EU’s ‘grey areas’ approach to M&A could benefit European telcos
The EC has stressed that its approach to mergers and acquisitions is far from being black and white, thus offering encouragement to operators with an eye on consolidation.
The EC has stressed that its approach to mergers and acquisitions is far from being black and white, thus offering encouragement to operators with an eye on consolidation.
President Biden has nominated telco lawyer Anna Gomez for Commissioner of the US Federal Communications Commission in an effort to fill a role that has been vacant for over two years.
The US state has proudly announced its biggest ever fine for a domestic company that did business with Huawei.
UK comms regulator Ofcom forced BT to lower its standalone landline prices in 2018 but chose not to do the same for other landline providers.
Pushback against the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence continues, with both Chinese and American regulators intervening further.
Some of Microsoft and Amazon’s business practices might be hurting competition in the cloud market.
Today was the deadline for UK broadband providers to make it easier for their customers to leave. But they haven’t.
UK comms regulator Ofcom has finally decided it might be an idea to make millimetre wave spectrum available for 5G networks to use.
Gigi Sohn has withdrawn from consideration as the fifth Federal Communications Commissioner, citing attacks from lobbyists as the main reason.
UK comms regulator Ofcom says the term fibre is applied inconsistently by the industry, and is considering new guidance as to how broadband firms market their products.
The UK’s competition watchdog thinks Viasat’s $7.3 billion acquisition of Inmarsat won’t harm competition in the satellite sector after all.
Ofcom is reviewing whether inflation-linked, mid-contract price rises are fair for consumers.
UK regulator Ofcom has announced it will consult on Openreach’s latest pricing offer, but its statement suggests the regulator is not inclined to act against the proposal.
UK comms regulator Ofcom is leaning into its expanded remit by opining on the switch off of 3G services and social media transparency.
UK comms regulator Ofcom thinks BT subsidiaries EE and Plusnet may be falling short in their obligations to provide ‘clear and simple’ contract information.
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.
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.