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Event debrief: ISPA Parliament & Internet Conference 2025

Important discussions on online safety and digital access were missing possibly the two most important stakeholders: The Government and big tech

EU: Reducing the number of markets susceptible to ex-ante regulation

The EC’s fourth review of the Recommendation on relevant markets could herald the end of a more than 20-year sectoral framework

Clarifying small cell access obligations in Canada

To help deliver dense 5G networks across the country, the CRTC has confirmed its power to require operators to provide access to their physical infrastructure

Event debrief: ISPA ISP Summit 2025

Against a challenging financial backdrop, regulation, adoption and consolidation will together shape the development of the UK’s fibre market

Switzerland: Funding gigabit broadband

A new programme has been proposed to connect unserved areas but only plans to invest half of the funding estimated as necessary to reach nationwide coverage

Spain: Deregulating wholesale central and local access

Fibre network competition and the entry of new players has removed the need for wholesale broadband regulation, but Telefónica’s physical infrastructure remains a bottleneck

Reforming rights of way permission in India

New rules build on previous efforts to facilitate telecoms network deployments, although industry remains frustrated by a lack of regulation on content and application providers

Event debrief: Connected Britain 2024, Day 2

Regulatory stability was the overarching request to the new Government and Ofcom from industry

Event debrief: Connected Britain 2024, Day 1

Amid ranging assessments of the future of the altnet market, panellists also made numerous asks of the new Government, from AI to infrastructure

Monitoring fibre overbuild in Germany

Under fire for slowing down altnets’ fibre rollouts, Deutsche Telekom calls for access to rivals’ ducts to accelerate its own network deployment