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 […]
Fair share: the definitive guide
Will Europe charge US Internet operators for fair remuneration of EU telecom networks?
Europe is preparing for a new revolution in Internet legislation. A few weeks after the political agreements that rewrote the rules of the game with online platforms, namely the Digital Service Act […]
Zero-rating means zero-rating
By a decision dated September 15, 2020, the European court has confirmed that zero-rating practices are banned under regulation 2015/2120 (the “Regulation”) that has introduced net neutrality provisions into the European […]
The impact of Trump’s net neutrality reform in the EU
On December 14th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote to replace current rules enforcing net neutrality in US (i.e. the Open Internet Order introduced by FFC under the Obama’s mandate). […]
Why the telcos industry is so annoyed with Berec’s Guidelines on net neutrality
Kudos to Berec, the European agency of national regulators. Despite strong opposition and public campaign brought against by a large part of big European and US telcos, the agency resisted to pressures […]
Bye bye, zerorating
Berec, the European regulatory agency, has issued its draft guidelines on the implementation of net neutrality rules (namely the rules enacted by arts. 1-5 of Regulation 2015/2120). The move of Berec was […]
Italian web-blocking goes into a mess
With a landmark decision today the Italian Constitutional Court threw into confusion the Italian Internet market. The highest Italian court had been asked to verify the consistency with the Italian Fundamental Chart […]
Zero-rating: the European Parliament washing hands like Pontius Pilate
As well all know, on Tuesday October 27 the European Parliament, meeting in plenary session, will likely approve the new net neutrality provisions which are part of the Single Telecom Market (“STM”) […]
Zero-rating practices to become norm in Europe, according to (quasi-final) net neutrality regulation
Today the Council formally approved the Roaming and Net Neutrality provisions of the TSM (Telecom Single Market) Regulation under the new name “Regulation laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending […]
Lights and darknesses of the European net neutrality deal, simply explained
Little by little, I am getting information about the reform of the net neutrality which today was agreed in principle by Council and European Parliament. It is still a political agreements, while […]
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