Call for US to write tough broadband privacy rules
More than 50 US industry and consumer advocate organisations have urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to introduce strict rules...
Government and Legal
FCC instructs wireless carriers on broadcast incentive auction
The Federal Communications Commission has issued application instructions for the forward part of the broadcast incentive spectrum auction, which include more stringent...
Singapore to form new TMT regulators
Singapore’s government plans to restructure its technology, media and telecoms regulators to reflect convergence. The newly-formed Info-communications Media Development Authority of...
FCC facilitates entry of US telcos into Cuba
The US' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has removed Cuba from its ‘exclusion list’, facilitating local telcos’ entry into the market....
BT names Howard Watson head of technology division
In its latest appointment ahead of completing the £12.5bn acquisition of mobile operator EE, UK incumbent BT has named a successor to Clive...
Orange/Bouygues won’t get easy pass – regulator
An acquisition of Bouygues Telecom by incumbent Orange must ensure continued competition in French telecoms, Arcep president Sebastien Soriano has said. The head of the...
CityFibre completes “transformational” KCom buy
CityFibre has completed its £90m acquisition of national network infrastructure assets from KCom Group, taking it a step closer to becoming a...
BT gets go-ahead to buy EE
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the sale of mobile operator EE by joint owners Orange and Deutsche Telekom to BT with no conditions. The...
Gijs Phoelich elected ECTA chairman, Martin Witt to become vice-chairman
ECTA, the European lobby group representing telecoms challengers, has elected Gijs Phoelich as chairman and Martin Witt as vice-chairman, its board announced today. ECTA,...
Ofcom names former BT chief Ben Verwaayen as non-exec
Ofcom has named former BT CEO Ben Verwaayen as a non-executive. The appointment comes amid an ongoing review of the incumbent's infrastructure arm, Openreach, which...
