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UK Government publishes Digital Economy Bill draft
ByRob Bratby 5 July 2016

The UK Government today published its first draft of the Digital Economy Bill. As expected, it contains provisions addressing (text taken from Government explanatory fact sheet):

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UK wayleave reform to create a £1bn windfall for telecoms operators
ByRob Bratby 2 June 2016

As discussed previously, perhaps one of the most important pieces of legislation for the telecoms sector proposed in the recent Queen’s speech is reform of the Electronic Communications Code, which deals with the telecoms industry’s access to land in the UK.

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Proposed changes to UK law affecting telecoms operators
ByRob Bratby 19 May 2016

In today’s Queen’s speech (which sets out the UK Government’s legislative agenda), a number of proposals were made which will impact the UK telecoms sector:

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