The decision by Twitter owner Elon Musk to make its internal records available to independent journalists exposed a scandalous level of state meddling in the platform’s content moderation.
UK comms regulator Ofcom thinks BT subsidiaries EE and Plusnet may be falling short in their obligations to provide ‘clear and simple’ contract information.
A group of European digital economy stakeholders have written to the European Commission, urging it to belatedly act on claimed anticompetitive practices by Apple.
Vodafone is finally selling out of Ghana, the country’s telecoms regulator having given the green light to a revised deal that will see Telecel Group pick up its majority stake in Vodafone Ghana.
The UK government has been forced to amend its ill-fated Online Safety Bill once more thanks to a rebellion from its own MPs.
Vivendi CEO Arnaud De Puyfontaine has tendered his resignation from TIM’s board of directors, a move that could help smooth the way for some sort of resolution in Italy’s ongoing high-speed network debacle.
The guys finally make it back into the studio and are delighted to be joined by Roslyn Layton of Strand Consult, who is an expert on telecoms public policy. She was in town for an Ofcom consultation on net neutrality, so they start with a deep dive into that topic, including its many definitions and interpretations. An overlapping trending topic is the issue of whether the biggest video content producers should pay a ‘fair contribution’ to the cost of running networks, so they conclude with a discussion of that.
Joe Biden, the US President, has written an opinion piece calling for broad political support for a crusade against Big Tech.
European ISPs have been requesting regulators impose what has been coined as a ‘fair contribution’ payment on bandwidth-hungry Big Tech firms such as Google, Netflix, and Amazon.
The European Union is getting close to having another look at whether Big Tech should subsidise the telecoms sector, which may include cloud investments.
Some of the biggest operators in Europe are getting together to offer ad-targeting tools to marketers.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given airlines until February 2024 to fix altimeters that may clash with C-band 5G spectrum.
Panama’s telecom regulator has formally launched the process to licence a new third mobile operator, but given the circumstances of the contest it may not find it easy to attract interested parties.
Security threats evolve and adapt, but regulations and policies play a big role in 5G security worldwide and have the power to influence the standards put in place.
Vodafone has completed the sale of its Hungarian business to a group consisting of an IT firm and the Hungarian government.
Euro-IX, the association of European Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), reckons forcing big tech to pay for the content it sends over the internet is a rubbish idea.
The Canadian Competition Tribunal has decided Rogers and Shaw have conceded enough to be allowed to merge but the Competition Bureau is fighting on.
Shares of PLDT were down 17% on Monday after the telco revealed it has completely blown its capex budget.
Swedish kit maker Ericsson has revealed it needs an extra 12 months of monitoring just to make absolutely sure it doesn’t risk giving money to terrorists.
Openreach was never going to please everyone in the UK telecoms industry with its new pricing scheme for wholesale access to its fibre network, which presents a challenge for regulator Ofcom.
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