Assembly — Regulation Updates

Nkom

Deregulating wholesale broadband in Norway

Nkom believes that market developments point to deregulation as a solution to deliver better freedom of choice for consumers as well as increased competition

Event debrief: Global Anti-Scam Summit London 2025

The need for coordination across borders and sectors is well understood, although regulators and tech firms clashed over how to best tackle scams at source

Norway: Regulating mobile call access and origination

With just two nationwide networks currently, Nkom determines the need to maintain access remedies imposed on Telenor for a further three years

Regulators seek to incentivise spectrum use in private networks

Lowering licence fees is an important step in unlocking 5G’s industrial potential and enabling private networks to flourish

Norway completes 5G multiband auction

The price of spectrum was high, despite discounts being available for committing to cover rural areas

Telenor fined for anti-competitive practices in Norway

Telenor was found to be pricing out its competitors which relied on wholesale access to offer mobile broadband between 2008 and 2012.

Norwegian regulator continues with national roaming obligation for Telenor

Nkom considers the measure is still necessary, but commits to removing price controls after the next review.

5G multiband spectrum auction kicks off in Norway

The regulator Nkom has decided to carry on as planned with the award of spectrum across seven bands.

Norwegian regulator imposes new fibre access requirements on Telenor

Nkom finalised the detail of the VULA remedy, which will give access seekers more control on their own retail broadband offers.

Norwegian regulator changes scope of Telenor’s SMP obligations

Nkom extends access obligations to part of Telenor’s fibre network, in view of the future switch-off of the operator’s copper network.