Regulatory Watch Technology companies may have to bear some of the cost of Europe’s telecoms network, according to Margarethe Vestager, the EU competition commissioner. Describing it as an issue of ‘fair contribution’ she went on to say that companies ‘generating a lot of traffic… have not been contributing to enabling the investments in the rollout… [Read More]
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Round-up of the latest industry news – April 2022
Regulatory Watch Italy’s antitrust regulator, AGCM, has said it will lift a ban on Sky’s Italian business relating to exclusive content on its online service platform. The 3 year ban was imposed in 2019 following Sky’s acquisition of some of the TV assets of Mediaset, which regulators said would limit competition. AGCM says that changes… [Read More]
Global Media & Internet Concentration Project – Website launch and Summer 2022 conference
The Global Media & Internet Concentration Project (GMCIP): Tracking two-dozen communication, Internet and media markets in nearly 40 countries. The GMCIP are pleased to announce the launch of their project’s very own website and further details for their Summer 2022 Conference: Digital Communications and Media Markets: Power, Policy and Global Perspectives. For further reading please… [Read More]
Future Leaders Competiton 2022
Our 2022 competition for future leaders is now open for entries. A fantastic opportunity to have your entry published in the IIC’s journal, InterMedia, and even present to the sector’s most senior #TMT stakeholders from around the world. This year’s competition topic is: Across the Metaverse: Policy priorities. The deadline for entries is 20 June 2022. Find… [Read More]
Round-up of the latest industry news – March 2022
Regulatory Watch A study from Oxford University on the impact of GDPR in the EU suggests that, while all tech companies have been negatively impacted, the largest players have coped better with the administrative burden and may have grown market share at the expense of smaller firms. The study concludes that, while the regulation has… [Read More]
IIC Metaverse Blog – The meeting of worlds
The meeting of worlds – exploring the impacts of the metaverse Widely discussed and promoted, the promise of the metaverse as the next great technology leap presents many questions: what is it, what could it be, and what are the implications for policymakers. So it was that, as part of this year’s Asia TMF, the… [Read More]