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
Event debrief: Connected Britain 2025
The event primarily remains a forum for debate on the future of the UK fibre market, as familiar sparks flew over potential altnet consolidation and the continued regulation of Openreach
The end of the US’ four-player market dream?
Spectrum sales will generate EchoStar a considerable profit and ease FCC pressure, but at the cost of its mobile and satellite network ambitions
Coughing up ‘regulatory hairballs’ in Australia
As the Australian Government pushes for economic growth, the tech and telecoms sectors have called for reduced red tape and warned against new ex-ante regulation
Boosting mobile services with mmWave
As some regulators in Europe practice patience, in the UK Ofcom moves to release the largest amount of spectrum it has ever awarded in a single auction
BNetzA settles MVNO access dispute
More than two years on from the original complaint, the regulator has set terms for the shared use of mobile operators’ networks in Germany
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
India’s new telecoms policy 2025-2030
The Government seeks to build on existing efforts towards nationwide connectivity, while placing particular emphasis on innovation, sustainability and the use of emerging technologies
The UK’s Statement of Strategic Priorities for telecoms and spectrum
Digital inclusion, resilience and adoption take greater prominence in the new SSP, while there are less than subtle hints for Ofcom’s expected regulation of Openreach
