Opinion
Access Alert: President Trump Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning Eight Chinese Apps
On 5 January 2021, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order effectively banning the use of eight major Chinese apps...
Guiding the Evolution of Smart Cities
AfCFTA, Tech, and Africa 2063
In the midst of a rather frightening global context, on 1 January 2021 there was a lot more to talk...
Access Alert: UK Competition Watchdog Proposes New Regulatory Regime for Tech Sector
On 8 December, the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) presented its proposal to the UK government for a new regulatory regime...
Next Generation of OTT Regulations – Will Your Service be Regulated?
DLA Piper and Access Partnership recently hosted a webinar on the next generation of Over-the-Top (OTT) regulations. A panel of...
Access Alert: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Promote the Use of Trustworthy AI in Government
On Thursday, December 3rd, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in...
Tech Policy Trends 2020: Did We Get Them Right?
IoT Tech Expo Europe 2020: Challenges and Opportunities in the IoT Landscape
The first day of the IoT Tech Expo Europe 2020, Tuesday 24 November, hosted the panel “It’s a Smart World...
EBS 2020: Digitalisation Key to Economic Recovery
In the past few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has created economic uncertainty in the European Union, as well as highlighting...
Europe and China: A Common Antitrust Goal?
On 10 November 2020, one day shy of the huge Singles’ Day sale in Asia, we saw antitrust updates emerging...
Introducing Saudi Arabia’s National Strategy for Data and AI
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a growing digital and technological powerhouse. According to the European Centre of Digital Competitiveness...
Access Alert: White House Releases National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies
On Thursday 15 October, President Trump released the “National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies”, which aims to maintain American...
FT Letter: Utility-style regulation is a way to curb Big Tech
Image: Alfred E Kahn © Walt Disney Television via Getty From John Ure, Director TRPC, Singapore, Fellow of the Centre...
How Spectrum Can Help Us Modernize Our Grids and Fight Climate Change
Accustomed to our electric lamps, we often forget that for a large portion of human history the only way to...
Digital Latam: The Reality and Cost of Spectrum Rights
At the beginning of this year, I was reflecting with a friend about the absence of a National Digital Strategy...
Oct 2020 Updates on HK Inter-Modal Transport Data-Sharing Programme
Inter-Modal Transport Data-Sharing Programme for Hong Kong In a world dominated by data the issue of data sharing has come...
Access Alert: US Department of Commerce Publishes White Paper in Response to Schrems II
On September 28, in response to the Schrems II ruling, the US Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, & Office...
Access Alert: Trump Justice Department Proposes Reforms to “Section 230” Online Liability Protections
On Wednesday 23 September U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), in response to the President’s May 2020 Executive Order on Preventing...
TRPC Digital Bytes September 2020
“Byte-sized” updates from TRPC on tech-related policy and regulatory developments in APAC. This month’s edition spotlights efforts to improve telecoms...
Access Alert: U.S. Publishes Restricted Transactions with TikTok and WeChat
Early on Friday 18 September, the U.S. Department of Commerce published two actions restricting transactions with the Chinese owned apps...
Consultation on Spanish Telecommunications Law: A Major Regulatory Development for Instant Messaging and VoIP Services
A preliminary draft of the new Spanish telecommunication law subjects Internet-based communication providers, of services such as instant messaging and...