide to childrenās access assessments
Published: 7 May 2024
Last updated: 16 January 2025
Childrenās access assessments are a new assessment that all user-to user-services and search services (āPart 3 servicesā) regulated under the Online Safety Act must carry out to establish whether a service ā or part of a service ā is likely to be accessed by children.
](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/quick-guide-to-childrens-access-assessments/)
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### Statement: Protecting people from illegal harms online
Published: 16 December 2024
Last updated: 24 February 2025
This is the first of Ofcomās policy Statements that Ofcom, as regulator of the Online Safety Act, will publish as part of our work to establish the new regulations.
](/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/statement-protecting-people-from-illegal-harms-online/)
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