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
UK: The impact of PIA on the leased lines market
New evidence from stakeholders has led Ofcom to identify stronger prospects for effective network competition than it had originally thought
ACMA’s five-year spectrum outlook
The regulator is set to make critical decisions on expiring licences and the upper 6GHz band, while supporting the introduction of a novel mobile USO
Ofcom closes its business messaging market review
Carrying through with its original proposals would have made the UK an outlier in the regulation of A2P SMS termination rates
Belgium: Competition concerns of Proximus and Telenet’s joint fibre rollout
The operators’ proposed commitments to remedy concerns could reduce wholesale access prices by 30% and even lead to deregulation in the next market review
Event debrief: Digital Networks Act: Rewriting the DNA of Europe’s Open Internet?
A broadly partisan crowd rejected both deregulating and expanding current regulation, while criticising “terrible” network traffic analogies
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
The end of the US’ four-player market dream?
Spectrum sales will generate EchoStar a considerable profit and ease FCC pressure, but at the cost of its mobile and satellite network ambitions
Boosting mobile services with mmWave
As some regulators in Europe practice patience, in the UK Ofcom moves to release the largest amount of spectrum it has ever awarded in a single auction
Deregulating copper access in rural New Zealand
Having laid out the evidence for removing all regulation from Chorus’ copper network, ComCom awaits the Minister’s support for its recommendation
