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Communications Markets
Bart Smallman, Analyst
Enabling an efficient and inclusive 2G ...

Many operators are yet to complete their 2G retirements, leaving cost efficiencies and economic benefits unrealised. Given the risks to the continuity of vital services, industry and policymakers must collaborate to balance ensuring a timely process with effective consumer protection.

Enabling an efficient and inclusive 2G switch-off

Enabling an efficient and inclusive 2G switch-off

Enabling an efficient and inclusive 2G switch-off

Many operators are yet to complete their 2G retirements, leaving cost efficiencies and economic benefits unrealised. Given the risks to the continuity of vital services, industry and policymakers must collaborate to balance ensuring a timely process with effective consumer protection.

The alternative to a blanket ban of social media

The alternative to a blanket ban of social media

Following in Australia’s footsteps, policymakers around the world have been introducing their own age-based social media restrictions. Given the limitations of an outright ban, legislation should instead focus on making platforms safer by design, tackling both functionality and harmful content.

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Playing in the regulatory sandbox

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Playing in the regulatory sandbox

Regulatory sandboxes are becoming essential tools for policymakers to balance oversight of, and innovation in, new technologies. We explore key examples and global best practices in the use of sandboxes across tech and telecoms in privacy, spectrum, satellite and AI.

The impact of AI on end users in telecoms markets

The impact of AI on end users in telecoms markets

AI is being rapidly adopted across the customer journey, presenting both opportunities and risks. As regulators increasingly engage with the potential impacts of the technology, they must strike an effective balance between mitigating harms and promoting responsible innovation.

Mobile coverage reporting and requirements

Mobile coverage reporting and requirements

While consumer experiences of mobile coverage often fail to live up to what is promised, regulators have been slow to adopt the most effective testing and reporting practices. They should prioritise the most accurate testing methods despite their additional costs, with Arcep’s approach in France one to follow.

Consolidating the altnets: The main act

Consolidating the altnets: The main act

The fragmented nature of the UK’s fibre market is a barrier to effective network competition becoming established for the long term. With consolidation now necessary, we review the likely approach the CMA would take to three rumoured transactions.