Colombian telecoms regulator updates rules on security risk management
18 December 18
Carlos Castellanos
Colombian regulatory framework for digital security management updated
AGCM fines Facebook €10m over the misuse of its users’ data for commercial purposes
17 December 18
Stefano De Luca
On 7 December 2018, the Italian competition and consumers protection authority, AGCM, closed an investigation launched in April 2018 imposing a fine of €10m on Facebook for unfair commercial practices.
European Electronic Communications Code and BEREC Regulation published in the Official Journal of the EU
17 December 18
Martin Schraa
Both measures will enter into force on 20 December 2018.
EU Weekly Report
16 December 18
Sofia Dilinos
This report recaps EU regulatory developments affecting the digital economy last week and lists the events taking place this week.
France publishes draft law on giving the government power to adopt rules for autonomous vehicles
16 December 18
Sofia Dilinos
The French government has published a draft Law on the Mobility (LOM) of goods and individuals. The draft law implements some of the objectives contained in France’s strategy on autonomous vehicles, which aims at allowing the circulation in France of highly autonomous cars by 2022.
Artificial Intelligence in telecommunications from ETNO workshop
16 December 18
Hannah Bracken
"AI: empowering transformation in telecommunications" was the theme of an ETNO workshop on 12 December 2018. Following the publication of the European Commission’s coordinated action plan with EU member states on artificial intelligence (AI), the workshop looked at how AI is already being used by telecoms operators (e.g. network analytics, customer service), as well as at the broader issues faced by the industry.