Policy and Regulation
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India’s Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) has announced a major overhaul of the country’s telecom numbering system to tackle resource shortages, improve number portability, and reduce spam calls. -
A new Copyright Office report revealed that works created with AI assistance now qualify for copyright protection in the US.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has voiced strong objections to the UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) provisional findings in its ongoing investigation into the cloud services market.
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President Trump has revoked President Biden’s AI Executive Order as part of a day-one purge of his predecessor’s policies.
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The UK government unveiled plans to “throw the full weight of Whitehall” behind AI, including creating a UK-centric research agency and increasing the country’s infrastructure capacity twentyfold.
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Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, has departed the social media giant, with former White House deputy chief of staff for policy Joel Kaplan taking on the role.
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Bangladesh could be operating without one third of its internet capacity for the rest of May, as Indonesian red tape has delayed the repair process to one of its subsea cables, damaged last week.
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Wholesale network provider FullFibre has announced that it has won two new contracts from the UK governments Project Gigabit rollout, worth a total of £33 million.
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Casa Systems has begun a court-supervised Chapter 11 process with the aim achieve the optimal sales of its businesses.
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New telco rules are on its way following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) report reviewing its telecoms regulations.
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Altice France will sell its news channel, BFM TV, for €1.55 billion to French billionaire Rodolphe Saadé
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With technology now becoming so capable of seemingly human-level creativity, the possibilities generative AI are giving us now “resemble a horror film”, Matt Aldridge, principal solutions consultant at OpenText Cybersecurity told Capacity.
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Ericsson confirms that Rebecca (Becky) Rohr, currently head of corporate and government investigations, will become its new chief compliance officer.
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Ted Miller is not going down without a fight. Following his scathing open letter that criticised Crown Castle’s board and questioned Elliot Managements (Elliot) commitment to the best interest of shareholders, the towerco co-founder has filed a lawsuit to invalidate the two parties co-operation agreement.
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Crown Castle co-founder Ted Miller has published an open letter to chairman, P. Robert Bartolo (Rob), in which he calls for stronger action to address the challenged towerco's financial situation.
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The European Telecommunications Network Operators Assoctiation (ETNO) has reiterated its cries that big tech is not paying its fair share of investment in European telecoms networks.
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Following the US Government’s decision to issue the first ever fine for space junk to Dish Networks in October last year, Paul Kostek, a senior member of the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), has warned that having a plan to reduce and remove debris is crucial for the satellite communications industry heading into 2024.
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BT is heading to court today, facing £1.3 billion class action over allegations it overcharged its landline customers – many of whom are elderly.
Forthcoming events
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