On 17 November 2021, the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 (the “Security Act”) was passed into law.
The Security Act will amend the existing security duties under the Communications Act 2003 (the “Communications Act”) which are applicable to providers of Public Electronic Communications Networks (“PECNs”)
Continue Reading Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021: New security obligations on providers of communications networks and services, and new powers for Ofcom to enforce compliance
In August DLA Piper published a report on Project Gigabit’s (“Project”) ‘Summer Update’ detailing the progress that the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (“DCMS”) has made in its push towards nationwide coverage of gigabit-capable broadband throughout the UK. Further detail on
Continue Reading Project Gigabit: Autumn Update
In June this year, DLA Piper published an update detailing the ongoing progress of Project Gigabit (the UK Government’s plan to support nationwide coverage of gigabit-capable broadband throughout the UK). Further details on the overall Project Gigabit can be found in our previous article issued in March.
In our June
Continue Reading Project Gigabit: Summer Update
In March this year, DLA Piper published an article on Project Gigabit – the UK Government’s recently released plan to support nationwide coverage of gigabit-capable broadband throughout the UK. In our article we noted that the approach to the subsidy would be a procurement-led model, whereby prospective fibre operators bid
Continue Reading Project Gigabit Update: Ofcom releases details on Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy Scheme
In July 2018, the Government published its Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review examining the state of the UK telecoms market and its importance to the UK’s future economic growth. The review identified that operators face significant difficulties in providing electronic communications services to blocks of flats or apartment buildings, as they
Continue Reading Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021
The Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC), the telecommunications regulator in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), issued a revised version 3 of its Cloud Computing Regulatory Framework (CCRF v3), which came into effect on 18/04/1442 H (corresponding to 3 December 2020). The CCRF v3 replaces version 2 of the
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In 2018, we published an article setting out Ofcom’s commitment to supporting investment in full fibre broadband and highlighted changes Ofcom was planning to introduce to applicable market regulation to support investment in fibre networks.
Market regulation in the wholesale fixed telecommunications market set out in our article fell away
Continue Reading UPDATE: Regulation of Fibre Broadband in the UK: Ofcom publishes wholesale fixed telecommunications market review decisions for 2021-2026
In March 2020, the UK Government stated its plan in the 2020-2021 budget to dedicate £5 billion of government funding to support securing gigabit capable broadband in every home in the UK by the end of 2025.
Last Friday on 19 March, the UK Government announced Project Gigabit, the Government’s
Continue Reading Project Gigabit: The UK Government’s plan for nationwide gigabit capable Broadband
The member states of the European Union (EU) has recently adapted their regulations of electronic communications, including telecommunications, in accordance with the new European Electronic Communications Code Directive (the “EECC Directive”) of the European Union (EU). Its full title is Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the
Continue Reading Implementation of the new European Electronic Communications Code Directive in Denmark
The UK Government is consulting on changes to the Electronic Communications Code. The Code is the legal framework underpinning rights to install and keep electronic communications apparatus on public and private land.
The Government intended the most recent version of the Code, which came into effect in December 2017, to
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