Unlike its peers, Ofcom sees the need to place additional, binding obligations on operators to help prevent fraudulent business communications
Singapore: A private right to sue platforms over online safety
The OSRA Bill would provide victims of online abuse the right to sue platforms for monetary damages, creating risks for fragmentation and increased compliance costs
MWC25: Regulation & Policy roundup from Day 3
Safety, security and satellite were three prominent and popular topics, with a surprising dose of optimism offered over Europe’s future competitiveness
Tackling SMS-based scams in Australia
Mandating an SMS sender ID registry is the latest addition to Australia’s world-leading suite of scam prevention measures
Stamping out scams in New Zealand
The campaign reflects the greater global attention being paid to the role the telecoms, tech and financial industries can all play in detecting and preventing scams
UK/US AI safety partnership
As the UK and US draw closer in alignment on their approaches to AI safety, more countries have moved to consider the competition implications of the emerging technology’s boom
A wave of mobile market restructuring in Asia
While Europe pushes the idea of cross-border mergers, telcos will hope regulators follow Asia’s lead in approving in-market consolidation
Singapore to make the 2.1GHz band available for standalone 5G
The IMDA wants to help operators achieve nationwide 5G coverage by 2025, but not at the expense of customers still on 3G
Singapore awards 5G licences
Network security to be main consideration in Singapore 5G award
The IMDA has closed a beauty contest, which will lead to the creation of two nationwide 5G networks.
