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ACM to deregulate leased lines in the Netherlands

The Dutch regulator believes KPN no longer has SMP in Market 4.

US Congress passes bill to fund OpenRAN development

A bipartisan bill establishes a 10-years long grant programme for the development of OpenRAN.

EC refers Virgin/O2 merger to the UK competition authority

The CMA will now quickly move to a Phase 2 investigation, upon request from the two companies.

Spanish regulator begins a new review of the wholesale broadband access markets

The CNMC looks to reduce the area of the country where Telefonica faces wholesale access obligations.

Czech Republic completes 5G spectrum auction

The CTU awarded the 700MHz and 3.5GHz bands to five operators.

Finnish Government to launch new financial aid scheme for broadband rollout

The Government will allocate €5m in 2021, and struck an agreement with operators to improve connectivity throughout the country.

Swedish regulator suspends 5G spectrum auction following court decision on Huawei

The Administrative Court of Stockholm suspended the PTS’s decision to ban operators from using Huawei and ZTE equipment in their network deployments.

5G spectrum auction rules finalised in Portugal

The rules include significant incentives for new entrants, which sparked criticism from existing MNOs.

US regulator reduces barriers to 5G deployment

Local authorities will have to accept modifications that do not substantially change the dimensions of a mobile site.

Dutch regulator authorises KPN to switch to IP interconnection

KPN will be able to switch off traditional interconnection from October 2021.