Public Affairs
All the latest public affairs news, analysis and insight, including legal, regulatory and political issues surrounding BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone.
Ofcom to review Openreach price tactics — as controversial Equinox 2 provisionally cleared
Regulator minded to permit Openreach’s Equinox 2 upgrade to its incentivised wholesale pricing strategy for SPs, which is ostensibly intended to accelerate fibre adoption and copper shutdown.
BT declares faith in pricing mechanics in face of negative headlines
CEO Jansen showers plaudits on Marc Allera’s ‘machine’ for keeping customers in challenging times
Telefónica and DT suspend legal dispute over ‘T’ logo
Operators mutually agree to end 18-month-long clash over branding.
Virgin Media O2 joins massive price-hike club
Operator confirms average yearly prices will shoot up 13.8%.
Safaricom gets political ducks in row with Ngumi replacement
Operator confirms appointment of lawyer Adil Arshed Khawaja as Chairman.
Telefónica in talks for “collective agreement” on salaries
Group said to be in negotiations for unified labour and salary framework for workers across all its Spain-based operations, including legal entities.
Openreach calls for successor to ‘super-deduction’ tax relief
Openreach adds to pleas from BT Group CEO Philip Jansen and others.
DTCP Infra brings United Internet’s chairman into leadership fold
New hire brings two decades of experience in transactional law.
German telecoms watchdog threatens white spot fines
BNetzA reportedly intends to issue €50,000 fines per location after operators concede delays to rollout.
T-Mobile US suffers yet another data breach
Latest cyber-attack exposes account information of 37 million customers including dates of birth, email addresses, and phone numbers.
Extreme weather to test network resilience in 2023
Forecast: more severe storms and heat with a chance of network outages.