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Contesting misleading advertising

BT and Deutsche Telekom have enjoyed only mixed success with recent challenges of their competitors’ marketing practices

South Korea: Government excludes telecoms operators from private 5G

Ringfenced spectrum, licence cancellation and a new plan to boost competition in telecoms have dialled up the pressure on operators

Australia: Court prohibits Telstra/TPG rural tie-up

The parties could yet adjust the proposed agreement or appeal to the Federal Court, for which success would mean meeting a high legal threshold

Conference debrief: ETNO-MLex Digital Policy Day

To drive progress against 2030 connectivity targets, like-minded stakeholders urged changes to the EU’s telecoms regulation and its attitude to in-market mergers

South Korea: Operators fined for deceiving consumers on 5G speeds

Marketing 5G performance unachievable in the real world prompts the regulator to levy one of the highest fines on record

Germany: New entrant faces fine for missing 5G rollout target

The fledgling operator 1&1 has been beset by deployment challenges. Access to low-band spectrum could be vital to meeting its longer-term coverage obligations

Compensation for Huawei ‘rip and replace’ in France?

Long-standing relationships have left some operators particularly exposed to the cost of vendor restrictions, with most governments so far disinclined to offer support

Czech Republic: EC vetoes proposals to regulate wholesale mobile access

Despite the market no longer warranting ex ante regulation, the CTU had found the largest operators collectively dominant and sought to impose remedies

Westminster eForum: Next steps for the UK mobile industry

Enabling consolidation, scrapping spectrum licence fees and departing from EU net neutrality rules were all highlighted as priorities for the sector

MWC23: Regulation & Policy roundup from Day 3

As the conference wound up, attention turned to the nuts and bolts of the industry – namely spectrum