Everything you always wanted to know about “Fair Share”, but you were afraid to ask (UPDATED MAY 4, 2023) *** 1. EU AND US LEGISLATION European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles for […]
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The European Commission puts an end to competition in telecoms
While the public debate is inflamed on the theme of “fair share“, i.e. the question whether the large online platforms should pay certain European telcos for the “transportation” of their Internet services […]
Fair share: the definitive guide
The European “fair share” debate EU commissioner Thierry Breton (formerly CEO of Orange) is pushing for a legislative reform of the telecom sector that could materially change the functioning of the […]
What Belgian mobile consolidation means for Europe
It looks like a small transaction in a small country, but it is more significant than one could expect: Proximus is going to buy Belgian-based MVNOs Mobile Vikings and Jim Mobile, […]
The new European Commission, a nightmare for dominant online platforms?
The next European Commission may cause headache to dominant OTTs in Europe. In fact, the allocation of the portfolios announced today by the appointed President Von der Leyen reveals the intention to […]
The separation of telecom networks in Europe: from regulatory remedy to new business models for telecoms
The subject of how to curb the power of dominant companies in the communications sector has recently returned in vogue thanks to the intervention of US democrat Elizabeth Warren, who advocated a […]
The increasing uncertainty about mobile consolidation in Europe
Mobile consolidation within domestic markets has always been in the European telcos’ wish list. However, in the last 5 years this ambition hardly clashed with the European Commission’s approach, in the […]
What will change for European telecom networks: from copper based-networks to fiber revolution
Whether the new Electronic Code for electronic communications will encourage or frustrate network investments (you will soon read different opinions about), there is something fundamentally new in the telecom reform politically agreed […]
The Vodafone-Liberty Global merger in Germany: the antitrust chances, pro & contra
The antitrust decision about the acquisition of several assets of Liberty Global by Vodafone will be a real dilemma for the competent offices of the European Commission, aka the Competition Directorate (“DG […]
Really, did European Parliament water down investment plans of telcos?
The days following the deliberation of the ITRE committee on the Commission proposal for the a new Electronic Communications Code, media coverage reiterates the story that the approach taken by the MEPs […]
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