The Finnish presidency aims to reach an agreement by the end of 2019 after previous presidencies have failed to do so.
Switzerland to triple minimum broadband speed in the USO by 2020
Australia sees drop in broadband complaints
Improvements are due to customers migrating to the NBN, says the Australian Communications Media Authority.
UK re-consults on plans to award 700MHz and 3.6–3.8GHz in 2020
The regulator has revised its proposals for the award of the 700MHz and 3.6–3.8GHz bands following industry agreement to improve 4G coverage.
UK mobile operators reach agreement to improve mobile coverage
Following an agreement by all four mobile operators, 4G coverage will be made available to 95% of the UK landmass by 2025.
BEREC consults on updated net neutrality (open internet) guidelines
This has been an item on BEREC’s agenda for some time and follows a May 2019 workshop on the plans. The consultation is open until 28 November 2019.
Fibre overbuild in the Netherlands flagged as a problem by the regulator
After a busy 12 months of fibre deployment, the regulator thought it timely to assess how the fibre broadband market was performing.
Germany will not block the use of Huawei in 5G rollout
Openreach expects full fibre to benefit the UK economy by £60bn
Research commissioned by Openreach reveals that full fibre broadband for everyone by 2025 would boost the economy by almost £60bn.
Regulatory uncertainty in India results in Jio charging for some voice calls
As a result of uncertainty around regulatory policy changes for interconnect charges, Jio says it is compelled to recover mobile termination charges for non-Jio mobile voice calls.
