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Cloud

Arcep advances regulation of the cloud market

The regulator found that data transfers related to switching providers create no additional cost for cloud providers, meaning no fee for data transfers can be charged to consumers

EU: Google’s cloud complaint against Microsoft

The showdown between tech firms finds Google advocating greater openness in digital markets, despite its alleged abuse of dominance elsewhere

Your (EU) mission, should you choose to accept it

Though digital priorities, including the Digital Networks Act, appear set to be redeemed from the role of the “forgotten twin”, the direction of telecoms regulation reform is still uncertain

Draghi: The future of European competitiveness

The report confirms the bleak outlook for Europe’s telecoms sector, but offers the possibility of growth, if not leadership, for the EU in some tech markets

Scaling up the UK’s AI sector

Though the Labour Government campaigned on growing the UK’s AI industry, its early decision to cut public investment in the sector sends a mixed message

What the joint EU, UK, US statement on AI competition leaves unanswered

Though the statement was meant to signal consistency, regulators in each of these countries face an inflection point in their approach to regulating AI

Event debrief: Fixing the Information Crisis

Despite its journalism-centric billing, the conference offered a range of discussions on how to update the regulation of US communications markets

Tech and telecoms under a Labour Government

A quick implementation of online safety rules, strengthening the framework for AI and reforms to the planning system are likely to take priority over changes to connectivity policy

South Africa’s National Data and Cloud Policy

The Competition Commission is directed to study potential anti-competitive trends in the cloud market, reflecting investigations already launched in Europe

Event debrief: ComReg’s evolving regulatory role

The market’s shift “from copper to cloud” makes for new priorities and challenges, and an imperative for both regulation and regulators to adjust in response