The company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, called for international alignment and agreement on “core values” in a piece for the Financial Times.
Swedish regulator proposes new model for state involvement in broadband deployment
The PTS aims to stimulate broadband expansion in view of the country’s gigabit target for 2025 by granting support for a total EUR61.5m.
Ofcom sets out proposals for the use of the 100–200GHz band
The UK regulator follows through on the options it had presented in an industry workshop in September 2019.
US tech sector welcomes US–China trade agreement, but calls for more progress
The Consumer Technology Association estimates the trade war has already cost US tech companies a total $17.5bn.
Dutch regulator finds ISPs’ traffic management meets net neutrality rules
The ACM published a handbook with the results of its study, and some guidance for ISPs to ensure their traffic management techniques are compliant with net neutrality rules.
French Data Protection Authority proposes stronger tools for internet users to opt out of data harvesting
The CNIL issued a draft recommendation to strengthen the hand of users in giving consent to placing cookies or other tracers on their devices.
Belgian competition authority suspends Proximus–Orange network sharing joint venture
The BCA issued an interim suspension until 16 March 2020, while the operators continue the discussion with the telecoms regulator BIPT.
Norwegian regulator changes scope of Telenor’s SMP obligations
Nkom extends access obligations to part of Telenor’s fibre network, in view of the future switch-off of the operator’s copper network.
US Government issues AI guidelines and warns against over-regulating
The Office for Science and Technology Policy announced the guidelines at CES, sending a message to European counterparts against adopting a prescriptive approach.
Ofcom sets out the UK’s long-term wholesale fixed telecoms market regulation
Ofcom aims to remove roadblocks to investment in fibre with a market review covering the period 2021 – 2026, but with a nod to a longer period of certainty and stability.
