Assembly — Regulation Updates

The end of free roaming in Europe?

Falling roaming revenues as a result of COVID-19 have brought forward the inevitable return of some roaming charges in Europe for UK travellers

FCC takes new steps to help prevent phone scams

The new proposal might not sit well with VoIP providers, which are expected to face a significant additional burden

Colombia declares the internet an essential service

Thinking of the internet as a utility-type service is increasingly common, but policymakers need to be mindful of the industry’s need to innovate

Amazon fined €746m in largest GDPR fine to date

While this was ultimately Luxembourg’s decision, all eyes will be now be on the Irish authority as it decides on several high profile cases involving Big Tech

The UK to join the scrutiny of Facebook’s acquisition of Kustomer

A deal like this would have gone almost unnoticed by regulators a few years ago. Now all eyes are on it even if no clear problem has been identified