Telco bosses tell UK government to ‘get on with it’ on fibre
Big names in the UK telecoms industry urged the government to push on with plans to allocate funding for rural high-speed broadband rollout, despite questionable demand.
Big names in the UK telecoms industry urged the government to push on with plans to allocate funding for rural high-speed broadband rollout, despite questionable demand.
Italy thinks it would be a really good idea to create a monopoly national fibre provider, but it looks like its overlords in Brussels don’t agree.
The US government has nominated NTIA advisor Nathan Simington to replace Commissioner Mike O’Rielly at its telecoms regulator, apparently because he opposed plans to tighten social media regulation.
European telco lobby groups GSMA and ETNO are – funnily enough – only too happy for the EU to subject online giants to greater scrutiny.
The US communications regulator has released the results of a ‘supply chain data request’, which lists all US CSPs that have any Chinese gear.
National Broadband Ireland has revealed that the minimum speed it will offer when it launches later this year will be 500 Mbps, more than three times higher than originally slated.
The Canadian government has completed a review of wholesale rates instigated by the country’s main fixed-line providers and it looks like they are coming out on top.
Telefónica Germany was supposed to hit certain coverage targets by the end of July, but it got away with being 10 days late.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has launched the ‘Clean Network’ initiative which aims to effectively sever all connections between China and the US in the telecoms and tech world.
As US lawmakers scrutinise whether Silicon Valley has too much power and influence, Facebook, Google and Apple have all prepared statements to suggest the world would be worse off without them.
Competition in the Indian market might get a lot smaller as the Indian Supreme Court rules Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel will both have to pay Government estimates on spectrum fees.
The proposals set forward by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport are now open for feedback, with the intention to lead the world on consumer IoT security standards.
Privacy authorities in the UK and Australia have announced a joint investigation into Clearview AI, a US firm which provides facial recognition technologies.
Among the many bitterly disputed terms of the UK’s divorce from the EU are the jurisdiction of competition authorities, which could affect the O2-Virgin Media merger.
The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed it plans to follow European Commission rules to make small cells exempt from planning permission.
Between them, Google and Facebook control 80% of the UK digital advertising market and that’s not healthy for competition or the consumer.
Tear up the rulebook, forget about what you learnt in Economics 101 and don’t bet on the market leader; the app economy is one segment which is supercharging start-ups like few others could dream of.
While some might be looking for holes to pick in Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, the rules have laid the foundations of a safer and more consumer-empowered digital economy.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched a consultation to identify the pros and cons of a more collaborative approach in telecoms.
Three US Senators have ignored the Law of Unintended Consequences by proposing new legislation which would end-to-end encryption as we know it today.
Uber good to go in London after winning appeal https://t.co/2lLarwNw65 #ContentApplications #Law
28 September 2020 @ 16:45:08 UTC
Rogers' C$3 billion Cogeco sweetener falls on stony ground https://t.co/zjd8pb2JPg #Broadband #broadband
28 September 2020 @ 12:55:02 UTC
Mavenir buys small cell specialist ip.access to fill-out OpenRAN offering https://t.co/M3VxfkYGmd #4GLTE #5G
28 September 2020 @ 12:55:02 UTC
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