The Chinese vendor has appealed the ban it faces in the US. Meanwhile, the UK Government suggests a ban is still on the table and Deutsche Telekom suspends 5G procurement in Germany
Norwegian regulator to introduce fixed-wireless access obligation on Telenor
Nkom is considering an extra remedy on top of those mandated in the last market review, since fixed-wireless is considered a substitute product where Telenor switches off its copper network
SIM registration in China to require facial recognition
The rules adopted in September 2019 are now in force. The government also introduced stronger safeguards to its real-name SIM policy
European Commission to table a new proposal for the ePrivacy Regulation
Commissioner Thierry Breton took note of the continued impasse in the European Council. A new proposal will now be discussed in H1 2020 during the Croatian presidency
EC publishes first full review of the roaming market since RLAH
The review finds data roaming consumption increased 12-fold since the removal of surcharges, with mobile retail prices continuing to fall.
Vodafone warns regulators against ‘set-aside’ spectrum policies
The operator sets out its view for “An Industrial 5G Spectrum Policy for Europe” in a position paper, arguing that ‘set-aside’ policies will lead to significant consumer welfare loss.
ITU identifies additional spectrum bands for 5G
The World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 identified 17.25GHz of spectrum for 5G across five bands, compared to 1.9GHz available before.
Arcep publishes its decision on the upcoming 5G auction in France
The regulator has set out conditions of use of the 3.4–3.8GHz band, including the rollout obligations to be met between 2020 and 2025.
New regulatory regime for fibre providers in New Zealand
The Commerce Commission is drafting new rules that will apply to providers that built the ultra-fast fibre broadband network.
US FCC to auction C-band for 5G
The US regulator will award the 3.7–4.2GHz band through a public procedure, rejecting the industry’s proposal to hold a private auction and use the proceeds for rural broadband.
