Roaming surcharges within the EU should end one day, but we do not know when exactly. For the time being, European citizens will continue to pay roaming surcharges abroad at least until […]
Que viva roaming (until 2020 and even further)
Broadband rural development: the “déjà vu” from the European Commission
While people are still speculating about what will be the approach of the new European Commission to boost investments in broadband, Mr. Oettinger – the (German) commissioner for the Digital Agenda – […]
How Obama’s view on net neutrality may influence the European net neutrality reform
The recent intervention of President Obama in the matter of net neutrality sounded like a bomb in the US ongoing reform of net neutrality. We all know that following the judicial case […]
From hyperlinks to embedded videos: not a copyright infringement, EU court says
A landmark decision has been adopted by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the matter of Internet and copyright. The new case concerns embedding a video without the […]
The new relevant market recommendation: Kroes playing the last (deregulatory) trump
The European Commission has published the new recommendation on relevant markets, i.e. the document which will guide the national regulators (“NRAs”) in assessing competition in the EU and imposing regulatory remedies such […]
Net neutrality and competition rules are getting closer and closer
The Competition Directorate of the European Commission announced to have closed an investigation about Internet connectivity market (peering and transit) without finding evidences for abuse of dominant position by the European incumbents […]
Net neutrality in the age of bankers
Should banks and financial institutions be considered like OTTs an therefore charged for the simple use of telecom networks and Internet? This questione came to me today at the yearly FT-Etno conference, […]
#OMGoettinger! Good or bad news for the Digital Agenda?
Today Commissioner Jean Claude Junker announced the structure of the new European Commission, that will manage and execute European policies in the next 5 years term (starting from November 2014). The new […]
Telecoms investments in the EU: the controversial data of the European Commission
The European Commission published a Report on the telecommunications market in the EU, providing both economic and regulatory information with regard to the each Member States as well as to the EU in its […]
The data retention tsunami: how EU Member States are reacting to the annulment of the data retention directive
UPDATE MAY 2018 (Italy) Following the annulment of the Data Retention Directive in April 8, 2014, by the Court of Justice of the European Union, European Member States are hardly starting to […]
