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Within the Primary Domain facet, Policy intelligence groups reporting by primary domain so readers can follow a focused area of internet infrastructure, governance, connectivity markets, or digital capital. The page brings together related articles, public evidence, institutions, companies, people, regional exposure, operating dependencies, and market context that may otherwise sit across separate category pages. It explains the domain, the likely actor class, the market or governance context, and the source material readers should use when comparing signals. Operators, analysts, and governance readers can see how the same domain appears across events, profiles, market shifts, public-source evidence, regional dependencies, and longer-cycle infrastructure decisions over time.

North America Datacenter Trends
Grove City may require votes on large data-centre projects
Grove City may require a public vote before large data-centre projects can enter the city’s normal planning process.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
India reportedly doubles 5G EMF limit to 10W/m²
The higher ceiling would give operators more radio-power headroom at each site, but coverage gains will depend on how individual networks are designed.

North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta NDP seeks pause on AI data-centre approvals
Alberta’s NDP wants new AI data-centre approvals paused until the province sets broader rules for assessing project impacts.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Taliban ministry reportedly halts Afghanistan fibre work
A reported ministry order covers fibre expansion, connections, maintenance and repairs, raising questions about how operators can restore faults if it remains in force.

North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta plans setback rules for AI data centres
Alberta is preparing setback rules for large data-centre projects after residents pressed officials over developments planned near homes.

North America Datacenter Trends
AUC rejects Synapse's 1.4GW Olds power plant
The regulator found Synapse's proposed gas plant too close to homes, forcing a rethink of the power plan behind its 1GW Olds data centre.

North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta considers setback rules for AI data centres
Alberta is considering minimum separation from homes after the AUC rejected a 1.4GW power plant proposed beside an Olds data-centre project.

North America National Telecom Trends
FCC puts US terrestrial 100/20 coverage at 96.9%
Satellite lifts the FCC's reported 100/20 broadband availability to 99.7%, but terrestrial coverage remains lower and satellite performance can vary.

North America Datacenter Trends
Ford backs Ontario data centres to keep data in Canada
Ontario's draft framework would assess large data-centre projects on data sovereignty, economic contribution, and community benefit alongside grid requirements.

North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta begins AI data-centre town halls in Ponoka
Alberta is opening public discussions on AI data centres as communities weigh power, water and infrastructure requirements alongside new investment.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
Globe seeks Philippine underground fibre-conduit policy
Globe wants national standards for shared underground conduits as the Philippines develops rules to coordinate telecom ducts with road and infrastructure works.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
EU AI transparency duties take effect with separate obligations for providers and deployers
Article 50 of the EU AI Act now requires in-scope systems to disclose AI interaction, embed detectable machine-readable markings in synthetic output, and label specified biometric, deepfake and public-interest uses. The duties are binding; signing the supporting code remains…

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Google’s €890m DMA bill prices two different distribution advantages
The European Commission has attached separate penalties to the two places where Google can shape a transaction before it happens: discovery in Search and the route from an app to a cheaper offer outside Play. The combined number is €890 million, but the economic finding is not…

North America National Telecom Trends
The FCC has moved Covered List risk inside the device
The Federal Communications Commission has closed a route by which a product could obtain a new US authorization even when its essential logic came from a company already judged a security risk. The rule changes the compliance question from who assembled the finished device to who…

North America National Telecom Trends
Broadband labels survive, but their bulk-data shadow does not
The FCC has kept consumer broadband labels while removing the separate machine-readable spreadsheet and the two-year archive for discontinued plans. Providers lose two compliance systems; comparison tools and researchers lose structured and historical evidence. The 3–0 decision…

North America National Telecom Trends
The FCC has redesigned the satellite-licensing queue, not removed it
Part 100 turns satellite licensing into a more explicit sorting system. Applications that fit standard, presumed-acceptable conditions should move through a predictable lane; exceptions receive targeted review. The gain is administrative sequence, not permission to ignore…

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
India Moves to Protect Telecom Choice
India's telecom regulator wants operators to offer voice and SMS-only recharge options alongside bundled plans, signalling a broader policy shift towards preserving consumer choice as mobile services become increasingly data-centric.

CASE FILE
Pennsylvania weighs data centre tax breaks and repeal
Pennsylvania is testing two competing visions for data centre policy at once: conditional incentives versus full repeal. The dual-track approach reflects how US states are struggling to balance economic development promises against rising grid and budget pressure — and whether…

CASE FILE
SpaceConnect launches NGSO lobby without SpaceX
Amazon and three satellite operators have launched the first dedicated NGSO lobby group without SpaceX at the table. Led by former NTIA head David Redl, SpaceConnect signals that smaller players see spectrum policy as a competitive battleground — not just a technical question.…

CASE FILE
Minneapolis approves five-month data centre development pause
Minneapolis is joining a growing list of US cities treating data centre development as a municipal planning question. The five-month pause will produce draft rules on energy, environmental and safety standards — and the exemption threshold for smaller facilities may set a…
