By Paul Bond Every dramatically new technology, from cryptocurrency to drones to artificial intelligence, poses a regulatory challenge. Governments must decide how to characterize the technology within existing laws, how those existing laws apply and to what extent new tech requires new legal restrictions. Governments can take action in a...

By Richard Middleton The UK government has confirmed it is “re-examining the business case” around the privatisation of Channel 4, while also exploring proposed plans to scrap the BBC’s licence fee funding model. The reappraisal of the two key major decisions comes a month after Boris Johnson was formally replaced...

By Techgh24 MTN Group President and CEO Ralph Mupita, has told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the company has a keen interest in participating in any future spectrum auction for 5G infrastructure in Ghana. According to him, 5G infrastructure will facilitate faster and more efficient internet services in Ghana...

By Karl Bode When it comes to manhandling US regulators and gutting telecom industry oversight, the nation’s biggest telecom monopolies have had an impressive five year run. Under Trump, they managed to lobotomize FCC consumer protection authority, dismantle federal net neutrality rules, dismantle media consolidation rules and get all of...

By Riviera Maya An MIA for the laying of another submarine electric cable from Playa del Carmen to Cozumel has been submitted. The Environmental Impact Statement (MIA) was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) on September 14. The following day, Semarnat published the 824 page...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Matthew Fraser have announced the citywide launch of ‘Big Apple Connect’ — a landmark digital equity programme that will make free high-speed internet and basic cable TV available to approximately 300,000 New Yorkers living in more than 200 New...

The largest Brazilian telecom operators expect the next government to ease investments, simplify taxes and regulations, make network neutrality rules more flexible, and create subsidies for low-income households to acquire connectivity and devices. These items appear on a wishlist presented by Conexis, which represents the main telecom operators. The measures...

Colombia’s national digital agency (AND) has launched a tender for a smart cities programme that will see it purchase IoT hardware and software, as well as related consultancy services and technology transfer. ICT ministry MinTIC, which is partner of AND in the programme, said in a statement that the tender...

By Mark Say, Managing Editor, @markssay Highland Council has published its new ICT and digital strategies, outlining plans following its insourcing earlier this year. They come after the council significantly reduced its managed service with Wipro, which is now confined largely to management of the data centre with 30 jobs...

By Dzamira Dzafri Bangi MP Dr. Ong Kian Ming posted a Twitter thread regarding his evaluation of 200 apps all created by Malaysian government agencies. He suggested some recommendations after he went through the ratings and reviews of those apps from Google Play Store. 2) My interest in evaluating govt...