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RIPE NCC’s board proposal gives the CEO a vote—and a separate signature route
RIPE NCC’s October proposal would replace its current Executive Board with one body of executive and non-executive members. The CEO would join its votes, while the draft gives each executive member a separate route to represent the association. Those are related changes, but they…
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Globe’s resilience plan depends on access outside the network
Globe says telecom recovery should move with power, fuel and transport after a disaster. The Philippines already has emergency communications duties and a national roadmap; the unresolved question is whether a new utility plan can make outside dependencies actionable.
North America National Telecom Trends
The FCC removes a filing clock, not the work of keeping 911 connected
From 15 October, incumbent local exchange carriers can stop filing certain network-change notices with the FCC. The agency will no longer publish those notices or run the associated provider objection process. Public disclosure and direct notice to 911 network entities remain…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
TalkTalk’s service continuity now sits inside a CMA ring fence
The takeover stopped an immediate collapse, but it did not establish that service will remain dependable. The CMA’s separation order now makes continuity an operating obligation that can be monitored while the deal is reviewed.
CASE FILE
SEC would rescind shareholder-proposal rule and widen proxy discretion
The September proposal would move the question of proposal inclusion toward state law and company governing documents, while making it easier for companies to seek discretionary votes on certain items left off their proxy cards. Shareholders would receive a proposed checkbox to…
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.