Policy and Regulation
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The European Commission’s report calls for a unified EU telecoms sector with radical regulatory overhauls needed to achieve harmonisation -
Jennifer Holmes at the London Internet Exchange says Kenya is powering up as a hub for regional growth.
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Capacity looks at sustainability reporting requirements that data centre operators in Europe need to meet and asks if the rules will have the impact they are intended to?
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New research from circular economy telecoms vendor TXO has found that the biggest reason for telecom equipment being decommissioned is the end of support contracts from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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Singapore's government has announced it will increase the power available for data centres in the country.
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The state of Maryland has passed new legislation that will significantly boost its appeal as a destination for data centre development.
Forthcoming events
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Cloud company Infobip is launching a data centre solution that appears to allow users to abide by European laws on privacy.
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The UK government has appointed a physicist, engineer and champion of diversity and inclusion (D&I) as the new chief scientific adviser to the Department for Business and Trade.
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MTN is to spend the equivalent of US$1 billion on expanding operations in Ghana over the next five years.
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A decision from EU antitrust regulators on the US$7.3 billion merger between Viasat and Inmarsat is expected today.
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Kenya’s tax authority is to install its own technology so it can track and tax voice, internet and SMS traffic.
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The government of the republic of Niger is abolishing the tax on the termination of incoming international traffic.
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Ofcom will investigate BT regarding its obligation to provide customers with clear and simple contract information, before they sign up to a new deal.
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Canada's Competition Tribunal has green-lit Rogers Communications plan to buy Shaw Communications for approximately C$20 billion.
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Irish mobile operators will pay more than €140 million each for spectrum bands to boost the roll out of 5G across Ireland.
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Macquarie Telecom’s cloud services have been declared “certified strategic” by the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) under its hosting certification framework.
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The US regulator has imposed fines worth almost US$1 million on a dozen small phone companies that are not sending the right numbering information to a database.
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Ericsson and Apple have reached a multi-year global patent license agreement, the companies have announced.
