The body’s early assessment of the DNA provided for the day’s ‘fil rouge’, with the EC appearing defensive in the face of a robust critique of its proposals
Event debrief: BEREC workshop on the copper switch-off
Over 100 stakeholders joined to discuss the opportunities and challenges of Europe’s ongoing fibre transition – and to air concerns over the EC’s DNA proposals
MWC26: Regulation & Policy Roundup from Day 1
Usual gripes about Europe’s low ARPUs and over-regulation contrasted with operators’ optimism regarding opportunities presented by sovereignty and satellite
Revising the EU’s Cybersecurity Act
The EC aims to make vendor restrictions in the mobile industry binding across all Member States, with an eye towards also derisking fixed and satellite supply chains
Event debrief: Open Internet Turns 10: What's Next?
Given seismic change in the functioning and role of the internet, policymakers and industry are beginning to debate if and/or how net neutrality rules should evolve
South Korea: Future-facing spectrum reallocation
MSIT policy aims to facilitate 3G, and eventually 4G, network retirement while using rollout-linked discounting to boost 5GSA coverage
Science, Innovation and Technology Committee: The future of telecoms and broadband
MPs raised concerns about a lack of government targets for mobile and the prospect of some consumers being left behind, providing for some awkward moments
Italy’s 5G traffic lights
AGCOM will hope that new stickers for 5G services do not lead to the same unintended consequences than with its labelling system for fixed broadband
Q3 2025 results: Regulatory and policy highlights
European operators used Q3 earnings to stress the need for regulatory reform and in-market consolidation. Regulators were urged to adopt pro-investment, pro-consolidation frameworks to boost competitiveness.
Event debrief: FT/Connect Europe Forum
While requests for deregulation and in-market mobile consolidation were nothing new, there was a clear sense that increasing the speed of action has now been made an equivalent priority
