Ofcom, formally the Office of Communications, is the independent regulator and competition authority for the communications industries of the United Kingdom. Its remit covers television and radio broadcasting, broadband and telephone services, video-sharing platforms, the radio spectrum and postal services, and it carries a statutory duty to protect citizens and consumers by promoting competition and shielding the public from harmful or offensive material. The body was set up by the Office of Communications Act 2002 and received its full powers from the Communications Act 2003. It was created to act as a single super-regulator over media that were converging through digital transmission, and it launched on 29 December 2003, taking over the duties of five earlier regulators including the Independent Television Commission, the Radio Authority and Oftel.
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On 29 December 2003, Ofcom launched, formally inheriting the duties
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is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, internet, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom
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Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms, internet and postal sectors.
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Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms, internet and postal sectors.
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Ofcom has wide-ranging powers across the television, radio, telecoms, internet and postal sectors.
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