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UK

5-stars for digital infrastructure

The regulator’s property rating system seeks to incentivise investment in improving indoor 4G and 5G connectivity, which lags behind recent advances in outdoor mobile coverage

UK: The BBC’s pitch for an all-IP TV future

While driving consumer uptake of suitable broadband will be a challenge, the switch-off of DTT in 2034 could present a unique context to bring longtime excluded consumers online

Ireland: Refreshing the complaints handling rules for telecoms

In light of changing legislation, ComReg proposes new codes of practice to modernise consumer rights and improve the transparency of the complaints handling process

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

Europe’s first SIM farm ban

The criminalisation of SIM farms in the UK represents one in a range of regulatory interventions aimed at stemming the growing tide of malicious messaging around the world

Ofcom outlaws Global Title leasing

The regulator is the first in the world to ban the practice, issuing an immediate ban to respond to the disproportionate harm that UK global licenses have facilitated globally

Google is a monopolist (again)

Although a second landmark antitrust case has been brought against Google, it is unclear how significant any remedies will be under the big tech-backed US administration

Event debrief: BEREC’s 13th Stakeholder Forum

With differing appetites and priorities for regulatory reform, the EC is keeping its cards close to its chest in terms of what the eagerly anticipated DNA could propose

Event debrief: Global Anti-Scam Summit London 2025

The need for coordination across borders and sectors is well understood, although regulators and tech firms clashed over how to best tackle scams at source

Australia: Alternative licensing for expiring spectrum

Despite ruling out including rollout obligations in spectrum licences, ACMA sees potential benefits of a secondary licensing framework for rural competition and consumer choice