Here are the eight latest national developments in European telecoms regulation:

Fixed wholesale regulation

1-The German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation presents an overall strategy for the migration from copper to fibre networks. Telekom Deutschland could be obliged to switch off its copper network in areas covered by alternative fibre networks.

2-The Bulgarian telecoms regulator wants to re-regulate the market for wholesale local access in certain geographic areas, deregulated in 2019.

3-Unlike Bulgaria, Poland finds that wholesale markets for local access and central access are effectively competitive, proposing to withdraw the existing remedies from the incumbent Orange Polska.

Consumer protection measures

4-Telecoms regulators in Italy and Spain assess the measures to protect consumers against spoofed calls, reporting millions of called blocked.

5-The Slovakian regulator introduces two new measures:  a certified internet measurement tool and a requirement for interpersonal communication service providers to publish clear information about the parameters of their services.

Other topics

6-OFCOM in the UK auctions spectrum in the upper and lower 26 GHz band, and the 40 GHz band.

7-The French regulator launches an observatory to monitor the number of 2G/3G-only SIM cards amid the gradual phase-out of legacy networks.

8-CTU from Czechia decreases wholesale prices for mobile number portability by 64%.

Cullen International’s European Telecoms Update highlights recent policy developments affecting the regulation of radio spectrum, wholesale networks and consumer protection in certain markets in the region.

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