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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...

8 Dec 2020 Opinion
Next Generation of OTT Regulations – Will Your Service be Regulated?
Access Alert: President Trump Signs Executive Order to Promote the Use of Trustworthy AI in Government

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...

4 Dec 2020 Opinion
Tech Policy Trends 2020: Did We Get Them Right?

Tech Policy Trends 2020: Did We Get Them Right?

As our team is busy surveying the technology sector environment for our Tech Policy Trends 2021 report, to be released…
1 Dec 2020 Opinion
IoT Tech Expo Europe 2020: Challenges and Opportunities in the IoT Landscape

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...

30 Nov 2020 Opinion
EBS 2020: Digitalisation Key to Economic Recovery

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...

24 Nov 2020 Opinion
Europe and China: A Common Antitrust Goal?

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...

11 Nov 2020 Opinion
Introducing Saudi Arabia’s National Strategy for Data and AI

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...

22 Oct 2020 Opinion
Access Alert: White House Releases National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies

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...

16 Oct 2020 Opinion
FT Letter: Utility-style regulation is a way to curb Big Tech

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...

13 Oct 2020 Opinion
How Spectrum Can Help Us Modernize Our Grids and Fight Climate Change

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...

8 Oct 2020 Opinion
Digital Latam: The Reality and Cost of Spectrum Rights

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...

8 Oct 2020 Opinion
Oct 2020 Updates on HK Inter-Modal Transport Data-Sharing Programme

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...

2 Oct 2020 Opinion
Access Alert: US Department of Commerce Publishes White Paper in Response to Schrems II

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...

29 Sep 2020 Opinion
Access Alert: Trump Justice Department Proposes Reforms to “Section 230” Online Liability Protections

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...

24 Sep 2020 Opinion
TRPC Digital Bytes September 2020

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...

22 Sep 2020 Opinion
Access Alert: U.S. Publishes Restricted Transactions with TikTok and WeChat

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...

18 Sep 2020 Opinion
Consultation on Spanish Telecommunications Law: A Major Regulatory Development for Instant Messaging and VoIP Services

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...

16 Sep 2020 Opinion
Global Tech into 2021: International Advisory Board Predictions

Global Tech into 2021: International Advisory Board Predictions

On 29 July, the Access Partnership Advisory Board met to discuss key vectors that will shape policy for the technology...

14 Sep 2020 Opinion
Digital Latam: Who Wants to Talk About Passive Infrastructure?

Digital Latam: Who Wants to Talk About Passive Infrastructure?

There has been an ongoing discussion (and rightly so) about the importance of connectivity and digital services during this pandemic....

8 Sep 2020 Opinion
Digital Latam: Net Neutrality – A Strategic Tool For Society

Digital Latam: Net Neutrality – A Strategic Tool For Society

In the first article of our “Digital Latam” series, dedicated to digital policy developments in Latin America, Access Partnership’s Senior…
26 Aug 2020 Opinion
Access Alert: President Trump’s WeChat Ban Impact on Business Operations

Access Alert: President Trump’s WeChat Ban Impact on Business Operations

TikTok Ban Gets More Press On 6 August 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning transactions related...

24 Aug 2020 Opinion