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Bart Smallman, Research Analyst

Regulatory controversy in South Korea

With the KCC failing to take any meaningful action, particularly to rein in big tech, the Government has established a new, centrally administered sectoral regulator

Mobile market regulation overturned in South Africa

Following legal challenge, a high court has ruled that ICASA’s 2021 Regulations were flawed and disregarded the views of both MTN and the Competition Commission

Assessing the impact of fibre network consolidation in Sweden

The KKV has opened a special investigation to determine whether combining two of the country’s five national operators would harm competition

Understanding the GDPR’s interplay with the DSA and DMA

The EC and EDPB are seeking to provide regulatory certainty for platforms navigating the overlaps in the EU’s digital regulation through proposed interplay guidelines

Coughing up ‘regulatory hairballs’ in Australia

As the Australian Government pushes for economic growth, the tech and telecoms sectors have called for reduced red tape and warned against new ex-ante regulation

Deregulating wholesale access in Poland

An increase in the number of wholesale providers and commercial agreements between them have prompted the UKE to propose deregulation of the WLA and WCA markets

The EC’s code of practice for GPAI

Despite calls for a delayed implementation of the AI Act, the EC’s much-debated code aims to outline a compliance blueprint for GPAI models

Norway: Nkom’s guide to in-building connectivity

Nkom advocates cross-sector collaboration, rather than regulatory intervention, to address increasing problems with poor mobile coverage indoors

Connectivity on trains and 5GSA: The UK’s digital infrastructure priorities

Ahead of completing a mobile market review and publishing a new SSP for Ofcom, the Government has unveiled its ambitions for the telecoms sector over the next decade

New Rules: The UK’s DUA (Act)

Despite a contentious route to Royal Assent, the UK’s Data Act has been passed into law, marking an important step forward in the Government’s digitisation goals