News The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will use the map as the foundation for allocating over $42 billion in broadband infrastructure subsidies Back in November 2021, the long-awaited Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was written into law,...
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TPG rejects suggestion of network sharing deal with Optus
News Optus had suggested to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that they would make a better sharing partner for TPG Back in February, TPG and Telstra struck a major network sharing agreement, set to provide both parties with key mobile assets...
Ethiopian govt restarts telecoms liberalisation process
News According to Finance Minister Ahmed Shide, the Ethiopian government is once again opening its doors to the international telecoms community in the search for a third national operator This week, Ethiopian media sources report that the government is resuming its...
Telekom Romania declines to bid in Romania’s latest 5G spectrum auction
News The underwhelming auction saw only 76% of available spectrum sold, with Telekom Romania notably absent from the bidding This week, Romanian telecoms regular Ancom has announced the rather disappointing results of its latest 5G spectrum auction, which kicked off...
Anacom dishes out €15m fines to Portuguese telcos
News Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Anacom) has issued punitive fines to the country’s four national mobile network operators due to their poor communication regarding price increases This week, Anacom has issued over €15 million in fines to Meo (Altice...
Swedish court clears Ericsson of bribery in China
News The prosecution authority found no evidence that Ericsson staff had issued bribes and have thus closed the investigation Despite Ericsson’s best efforts, in recent years numerous bribery investigations have cast a black cloud over the Swedish vendors...
Seven EU states urge caution over strong-arming big tech
The countries suggest that the European Commission (EC) should wait for further analysis from the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) before making a final decision
Europe’s new Connectivity Infrastructure Act could make big tech pay
Reports suggest that the new law may include measures to make big tech companies contribute to network infrastructure costs
Court quashes Qualcomm’s €1bn antitrust fine
The judges said that “procedural irregularities” had impacted Qualcomm’s ability to defend itself and therefore undermined the Commission’s decision to fine the chipmaker
Romania imposes 4% tax on streaming platforms
As telcos call for so-called over-the-top (OTT) players to contribute financially to infrastructure costs, Romania is already moving ahead with a direct tax on the profits of streaming services like Netflix
NGOs oppose European telcos’ calls for tech giants to share infrastructure costs
In an open letter to European Commissioners Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton, 34 non-government organisations (NGOs) argued that making companies like Google and Meta contribute to infrastructure costs could threaten net neutrality
Telcos jointly agree to cut roaming fees between EU and Ukraine
With the Ukrainian refugee crisis continuing to grow, 27 telecoms operators are taking part in a joint initiative to enable affordable or free roaming between the EU and Ukraine for the next three months
GIGAEurope calls for cross-sector partnerships to increase trust in tech
Press Release Related to the EURACTIV-GIGAEurope Digital Debate ‘Trust in the Digital Decade’ on 21 June, GIGAEurope calls for governments, industry and civil society to intensify their partnership to ensure that the next phase of technology-driven...
EU Commission weighs in on north–south roaming price clash
The European Commission (EC) has proposed further price cuts to wholesale roaming tariffs
EU’s new data law will curb US tech giants
The new Data Governance Act (DGA) oversees how anonymised data can be used and shared for the benefit of society at large
Qualcomm fined €242m by Europe’s top anti-trust regulator
The European Commission fined Qualcomm for unfair business practices dating back to the launch of their 3G chipsets in 2009
European Commission opens investigation into Voda-Liberty deal
Vodafone is set to take possession of a string of Liberty Global’s telecoms assets in Germany, The Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary
European Commission slaps Google with €4.34bn anti-competition fine
The European Commission has found that Google has breached European anti-competition legislation
Altice slapped with €124.5 million over acquisition of Portugal Telecom
The European Commission has found that Altice breached EC regulations during the acquisition
What is the best way for telcos to grow in 2018?
As the year begins with a burst of proposed M&A activity within the global telecoms space, Chris Kelly spoke with Bengt Nordstrom, CEO at Northstream, to find out what 2018 has in store for the telecommunications sector
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