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Asia-Pacific Institutional
HyderabadIX: A non-profit exchange point that the public record identifies but cannot yet account for
A non-profit internet exchange point is registered to Hyderabad, India, and appears across public registry, routing and lookup sources. What those same sources will not tell you — and what every operator, investor and regulator in the city should notice — is whether it is still…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Britain’s fibre merger turns on the bidder that lost
The CMA’s provisional case against nexfibre’s purchase of Substantial depends on a contested question: would CityFibre have bought the network instead, and become a wholesale rival?
Latin America and Caribbean National Telecom Trends
Brazil’s 6 GHz auction ties the last payment to operating proof
Anatel’s proposed regional infrastructure fund would pay for neutral hubs and smaller edge sites only where private provision falls short. Its strongest safeguard is the sequence: test the market, fund only the viability gap, then hold back money until the network has worked in…
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Australia’s outage registers will give each carrier its own record
Australia’s new outage registers turn resolved network failures into downloadable public records. Their carrier-by-carrier design may make disclosures easier to compare while leaving readers to reconcile several views of one event.
CASE FILE
UK rejects a new SEP rate track, explores early court review
The Government has declined to create a dedicated court track for fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) rates. Its alternative moves assessment earlier while keeping any binding decision inside the existing courts—and leaves a separate, voluntary Intellectual Property…
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Britain rejected an SEP rate track. Its next test is whether early signals work
The UK’s new plan tries to make standard-essential-patent licensing easier to navigate without creating a public rate court. Its success now depends on whether optional information and early assessments reach the businesses that cannot afford a long dispute.
CASE FILE
SEC staff highlights disclosure and override time for third-party retail voting
An 8 October staff interpretation says federal proxy rules do not require companies to offer retail voting programs or a menu of standing instructions. When a company offers instructions based on outside recommendations, the guidance points to the information shareholders receive…
Africa National Telecom Trends
Tanzania’s scratch-card phase-out puts airtime’s cash-to-digital bridge to the test
The first test is not whether Tanzania can announce a digital alternative. It is whether a customer in a named pilot district can still obtain airtime through a usable channel—and what happens when an old voucher remains unused after the change begins.
CASE FILE
SEBI’s proposal would keep issuer silence in the monitoring record
A SEBI working-group consultation would let monitoring agencies report directly to exchanges, disclose when an issuer has not cooperated and prevent a company from replacing its monitor until the gap is resolved. The recommendations are not in force; comments close on 3 November.
Africa National Telecom Trends
Airtel Gabon's 107% MIMO gain is local, not national
A 107% throughput increase is a striking engineering result. ZTE and Airtel attach it to a site-level comparison on a live network; the harder strategic question is what that denominator permits a board, regulator or customer to conclude about Gabon’s network as a whole.
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Australia’s outdoor mobile duty still needs a coverage test
Australia has legislated toward a national outdoor mobile obligation, but the decisive number is not yet a map’s coloured square or a satellite operator’s footprint. It is the rule that will determine when a person, at a particular place, can reasonably use the promised…
CASE FILE
InternetNZ posts AGM answers before two-month member deadline
InternetNZ has published its 2026 annual-meeting question-and-answer files after members carried a motion requiring a complete, unedited meeting-question record and written answers within two months.
North America National Telecom Trends
Canada widens network blocking; carriers own the vendor check
The CRTC has let Canadian carriers use a wider range of methods to stop malicious traffic. The change gives suppliers more room inside the security stack, while leaving each carrier responsible for showing that its chosen providers are competent and free of compromising…
CASE FILE
Ofcom records a one-meeting exception to its chair-presence rule
Ofcom’s note published on 2 October says the Board approved a one-meeting waiver of the Chair-or-Deputy-Chair presence condition for quorum. It gives no reason for the exception and no attendance list for the affected parts of the meeting.
Global National Telecom Trends
Nokia’s ECE sale puts customer continuity on a 2027 clock
Nokia has signed to sell Enterprise Campus Edge to AURELIUS, with closing expected in the first half of 2027. The agreement names customer and employee continuity as priorities; it does not show that continuity has already been delivered.
CASE FILE
BEREC–Ofcom memorandum names four fields, leaves projects for later
BEREC’s public register dates a non-binding memorandum with Ofcom to 2 October. It sets four fields for cooperation, while leaving the roles, costs and details of specific activities to later written arrangements.
Africa National Telecom Trends
Nigeria’s next mobile voice termination rate will hinge on the cost model
The Nigerian Communications Commission has described a 2026 study that has advanced from data-template discussions to a calendar entry for reviewing a draft final report. The public register still lists the 2018 domestic rate. What the next decision will redistribute depends on…
CASE FILE
Three FCA Board Appointments, Two Different Lines of Authority
Lea Paterson and Matthew Tobin began three-year non-executive terms on 1 October, while Deputy Chief Executive Sarah Pritchard joined the FCA Board as an executive member. The appointments put external oversight and internal delivery in the same room, but the announcement records…
Africa Datacenter Trends
Kenya’s data-centre licence hinges on who already holds a network permit
Kenya’s September 2026 consultation would create a separate licence for co-location data centres, yet exempt an operator that already holds a Network Facilities Provider or Application Service Provider licence. That makes the proposal’s most consequential boundary the identity…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Lebanon’s fibre debate turns on who controls wholesale access
Lebanon’s FTTH consultation found broad support for opening networks and extending coverage. Its harder question is operational: can other providers obtain usable wholesale service while OGERO remains both a retail operator and a network wholesaler?