The European Commission’s strategy was accompanied by the fourth Omnibus Package, including draft amendments to the General Data Protection Regulation to exempt companies with less than 750 employees from record-keeping obligations. The Commission also proposed to postpone the due diligence requirements for batteries by two years.

The Colombian regulator, CRC, approved lower fixed termination rates (FTRs) and allowed settlement agreements for mobile interconnection traffic imbalances under the bill and keep scheme applying from May 2025. A ruling from the highest administrative court, the State Council, is at the heart of the decisions.

Telecoms regulators use three criteria to determine if a market is susceptible to ex ante regulation. The European Commission considers this approach to be “future-proof” as it takes the development of competition into account. The final form of access regulation as part of the review of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications still remains to be seen, according to the European Commission’s Kamila Kloc.

The Ecuadorian telecoms and spectrum regulator, Arcotel, updated its 2025 regulatory agenda. The agenda was originally published in February 2025. The updates include frequency plan and deadline changes, amongst other things.

The Paraguayan telecoms regulator, Conatel, consulted on a proposal to update the quality of service (QoS) regulation for fixed and mobile broadband, and telephony services. The proposal would remove QoS indicators for public payphones and rely only on informative network indicators for the fixed internet service.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ordered improvements to the Video Relay Service (VRS) regulation, following its first review of the service's policy framework. VRS is an accessibility service that helps sign language users communicate through voice telephones.