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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.

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.

Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin

The Broadcast and On Demand Bulletin reports on investigations into potential breaches of Ofcom’s codes and rules for TV, radio and video-on-demand programmes.

Telephone area codes: Find UK dialling codes for numbers starting 01 and 02

Look up UK dialling codes (or ‘STD codes’) by geographic area or the first few numbers of a landline phone number.

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Our research

How video-sharing platforms protect children from encountering harmful videos

Published: 14 December 2023

Last updated: 21 March 2025

How TikTok, Twitch and Snap try to prevent children from watching potentially harmful videos.

Understanding what people in the UK need from public service media

Published: 13 November 2023

Last updated: 13 March 2025

The annual Public Service Media tracker explores UK adults’ satisfaction, attitudes and opinions towards Public Service Broadcasters as well as their on-demand services.

Drive route map

Published: 30 May 2023

Last updated: 7 March 2025

Alongside our 4G- and 5G-specific signal strength measurement data, we have published a map showing the routes our spectrum assurance vehicles have taken along roads in the United Kingdom.

Resources for industry

Operating a premium rate service

Published: 31 January 2025

Last updated: 20 March 2025

If you are involved in the provision of a premium rate service, you need to check if you are a regulated PRS provider carrying out a regulated activity within the meaning of The Regulation of Premium Rate Services Order 2024 (‘the PRS Order’).

Fixed telecommunications markets

Published: 14 April 2015

Last updated: 20 March 2025

The fixed telecommunications market is made up of a variety of different markets which we have reviewed in different formats over the years.

Section five: Due impartiality and due accuracy

Published: 5 January 2021

Last updated: 17 March 2025

This section of the Broadcasting Code relates to the concept of "due impartiality" as it applies to news and other programmes.

Register of persons with powers under the Electronic Communications Code

Published: 15 February 2024

Last updated: 14 March 2025

This register lists companies that have been granted powers under the Electronic Communications Code.

Electronic Communications Code: Template Notices

Published: 12 December 2023

Our templates for statutory notices for the purposes of the Electronic Communications Code.

Notified video-sharing platforms

Published: 11 January 2024

Last updated: 14 March 2025

A list of video-sharing platform (VSP) services that have notified to Ofcom.

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