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Access Alert: Takeaways from the 61st UN COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee

The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) serves as a crucial international forum for addressing...

5 Mar 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Takeaways from the 61st UN COPUOS Scientific and Technical Subcommittee
Access Alert: President Biden signs executive order to safeguard data security

Access Alert: President Biden signs executive order to safeguard data security

Last week, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data from exploitation from countries deemed...

5 Mar 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Understanding the EU’s antitrust fine on Apple – implications for the global tech sector

Access Alert: Understanding the EU’s antitrust fine on Apple – implications for the global tech sector

The European Union has levied a EUR 1.84 billion (USD 2 billion) fine against Apple, marking a significant enforcement action...

5 Mar 2024 Opinion
Delivering a fully connected nation – Part 2: Getting the governance right

Delivering a fully connected nation – Part 2: Getting the governance right

In my first instalment of this blog series, we showed how a country could determine the areas where coverage would...

5 Mar 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: No steps forward, no steps back at the WTO – what now for global digital governance?

Access Alert: No steps forward, no steps back at the WTO – what now for global digital governance?

From 26 February to 1 March 2024, Member States gathered at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13)...

4 Mar 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: TRAI recommends the Introduction of Calling Name Presentation Service in Indian Telecommunication Network

Access Alert: TRAI recommends the Introduction of Calling Name Presentation Service in Indian Telecommunication Network

Following a public consultation held at the end of 2022, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released recommendations...

4 Mar 2024 Opinion
Delivering a fully connected nation – Part one: Taking stock

Delivering a fully connected nation – Part one: Taking stock

My new book – “Emperor Ofcom’s New Clothes” – set out how a focus on market forces for managing spectrum...

4 Mar 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Saudi Arabia – Pioneering Sustainable Space Endeavours

Access Alert: Saudi Arabia – Pioneering Sustainable Space Endeavours

In an effort to showcase its focus on sustainable space exploration and utilisation, Saudi Arabia hosted the Space Debris Conference...

1 Mar 2024 Opinion
FinTech’s Role in SMEs and Inclusive Growth

FinTech’s Role in SMEs and Inclusive Growth

SMEs account for 90% of businesses and 50% of employment globally. However, limited financial access and regulatory complexities prevent these...

29 Feb 2024 Opinion
Tech Policy Trends 2024: Consumer protection – The next battleground for digital pioneers

Tech Policy Trends 2024: Consumer protection – The next battleground for digital pioneers

With technologies emerging and advancing at a rapid pace, tech players are under unprecedented scrutiny for how it impacts consumers’...

28 Feb 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Advancing pan-African mobile roaming to unlock seamless connectivity and growth opportunities

Access Alert: Advancing pan-African mobile roaming to unlock seamless connectivity and growth opportunities

Digital transformation is accelerating in Africa, driven by the growing adoption of mobile services. According to the World Bank, sub-Saharan...

23 Feb 2024 Opinion
Revolutionising Africa’s connectivity as WRC-23 unveils game-changing spectrum milestones

Revolutionising Africa’s connectivity as WRC-23 unveils game-changing spectrum milestones

The World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23) was a landmark event for the global regulation of the radio-frequency spectrum and the...

23 Feb 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Peru’s congress introduces bill to regulate AI

Access Alert: Peru’s congress introduces bill to regulate AI

On 12 February, lawmakers from the Podemos Peru party set forth BoL 07033/2023 to establish a legal framework for AI...

22 Feb 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: European Commission announces three-pillar approach to connectivity policy

Access Alert: European Commission announces three-pillar approach to connectivity policy

On 21 February, the European Commission presented its widely anticipated white paper on ‘How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?’,...

21 Feb 2024 Opinion
Tech Policy Trends 2024: The evolution of GDPR

Tech Policy Trends 2024: The evolution of GDPR

With a major review scheduled for 2024, the EU will use the months ahead to reflect on where the GDPR...

21 Feb 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Portugal imposes fines for non-compliance with type-approval requirements

Access Alert: Portugal imposes fines for non-compliance with type-approval requirements

Type approval (also known as homologation or certification) ensures product quality, safety, and interoperability, assuring consumers, businesses, and regulatory authorities...

20 Feb 2024 Opinion
Securing the final frontier: British perspectives on commercial defence in space

Securing the final frontier: British perspectives on commercial defence in space

In a statement on 15 January, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of Defence, Grant Shapps, declared that “The era of the...

19 Feb 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Colombia releases National Digital Strategy 2023-2026

Access Alert: Colombia releases National Digital Strategy 2023-2026

On 7 February, Colombia’s Ministry of Information, and Communication Technologies (MinTIC) and the National Planning Department (DNP) unveiled the government’s...

16 Feb 2024 Opinion
Tech Policy Trends 2024: The Global South is the new epicentre of internet governance innovation

Tech Policy Trends 2024: The Global South is the new epicentre of internet governance innovation

Unserved and underserved communities are set to drive the future of connectivity as the internet continues to penetrate new markets....

14 Feb 2024 Opinion
Access Alert: Europe upgrades eCall to 5G

Access Alert: Europe upgrades eCall to 5G

 eCall, utilised in vehicles throughout the European Union (EU), automatically initiates a free emergency call to the public safety answering...

14 Feb 2024 Opinion
Does the outcome of WRC-23 Agenda Item 1.5 signify an end to a harmonised approach to sub-1GHz spectrum in Europe?

Does the outcome of WRC-23 Agenda Item 1.5 signify an end to a harmonised approach to sub-1GHz spectrum in Europe?

As the dust settles following the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23), spectrum regulators and users are taking stock of what...

7 Feb 2024 Opinion