We benchmark the barriers to mobile network deployment including planning restrictions, the renewal of spectrum licences, and the use of annual spectrum licence fees.
We analyse recent changes to, or proposals to update, merger control frameworks in Australia, the EU and the UK. We consider the aims of the new rules and how the jurisdictions compare.
We analyse recent M&A decisions in Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, including remedies and implications for the market. We also consider proposed deals in France, Italy and the UK, and the prospects for approval.
We distil reaction to the EC’s White Paper on the future regulation of the sector including thoughts on the SMP regime, list of designated markets, spectrum policy, coordinated copper retirement, and levelling the playing field between telecoms and big tech.
