Information sharing initiatives are proven to be effective in achieving a nationally secure cyber space, whether industry-based, cross industry, or internationally. But putting together an information sharing program is not necessarily a simple job, and as such the governments of many developing countries are still not putting such initiatives into practice. In this article weContinue reading “Axon Research: A collaborative approach to national cybersecurity”
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Axon Research: The EC’s updated cybersecurity package
Cybersecurity is rising high on the European agenda, with incidents like the SolarWinds hack offering free publicity for the cause. On 16 December 2020, the Commission unveiled a new EU cybersecurity package with several policy and legislative measures, including a new EU cybersecurity strategy document, two draft Directives and a report on EU progress madeContinue reading “Axon Research: The EC’s updated cybersecurity package”
Promoting Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning in Europe
Promoting Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning in Europe: Implementing Article 93(6) EECC With the increasing adoption of eSIMs, OTA provisioning is likely to become the new standard for mobile number portability, specially in the M2M segment. Our experts discuss some ideas NRAs should bear in mind when promoting its adoption in response to Article 93(6) EECC. InContinue reading “Promoting Over-The-Air (OTA) provisioning in Europe”
Axon Research: Untangling the wires
Implementation of Art. 61(3) EECC and wholesale access obligations beyond SMP determination In this article, we discuss the main features of Article 61(3) EECC and provide a critical assessment of how the BEREC’s Draft Guidelines are expected to assist NRAs implementing the new provisions. The Draft Guidelines, although generally helpful, provide NRAs with a challengingContinue reading “Axon Research: Untangling the wires”
Axon Research: Hutchison/O2 and the Commission’s dilemma
On 28 May 2020, the EU General Court annulled the European Commission’s 2016 decision blocking the proposed O2/Three merger in the UK. This is a landmark judgment: it has significant implications for the future of telecoms consolidation in Europe, the positioning of MNOs and MVNOs in this process, and the review of major transactions byContinue reading “Axon Research: Hutchison/O2 and the Commission’s dilemma”
Regulating broadband: The importance of geographical modelling
There are several challenges that regulators must overcome when regulating fixed broadband markets. One of these challenges is related to the necessary granularity of the models used to assess the cost of providing broadband services. Tecno-economic, bottom-up models aim to estimate the cost of providing telco service from a set of inputs and engineering algorithms.Continue reading “Regulating broadband: The importance of geographical modelling”
Axon Research: The challenges of regulating fixed broadband networks
Telecom networks represent the backbone of digital products and services, which, now more than ever, have the potential to support all aspects of our daily lives. The evolution of digital products and services constitutes a key driver and enabler for economic growth throughout the world, and the development of fixed broadband markets is a criticalContinue reading “Axon Research: The challenges of regulating fixed broadband networks”