Assembly — Regulation Updates

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UK: The Vodafone/Virgin Media O2 spectrum sale

The deal agreed during the merger somewhat reduces imbalances between the three UK operators while improving Virgin Media O2’s competitive and network positions

Connectivity on trains and 5GSA: The UK’s digital infrastructure priorities

Ahead of completing a mobile market review and publishing a new SSP for Ofcom, the Government has unveiled its ambitions for the telecoms sector over the next decade

Funding the UK’s digital markets competition regime

With the new framework set to incur significant costs, the CMA has proposed that SMS firms shoulder the burden equally

Event debrief: London Tech Week 2025

While the Online Safety Act was praised, any prospects for AI regulation felt like a distant memory in a programme dominated by public investment in tech infrastructure and skills

UK: The BBC’s pitch for an all-IP TV future

While driving consumer uptake of suitable broadband will be a challenge, the switch-off of DTT in 2034 could present a unique context to bring longtime excluded consumers online

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

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 in the UK represents one in a range of regulatory interventions aimed at stemming the growing tide of malicious messaging around the world

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

Event debrief: BEREC’s 13th Stakeholder Forum

With differing appetites and priorities for regulatory reform, the EC is keeping its cards close to its chest in terms of what the eagerly anticipated DNA could propose