Against a challenging financial backdrop, regulation, adoption and consolidation will together shape the development of the UK’s fibre market
Europe’s first SIM farm ban
The criminalisation of SIM farms represents one in a range of regulatory interventions aimed at stemming the growing tide of malicious messaging around the world
Germany: Vodafone and Vantage Towers harming mobile competition
The Bundeskartellamt provisionally finds that Vantage Towers could have done more to support new entrant 1&1 and may have instead favoured its parent company Vodafone
Ofcom outlaws Global Title leasing
The regulator is the first in the world to ban the practice, issuing an immediate ban to respond to the disproportionate harm that UK global licenses have facilitated globally
The Delete, Delete, Delete playbook
The responses to the FCC’s call for input on deregulation amount to an ambitious and even unprecedented plan for rewriting almost all aspects of the telecoms rulebook
New Zealand: Evolving regulation in line with technology
ComCom looks to deregulate copper access and mobile termination services, but is at an earlier stage with potentially evolving the country’s fibre regime
South Korea: Fines for anticompetitive behaviour
The controversial fine from the KFTC appears to contradict the position of the regulator in attempting to stabilise excessive sales incentives
The UK’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan
A decade since the last national strategy, the Government has announced initial actions to tackle digital exclusion and set out its proposals for addressing the problem long-term
South Korea: Apple required to enable RCS
After a semi-voluntary decision to adopt RCS in the EU, the KCC has mandated messaging interoperability between iOS and Android devices
Australia’s proposed Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation
The Government is looking to use LEO satellites and D2D services to improve rural coverage, although there are concerns it could crowd out existing initiatives
