EU human rights agency says we should tread carefully with AI
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has issued a report warning of confusion about the impact AI and automation can have of people’s rights. As if the whole topic of AI wasn’t already dystopian...
View ArticleItalian competition watchdog probes FiberCop plan
Italy’s antitrust authorities are keen to ensure that the planned creation of a new wholesale fibre network won’t harm competition. To that end, the Competition and Market Guarantor Authority (AGCM)...
View ArticleMost of Europe fails to enact new telecom rules
The vast majority of EU member states have failed to enact new telecoms legislation so the European Commission is taking action… …via a strongly worded letter. The tension is palpable. The European...
View ArticleEurope reportedly considering making internet giants pay for news
The precedent set by Australia in forcing the likes of Facebook and Google to pay the publishers of news that appears on their sites could be copied by the EU. The FT chatted to some Eurocrats who...
View ArticleUS starts to panic about the chip crisis it did so much to create
It turns out that when governments muck about with markets there are sometimes unintended consequences. Earlier this week we reported on a global chip shortage brought about, in part, by unilateral US...
View ArticleFrance wants more power to censor social media
As the EU works to refine its massive Digital Services Act, France is publicly lobbying for greater national censorship powers and for more content to be made illegal. We know this because Cedric O,...
View ArticleEricsson CEO has a go at Europe’s dysfunctional telecoms market
Börje Ekholm is becoming increasingly outspoken and the latest focus of his public ire is the way telecoms is regulated in Europe. The Ericsson CEO’s latest outburst was granted to the FT, to whom he...
View ArticleThe pressure mounts on Apple over its app store policies
Fortnite developer Epic is not letting up in its crusade against the ‘Apple tax’, opening a new front in Europe with a European Commission antitrust complaint. “Who do you call when you want to speak...
View ArticleEU reportedly finally gets around to investigating Apple
A brisk two years after Swedish music streaming giant Spotify filed a complaint, the European Commission seems to have sprung into action. Multiple media, including Reuters and the FT, are reporting...
View ArticleEU aims to produce 20% of world’s semiconductors by 2030
Europe is aiming to capture a fifth of the global market for the production of semiconductors by the end of the decade, according to the European Commission. The goal, clearly motivated by a desire for...
View ArticleApple to invest $1 billion in German chip design centre
Hot on the heels of the European Commission’s semiconductor pledge, Apple has announced it will make Munich its European silicon design hub. It’s funny how often private investment announcements...
View ArticleUK government forced to jump through EU hoops over notspot initiative
A year after it was announced, the Shared Rural Network programme took one step closer to actually happening with the publication of a transparency notice. Leaving aside questions about why it took a...
View ArticleEurope needs to spend €300 billion more on 5G and fibre – ETNO
Europe needs an additional investment of €300 billion to complete the rollout of 5G networks and Gigabit-capable fixed infrastructure, according to new data. Advanced connectivity will help Europe...
View ArticleRomania goes ahead with Huawei 5G ban
Despite the best efforts of Huawei’s lawyers, Romania is the latest country to bar Chinese vendors from its 5G networks. Romania and Poland were persuaded to join team America when it came to excluding...
View ArticleBrussels inches towards easing 5G radiation rules
The regional parliament in Brussels has taken a small step towards easing rules on radiation that could pave the way for the introduction of 5G services. The move, which could see the current limit on...
View ArticleUS and EU form special tech trade club that China isn’t allowed into
Following on from the G7 Summit the US has recruited the EU into its anti-China campaign by establishing a new tech trade council that will further isolate Beijing. The previous US administration had a...
View ArticleUS and allies accuse China of ‘malicious cyber activity’
America and its mates, including the UK, have got together to denounce China’s apparent habit of indulging in state-sponsored cyber mischief. The White House, UK government and European Union are among...
View ArticleEurobites: Ethiopia to re-open bidding on second operator licence
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: MTN warns of H1 earnings fall; Orange combines with SSE Networks for improved maritime connectivity; Brussels looks into latest Facebook acquisition. Ethiopia is...
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Extent of EU corruption by big tech lobbying revealed
According to a new study technology is the biggest lobby sector to the European Union and that spend is dominated by US tech giants. The study was compiled by Corporate Europe Observatory and...
View ArticleThe EU wants all phone chargers to be USB-C, Apple not happy
The European Commission wants the whole bloc to harmonise around a single device interface and has decided it should be USB-C. While it would undoubtedly be handy not have to keep multiple types of...
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