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<p>My Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets regularly with Ofcom to discuss
a variety of issues.</p><p>We set out our thinking on switching in the Connectivity,
Content and Consumers [CCC} Strategy Paper, published in July 2013. In December 2013
Ofcom announced that gaining-provider led (GPL) switching would be mandated for broadband
and fixed telephony over the Openreach network. Full implementation of this will be
completed by June 2015.</p><p>In July-September 2014, Ofcom collected inputs on consumers’
experience of switching providers of pay-TV, mobile services and bundled services;
and considered possible impacts on competition. The regulator will publish a document
in the first half of 2015 setting out its findings and how it intends to take things
forward, including for the switching of mobile service providers. I hope that, in
line with our statement in the CCC paper, this will result in GPL switching being
mandated across the board.</p>
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