Though outages to popular apps like KakaoTalk are increasingly disruptive, few regulators have so far enacted policies to improve platform resilience
A new market structure for broadband in Italy
The sale of TIM’s fixed-line infrastructure is not expected to affect competition at the wholesale level, but the Government will be watching developments closely
Event debrief: AI Fringe Seoul Summit
Panellists questioned the long-term aims of the international AI summit series while encouraging participants to consider the future direction of the UK’s own tech policy
Mobile market consolidation in the US
T-Mobile claims acquiring UScellular will boost competition, but M&A in such a concentrated market will attract scrutiny over the potential effects on pricing and consumers
Is a united approach to online safety possible?
While the policy position highlights the common role of regulators in making the internet safer, there remain challenging legal and cultural differences in defining harm online
Innovation in the EU: Make it simple
A coalition of governments from Estonia, Germany, Latvia and Lithuania add to the growing chorus of voices seeking to shape the agenda of the next Commission
The UK’s framework for regulating online platforms
Though the DMCC Act diverges in the details when compared to the EU’s DMA, the laws both reflect a growing global scrutiny for mergers and acquisitions in tech markets
Germany: Spectrum licence renewal rather than revocation and reallocation
While BNetzA has changed tack in its approach to the assignment of key bands, neither established mobile operators nor the new entrant are fully on side
Event debrief: CODE Talks on a More Competitive Europe
While panellists agreed on the importance of the DMA to CODE’s cause of openness, some doubt was expressed about the EU’s ability to implement the law effectively
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
