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New security obligations on UK telecoms providers
ByRob Bratby 27 June 202224 November 2025

On 17 November 2021, the Telecoms (Security) Act 2021, amending the Communications Act 2003, was enacted, with its provisions coming into force over time. The legislation: New primary legal obligations Primary duty on communications providers to identify, reduce and prepare for security compromise, and duty to prevent, remedy or mitigate effects of security compromise The…

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New UK foreign investment law to impact telecoms, digital and data transactions
ByRob Bratby 24 May 202124 May 2021

Summary By the end of 2021, many corporate transactions in the communications, data infrastructure, artificial intelligence, satellite and space technologies sectors (and some others) will be subject to mandatory notification to, and national security review by, the UK government. Implementation timetable The National Security and Investment Act 2021 (“Act“) became part of UK law on…

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EU and UK set out digital plans for coming decade
ByRob Bratby 18 March 2021

The European Commission has proposed a ‘digital compass’ to set its course for a digitally empowered Europe by 2030. The UK’s Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has also set out its top ten priorities for a technology driven future to ‘build back better’ following the Covid19 pandemic. European Digital Compass At a press…

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UK proposes statutory backing for Huawei 5G ban
ByRob Bratby 7 December 20207 December 2020

On 24 November 2020, the UK Government started the legislative process for a new Telecoms (Security) law which will, when passed into law, provide statutory backing for their already announced policy objective to exclude Huawei (and potentially other ‘high risk vendors’) from the UK’s 5G (and other) networks on the grounds on national security. This…

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UK Intellectual Property Office seeks views on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
ByRob Bratby 22 September 202019 October 2020

On 7 September 2020, the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published a call for views on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the UK’s Intellectual Property (IP) laws. Responses are due by 30 November. The consultation takes place against the backdrop of worldwide interest in AI and the law by governments and regulators. The…

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Global IT tariffs eliminated? WTO wakes up?
ByRob Bratby 23 July 2015

“Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I’m looking at one right now. Owner: No no he’s not dead, he’s, he’s restin’! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn’it, ay? Beautiful plumage!” – Monty Python Based on a press release from the World Trade Organisation, and tweets from its Director-General…

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MAS Embraces Cloud: A Silver Lining
ByRob Bratby 19 September 2014

There should be relief at the moment felt by financial institutions and cloud service providers alike, following the release of the MAS’s consultation on the proposed new outsourcing notice and updated guidelines as mentioned in Rob’s previous post. The MAS doesn’t use the word “cloud” expressly in its consultation. However, the MAS has made important changes…

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Why bring your own device (BYOD) is not just an IT issue
ByRob Bratby 8 March 2013

I was fortunate this week to be both a speaker and a panellist at Questex Asia’s ‘BYOD and Mobile Security conference held in Singapore. It turned out I was the only lawyer in a room of 200 plus IT people, which was an interesting experience. Having made my presentation (Olswang_Asia_BYOD_presentation) my conversations with delegates brought home…

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How serious is India about foreign investment as an engine for growth?
ByRob Bratby 13 April 2012

I will be spending next week in Mumbai and Delhi (with @singarbitration), and in preparation have been contemplating the impact of the recent budget proposals on foreign investment, and in turn the implications for the Indian economy. Before going on any trip, I like to remind myself of some basic economic facts, so my trusty EIU ‘World…

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Continued growth in Asian technology, media and telecoms sectors in 2012 despite Eurozone troubles
ByRob Bratby 23 February 2012

With the launch party of Olswang Asia happening tonight, I have been musing on the economic outlook for Asia in 2012 and beyond. At a very micro-level I have been very pleasantly surprised by the (extraordinarily high) level of interest in our launch and it looks like the party tonight will be standing room only. I wondered if…

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New EU Data Protection Proposals: what you need to know
ByRob Bratby 26 January 2012

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 proposals. “Today, 25 January 2012, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for far reaching changes to EU privacy legislation. We foresee the Regulation being in force by 2015. Every aspect…

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What will the Trans-Pacific Partnership mean for the technology, media and telecoms industries?
ByRob Bratby 31 December 2011

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 be taken up in relocating personally from London to Singapore to set up our office there. It is not without irony that I find the time to write this by…

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