Will reforms to Cambodia’s telecoms regulatory regime reduce investment risk?
I have been experiencing an interesting shift in the way that I advise clients on risk as part of my move from Europe to Asia. …
Regulatory action
UK updates rules for 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz auctions
Following its initial consultation, Ofcom recently issued its assessment of future mobile competition and revised proposals for the auction of 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz …
New EU Data Protection Proposals: what you need to know
Today’s blog post is courtesy of my friends and colleagues Clive Gringras and Claire Walker who have published a helpful guide to the new European Data Protection …
What will the Trans-Pacific Partnership mean for the technology, media and telecoms industries?
Apologies to readers for the long hiatus between recent blog posts. With hindsight (and English understatement), I may have rather underestimated the time that would …
International bar association debates mobile payment
Mobile payment is a topic close to my heart, so I am delighted to be joining a distinguished panel at the International Bar Association‘s annual conference …
Behavioral economics to the fore as Ofcom bans automatic contract renewals
Following consultation on its earlier proposals, last week Ofcom confirmed that it would update General Condition 9 so as to prohibit contracts that automatically renew …
UK first European country to permit use of white space spectrum
On 1 September 2011, Ofcom published a statement outlining its intention to permit the use of white space spectrum in some of the the bands …
Commission attacks roaming charges with structural market intervention as well as price caps
The European Commission yesterday announced measures which directly intervene in the roaming market. These measures are in addition to the expected continuation of price caps on voice …
Ofcom introduce spectrum leasing
Last week Ofcom published its conclusions from its earlier consultation on simplifying spectrum trading by introducing spectrum leasing. The concept is best explained through a couple …
‘White-spaces’ wi-fi trial in TV spectrum
A consortium including Microsoft, BBC, BT and BSkyB today announced a trial of the use of white-space spectrum for wireless broadband. The trial, mirroring a US …