While requests for deregulation and in-market mobile consolidation were nothing new, there was a clear sense that increasing the speed of action has now been made an equivalent priority
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
Responses to the EC’s Digital Networks Act Call for Evidence
Ahead of inevitable reform of Europe’s telecoms framework, the ‘pro-competition’ collective of challengers and regulators is providing a strong rebuttal to the arguments of former incumbents
In-market mobile consolidation in Romania
Operators have secured approval, subject to commitments, for a four-to-three merger following the Competition Council’s most important review of recent years
Event debrief: Connect Europe’s Policy Summit
Overall it was clear there is still no unified vision on the future regulatory path for the EU telecoms sector
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: Global Anti-Scam Summit London 2025
The need for coordination across borders and sectors is well understood, although regulators and tech firms clashed over how to best tackle scams at source
MWC25: Regulation & Policy roundup from Day 3
Safety, security and satellite were three prominent and popular topics, with a surprising dose of optimism offered over Europe’s future competitiveness
MWC25: Regulation & Policy roundup from Day 1
Familiar calls for deregulation and consolidation to help spur investment alongside debates over fair share and the governance of AI set the tone for the first day of the event
Spain: Deregulating wholesale central and local access
Fibre network competition and the entry of new players has removed the need for wholesale broadband regulation, but Telefónica’s physical infrastructure remains a bottleneck
