EU report casts doubt on 2030 digital targets
The European Union this week published its first annual State of the Digital Decade report, which was more a whinge about investment than a study on the current digital landscape.
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Ericsson to receive 6G R&D funding from German government
Nordic kit vendor Ericsson will receive funding from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action to work on the development of 6G radio microelectronics.
Online censorship pressure mounts ahead of 2024 election season
Recent developments in the EU, US and UK all contribute to a sense of increasing pressure to shape and constrain the digital public square.
Vestager leaves EU competition job as M&A decision looms
The European Union’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is taking a temporary leave of absence to pursue a top position at the European Investment Bank at a time when telecoms M&A is hoting up again.
EU names big tech firms it has in its DMA sights
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft are all now officially designated ‘gatekeepers’ by the EU, meaning they have six months to comply with a list of new regulatory demands.
A look at generative AI and its ethical landscape
While global interest in generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has surged of late, only sporadic progress has been made on the ethical guardrails needed to protect society.
EU decision on failed UK telecoms merger muddies regulatory waters
A European court has thrown out a previous verdict on a case linked to the long-abandoned proposed merger between Three and O2 in the UK, making the regulatory climate even more difficult to predict at a time when telco tie-ups are once again making headlines.
German telcos try out EU’s digital ID scheme
Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone are field-testing the EU’s digital ID scheme in anticipation of a broader rollout.
New EU-US data privacy framework seems destined to fail, again
The EU and US have cobbled together yet another framework that claims to protect EU data stored in the US but there are still many reasons to be sceptical.
US tech giants meet EU’s ‘gatekeeper’ threshold
Seven major tech firms could soon be subject to strict new EU rules designed to curb their power.
Brussels says Orange/MasMovil merger would be anticompetitive
The European Commission has declared that the proposed tie-up between Orange and MasMovil in Spain could harm competition, casting doubt over the likelihood of it approving the merger.
Europe moves to effectively ban Chinese vendors from members’ 5G networks
EU messaging around ‘high-risk’ vendors is looking increasingly like an outright ban on Huawei and ZTE, with pressure mounting on countries that have yet to remove them from their 5G networks.
EU contemplates splitting up Google’s advertising operations
The European Commission reckons Google controls too much of the digital advertising ecosystem and that the only remedy may be forced divestments.
EU gives Huawei millions in R&D funding
Huawei has received millions of euros from the EU to fund some of its R&D activities, despite the EU itself heaping pressure on telcos to avoid using the vendor’s kit.
EU okays €8.1 billion worth of state aid for microelectronics R&D
The EU has given the green light for up to €8.1 billion in state aid to be ploughed into R&D linked to chip design and manufacture, with a particular focus on 5G and 6G communication, autonomous driving, AI and quantum computing.
European Commission vows to fix ‘fragmented telco market’
EU Commissioner in charge of the internal market Thierry Breton calls for a more homogeneous telco internal market, in the midst of a consultation on the future of the European telco sector.
EU increases pressure on members over ‘high risk’ telecoms vendors
Commissioner Breton has publicly called for EU countries to accelerate their replacement of high risk vendors from their 5G networks.
EU telco ministers side with big tech on fair contribution
The majority of European lawmakers appear to be unconvinced by the idea of charging content companies for the traffic they generate.
Spain wants to scrap end-to-end encryption
According to a leaked EU document, there is significant appetite from some EU member states to allow private messages to be scanned in order to curb the spread of child sexual abuse material.
Italy to spend €1.5 billion helping telcos
The Italian government is working on what is effectively an aid plan worth more than €1.5 billion to help national telecoms operators, it emerged this week.
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