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Much speculation this month on the likely impact of the new US administration on net neutrality, with the expectation that net neutrality rules will now be repealed:
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A number of switch-offs were reported this month:
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The Government published its Building our Industrial Strategy green paper.
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Further to this month’s UK broadband update, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) published a call for evidence on approaches to extending full fibre networks.
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The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced the Connecting Europe Broadband Fund to support investment in broadband network infrastructure across underserved areas of Europe.
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Further to last month’s update, AT&T responded to the preliminary conclusion by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that AT&T’s zero rating of DirecTV video on its mobile network violates net neutrality rules. The FCC argued that the practice favoured AT&T’s content to the detriment of competitors and consumers.
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BT announced a new 5G partnership with Huawei to conduct joint research into “how faster mobile communication technologies might be applied, as well as the technical and commercial feasibility of deploying them.” Aspects to be explored include network architecture, a new air interface between devices and base stations, ‘network slicing’ - which will allow operators to apportion network resources to specific services, machine-to-machine co
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USO developments: this month Ofcom published its final report to government on the design of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO, Ofcom press release here and further background here).
