The Digital Networks Act’s Scope Creep: How Article 9 Paves a Sneaky Pathway to Network Fees
Main takeaways For years, many dismissed warnings about telecom giants’ demands for ‘network fees’ as mere speculation or fearmongering, given […]
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Security at Risk: How Today’s DMA Enforcement Risks Leaving Europeans Vulnerable to Spam and Scams
This May marks three years since the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force. While the DMA was supposed to promote ‘contestability’ and ‘fairness’ in digital markets by curbing so-called ‘gatekeeper’ companies, a troubling gap is emerging between regulatory theory and how the European Commission’s enforcement of the DMA is affecting internet users in practice.
Tech Super Tuesday: Questions for the Commission’s Executive Vice-Presidents – 12 November Hearings
After the first round of hearings for the 2024-2029 European Commission by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the […]
Consultation on EU’s Future Connectivity Networks: (Again) No Support for Regulatory Intervention
September wasn’t just back to school for Brussels, but also back to discussing the future of Europe’s digital infrastructure and the EU telecoms sector.
White Paper On Europe’s Digital Infrastructure Needs: Europe’s Open Internet Still At Risk
Main takeaways This February, the European Commission published a white paper on Europe’s digital infrastructure needs. The 40-page document makes […]
Platform Workers Explain How New EU Rules Would Impact Millions of Jobs
After months of discussion, the European Council is still struggling to land an agreement on the Platform Work Directive (PWD). […]
Network Fees Rejected: What Stakeholders Responded to the European Commission’s Consultation
Last Friday marked the deadline of the European Commission’s exploratory consultation on the future of the electronic communications sector and […]
How Network Fees Would Hit European SMEs Disproportionately Hard
The European debate about the possible introduction of network fees is often being reduced to a “Big Tech vs Big […]
EU Network Usage Fees: Is Anyone in Favour of Taxing Internet Traffic, Big Telcos Aside?
In recent months, telecom incumbents have been aggressively lobbying the European Commission and national governments for the introduction of these so-called “fair share” payments.
South Korea’s Internet Traffic Tax: An Example for Europe To Follow? (Spoiler Alert: It Isn’t, Here’s Why)
Europe’s biggest incumbent telecom operators are trying to revive the idea that tech companies should pay them when responding to […]
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