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Broadband

India: Rating properties for their connectivity credentials

The regulator’s property rating system seeks to incentivise investment in improving indoor 4G and 5G connectivity, which lags behind recent advances in outdoor mobile coverage

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

Netherlands: A call to action on telecoms policy reform

The Government urges stronger regulation and effective competition, considering that the European framework should be seen as a success

Telecoms M&A under the Trump Administration

Despite FCC criticism, not all operators are willing to roll back DEI policies to secure regulatory approval for consolidation

CNMC hangs up on fixed call termination

Removing regulation would align Spain with an increasing number of EU countries and follow similar interventions in other wholesale telecoms markets

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

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

The Delete, Delete, Delete playbook

The responses to the FCC’s call for input on deregulation amount to an ambitious and even unprecedented plan for rewriting almost all aspects of the telecoms rulebook

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

California: Rate regulation or affordability safeguard?

In deregulating net neutrality, the FCC has forfeited its chance to regulate (or at least prevent state-level regulation of) broadband affordability