EU resetting copper switch-off to “mandatory but conditional” 2035, pressuring slow-mo incumbents
In depth: leaked draft of EC Digital Networks Act reveals copper shutdown ambitions delayed by five years. Incumbent, copper-overweight operators like Deutsche Telekom look set to face heat if new enforcement capabilities introduced. Other highlights include spectrum trading, easing up on regional consolidation, and streamlining oversight…
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- Themes: Competition and consolidation; Connectivity services; Copper switch-off; Digital infrastructure; Digital Networks Act (DNA); Fibre coverage; Fibre rollout; Gigabit broadband; Infrastructure investment; Merger and acquisition (M&A); Regulation; Spectrum rights; Telecommunications.
- People: Andreas Pfisterer; Dominique Leroy; Emilio Gayo; Henna Virkkunen.
- Geographic: Czechia; Europe; European Union (EU); France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Portugal; Spain; Sweden.
- Organisations: Body of European Regulators (BEREC); Deutsche Glasfaser; Deutsche Telekom; European Commission; FTTH Council Europe; Office for Digital Networks (ODN); Orange; Radio Spectrum Policy Body; Table.Briefings; Telekom Deutschland (TDE); Telefónica.
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