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James Robinson, Senior Analyst

Germany: BNetzA ends monitoring of fibre overbuild

Having found no clear examples of anti-competitive behaviour by Deutsche Telekom, altnets will need to give the regulator sufficient reason to consider any future investigations

AGCOM extends general authorisation regime to CDNs

Despite a largely negative response from stakeholders, the regulator decided to move forward with its proposal, making Italy the only EU country to capture this type of provider under the EECC

Responses to the EC’s Digital Networks Act Call for Evidence

Ahead of inevitable reform of Europe’s telecoms framework, the ‘pro-competition’ collective of challengers and regulators is providing a strong rebuttal to the arguments of former incumbents

In-market mobile consolidation in Romania

Operators have secured approval, subject to commitments, for a four-to-three merger following the Competition Council’s most important review of recent years

India’s new telecoms policy 2025-2030

The Government seeks to build on existing efforts towards nationwide connectivity, while placing particular emphasis on innovation, sustainability and the use of emerging technologies

The UK’s Statement of Strategic Priorities for telecoms and spectrum

Digital inclusion, resilience and adoption take greater prominence in the new SSP, while there are less than subtle hints for Ofcom’s expected regulation of Openreach

Event debrief: Westminster eForum: The future for broadband and mobile connectivity in the UK

Industry calls for greater intervention to facilitate 5G rollouts, but urges caution around changes to the existing regulatory framework for fibre

Argentina’s neutral wholesale 5G network

Complementing operators’ own 5G rollouts, the programme reflects government priorities to close the digital divide while modernising the country’s telecoms infrastructure

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

UK: The Vodafone/Virgin Media O2 spectrum sale

The deal agreed during the merger somewhat reduces imbalances between the three UK operators while improving Virgin Media O2’s competitive and network positions