net neutrality
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has begun plans to reinstate net neutrality rules that were rescinded under then-President Donald Trump in 2018. -
The government of the Netherlands has set its face against lobbying by giant telcos to charge for internet usage.
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Global infrastructure fund Pantheon Infrastructure has invested $30 million in US wireless infrastructure operator Vertical Bridge through a co-investment vehicle managed by DigitalBridge Group.
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China's Communist Party is said to be trialling a social credit system that could see slowed internet connectivity as a possible punishment.
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Broadband operators in the US paid research companies to generate 18 million fake emails to the telecoms regulator and half a million fake letters to Congress, the New York attorney general is claiming.
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President Joe Biden has confirmed Jessica Rosenworcel as the person who will chair the US telecoms regulator.
Forthcoming events
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US president-elect Joe Biden has appointed Mignon Clyburn, a former acting chair of the US regulator, to his telecoms transition team.
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Three US Senators have accused four US mobile carriers of slowing down online traffic and effectively ‘throttling’ video services.
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New York’s attorney general is suing lobby groups because she is claiming that millions of the comments in favour of net neutrality in last year’s consultation were fake.
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New York’s attorney general is leading a legal attack on President Donald Trump’s ban on net neutrality, saying it is “arbitrary and capricious” and that it will have a “devastating impact on millions of Americans”.
