While transpositions in many Member States remain stalled, Germany’s is underway, gold-plating a new law to restrict high-risk components from critical sectors
UK: Cyber Security and Resilience Bill
The bill represents the Government’s effort to tool up to strengthen cybersecurity, as regulated firms struggle to keep pace with intensifying attacks
Canada: Hardening networks up north
The fallout of the 2022 Rogers outage continues to inform the CRTC’s policy development around network resilience and consumer protection
US: Vendor restrictions in subsea cables
The FCC’s proposed reforms to cable licensing procedures would formalise the US Government's recent yet unofficial efforts to exclude Chinese firms from subsea projects
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
Event debrief: ComReg Conference 2025
Alongside further pushback against an overhaul of EU telecoms regulation, there were calls for the effective enforcement of cybersecurity frameworks amid geopolitical uncertainty
BEREC’s deep dive on subsea cables
The report details the application of ex-ante economic regulation to subsea infrastructure, expanding the contexts in which these cables have been discussed in recent months
Event debrief: Towards a True Telecoms Single Market: European Perspectives and Danish Realities
Ahead of Denmark taking on the Presidency of the Council of the EU, lobbying has begun to ensure the Digital Networks Act is passed and crucially answers the pleas of the industry
The European Parliament’s tech sovereignty report
Beyond its focus on building the ‘Eurostack’, the ITRE Committee strike a middle ground in aligning with some but not all recommendations for the Digital Networks Act
Sweden: Connectivity is key for digital transformation
The Government has maintained its plans to meet the EU’s Digital Decade targets while providing a wider strategy for the future digitisation of Sweden
