We outline our expectations for key regulatory activities in telecoms for the year ahead, including how regulators are looking to drive investment while preserving competition.
We've mapped planned activity for telecoms, digital markets, and competition enforcement across the UK and EU. In doing so we flag trends, overlaps and potential areas for coordination.
Restrictive licensing practices, barriers to switching and a flood of new regulation were raised by cloud providers as the EC considers its Cloud and AI Development Act.
The industry gathered in Brussels to make its requests of the new incoming Commission amidst concerns over an increasing regulatory burden and lack of scale for operators.
We analyse concerns over national security, competition, and the potential for conflicts of interests when it comes to cross-border and inter-operator investments taking place in telecoms.
With the market review in full swing ahead of a formal consultation in Q1 2025, we assess the regulator's focus areas, asks from stakeholders and expected points of contention.
