BT/Openreach technology/service developments:
A number of new studies reported on the increasing importance and scale of mobile connectivity across the globe:
Policy developments:
Speaking at the Connected Britain conference in London, Minister for Digital Matt Hancock reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to broadband following the General Election on 8th June.
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) announced two new public consultations on net neutrality: Internet protocol interconnection practices in the context of net neutrality and BEREC regulatory methodology for quality of service assessment for the implementation of net neutrality provisio
Policy developments:
BT & Openreach developments:
OpenSignal and Which? published follow-ups to the State of Mobile Networks: UK report published in April 2017 (also see details of Which?
New attacks and threats:
General election developments: The Digital Economy Bill received Royal Assent and became law, as part of the wash-up process before parliament was dissolved ahead of the general election on 8th June. See April’s update for further background on this.
