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Trends to Watch 2019: GDPR Goes Global

The European Union’s globally applicable General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has set the global benchmark for data protection standards. In…
30 Jan 2019 Opinion
TRPC Director on SCMP, “US indictments against Huawei a step towards splitting the world’s telecoms industry in two”

TRPC Director on SCMP, “US indictments against Huawei a step towards splitting the world’s telecoms industry in two”

“Now we are living in a world of cyber insecurity and every leading telecoms equipment vendor and carrier as well...

29 Jan 2019 Opinion

Trends to Watch 2019: Digital Identity: A New Impetus for Stronger Management

Countries have slowly made progress in transitioning from paper-based to digital identification, with several countries announcing plans to create digital…
24 Jan 2019 Opinion

Brexit Brief: A Lot Happening, How Much is Changing?

As MPs and No. 10 prepare for another Brexit vote next week, Theresa May is fighting the same fight, looking…
23 Jan 2019 Opinion

Trends to Watch 2019: Intelligent Healthcare

Artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare has the ability to revolutionise healthcare delivery but has yet to live up to its…
21 Jan 2019 Opinion
Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels:  Mitigating and adapting to the looming threats

Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels: Mitigating and adapting to the looming threats

Sea levels are rising faster than ever. The level and rate of change vary by geography, driven by a combination...

21 Jan 2019 Opinion

Protected Data Sharing and Life Sciences in the Asia Pacific

Access Partnership's Head of US and Asia Chris Martin was quoted in a KPMG paper "Protected Data Sharing and Life Sciences in…
17 Jan 2019 Opinion

Brexit Brief: Now What?

Last night, Theresa May suffered a resounding defeat as MPs rejected her Brexit deal by 432 votes to 202. It was a…
16 Jan 2019 Opinion

Trends to Watch 2019: Finding the “Right” Regulation for Online Platforms

In Europe, policy-makers’ attitudes are hardening towards a policy of benign neglect that has characterised the last 20 years of…
15 Jan 2019 Opinion

Brexit Brief: Battle Resumes Ahead of Big Vote

The Brexit battle in the UK parliament is picking up where it left off after the Christmas break as Theresa…
9 Jan 2019 Opinion

India’s In-flight Connectivity Rules: Eligibility, Restrictions, Fees, and Obligations for IFMC Service Providers

The Department of Telecommunications of India (DoT) published and enforced the long-awaited Flight and Maritime Connectivity Rules, 2018, (the “Rules”) on…
9 Jan 2019 Opinion

Trends to Watch 2019: EU Digital Policy Up in the Air

2019 will be a year of change, impacting technology companies on different levels. How the first half pans out will…
7 Jan 2019 Opinion

Trends to Watch 2019: Digital Tax in the EU Gets Real

Digital tax saw two European Commission proposals in March 2018 and the issue has only grown in prominence since then.…
2 Jan 2019 Opinion

Brexit Brief: Who Can Get a Deal Through?

The prime minister can change – the dilemmas won’t.  A change of the office-holder – even of the governing party…
12 Dec 2018 Opinion

Introducing the new European Electronic Communications Code (EECC)

The sweeping update to European telecoms legislation — the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) — was formally adopted in December 2018.…
10 Dec 2018 Opinion

Brexit Brief: Over to London

After 17 months of negotiations, it only took EU leaders 38 minutes to rubber stamp the divorce papers. The long…
29 Nov 2018 Opinion

France’s AI Funding Can’t Match China’s, But It Doesn’t Need To

In France, a crucial EUR 1.5 billion investment over the next four years will create an AI ecosystem with the…
27 Nov 2018 Opinion

Is Europe Cyber Ready?

On 16 November, POLITICO gathered policy-makers, experts, regulators and industry leaders at the Résidence Palace in Brussels to debate whether…
23 Nov 2018 Opinion

Taking Stock of IGF 2018: The Point of No Return on Internet Regulation?

The UN Internet Governance Forum, held annually since 2006, was in Paris from 12 to 14 November. Access Partnership were...

21 Nov 2018 Opinion