Digital TMT and Sourcing Notes

EU proposal to the WTO on modernising e-commerce rules

The European Parliament votes in the EU Copyright Directive including controversial Articles 11 and 13

EC to harmonise radio frequencies for development of 5G

At the European level, on 24 January 2019 the European Commission announced the adoption of an amendment to Decision 2008/411/EC that will harmonise the …

Digital TMT and Sourcing Predictions 2019

  2018 was a landmark year for digital TMT and sourcing. Against the backdrop of the UK's impending departure from the EU, there were a wealth of …

Reform of Telecommunications Framework

In May 2015, as part of its Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Commission published proposals to reform the EU telecommunications regulatory …

End of retail roaming charges in the EU

15 June 2017 marked the end of retail roaming charges across the EEA. The European Commission's 2015 regulation on roaming and net neutrality (the …

Council of the EU publishes Progress Report on draft EU ePrivacy Regulation

Last month the Council of the European Union published its progress report on the first draft of the ePrivacy Regulation (the "Draft Regulation"). The …

Commission, Parliament and Council agreement on wholesale roaming charges

On 1 February 2017, the European Commission announced that the Commission, European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached an informal …

New EU content portability regime agreed with concerns still remaining about its potential impact on territorial licensing models

Agreement was reached by the European Parliament, the Member States and the European Commission on Tuesday 7 February 2017 in respect of a new regulation …

Save the data: EU General Data Protection Regulation to apply from 25 May 2018

The EU General Data Protection Regulation has finally been approved and published in the Official Journal. The countdown to its application date of 25 …