Overall it was clear there is still no unified vision on the future regulatory path for the EU telecoms sector
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
Responding to the SKT data breach
The breach, and the resulting exodus of customers from SKT, is already destabilising a fiercely competitive mobile market
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 represents one in a range of regulatory interventions aimed at stemming the growing tide of malicious messaging around the world
Germany: Vodafone and Vantage Towers harming mobile competition
The Bundeskartellamt provisionally finds that Vantage Towers could have done more to support new entrant 1&1 and may have instead favoured its parent company Vodafone
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
The Delete, Delete, Delete playbook
The responses to the FCC’s call for input on deregulation amount to an ambitious and even unprecedented plan for rewriting almost all aspects of the telecoms rulebook
France: Conditions for completing the fibre rollout
The regulator expects Orange to maintain regular contact with those who have refused migration to its fibre network, especially as its copper retirement proceeds
Event debrief: The Telecom Challengers Reshaping Europe’s Competitiveness
As the EC prepares its Digital Networks Act, Europe’s challengers reminded policymakers not to throw away a framework that has worked well for consumers and businesses
