For some time, the debate on Europe’s Telecommunications Single Market has been marked by ambitious rhetoric and renewed political emphasis, yet it has often failed to address the sector’s underlying structural problem: […]
The debate surrounding the proposed Digital Networks Act (“DNA”) has revived a familiar concern. A number of stakeholders – in particular over-the-top (“OTT”), content provider and Internet activists, argue that Articles 191 […]
Here a national decision which can produce effects on the current legislative process of the Digital Network Act. On 12 August 2026, Austria’s Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVwG) set aside the 2022 […]
I have great respect for Benoit Felten, the author of the recent study on the Digital Networks Act (DNA) for CCIAA and its alleged “clear path” to network fees. The report makes […]
The proposed empowerment of the European Commission in Article 93(6) of the Digital Networks Act (DNA) to adopt implementing acts “detailing the conditions for the offering of services other than internet access […]
The proposed Digital Networks Act (“DNA) risks doing something politically significant and legally consequential: downgrading competition from a core regulatory objective to a more derivative, instrumental concept. In the Commission text, competition […]
In recent days, press reports have described preliminary work inside Deutsche Telekom (DT) on a potential full combination with T‑Mobile US, possibly via the creation of a new holding company that would […]
AGCom’s latest “Focus bilanci 2020–2024” on electronic communications paints a picture of a mature but financially strained Italian telecom sector. Aggregate revenues are essentially flat over the period, at around €28.6 billion […]
The European Commission’s proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA) largely preserves the core of the EU open internet framework, but it also change significantly the institutional balance of power. It keeps the essential […]
Over the past three years, the European debate on digital networks has been largely dominated by the discussion on the level playing field, namely how to balance relationships and interests between connectivity […]
