The US telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, established new rules to exclude organisations that pose an unacceptable risk to US national security from participating in its equipment authorisation programme.

The US telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission, presented a proposal to require all entities subject to FCC jurisdiction to certify whether they are owned or controlled by a “foreign adversary”.

Longer spectrum licence durations, EU-level funding for 5G deployment, legislation to protect against high-risk vendors from third countries in critical digital infrastructures, and a legally binding 5G security toolbox are all part of a report on digital sovereignty by the European Parliament Industry (ITRE) committee.

The Italian telecoms regulator, AGCOM, published new rules to increase the transparency of offers, especially for 5 G services, and to combat illegal spoofing practices.

The Dominican Republic telecommunications regulator, Indotel, published its 2025 regulatory agenda. It includes projects to improve telecoms service quality for consumers and other updates to the telecoms regulatory framework.

BEREC workshop participants agreed that stakeholders must collaborate to address fraud in electronic communications. Criminals’ abuse of new technologies calls for future-proof solutions, from a technical and regulatory perspective.