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North America National Telecom Trends
Northwestel’s Tower Rates Need Receipts, Not Just a Spreadsheet
A northern tower can host someone else’s gear. Northwestel has asked to revise the rates for space, power and attachments; Canada’s telecom regulator wants to see the working behind the bill. The due date for that working has moved to 3 November.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Some lift alarms still need 2G. Britain’s exit plan asks users to find them
The UK has given mobile operators a timetable, trial rules and a quarterly reporting loop for retiring 2G. The people expected to spot many of the devices left behind may never have bought service from those operators.
North America National Telecom Trends
Northwestel’s Fee Waiver Got a Longer Clock. The North Still Waits.
Canada’s telecom regulator first aimed to decide a northern Internet winback waiver within 45 business days. Now it gives itself 120 calendar days from the filing. The question behind the clock is who gets a cheaper return trip.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Cambridgeshire Lost 630 Homes on Paper. The Fibre Kept Growing.
BDUK’s October ledger trims CityFibre’s contracted Cambridgeshire count even as its recorded build rises. A financial model moved the boundary; the public gets a footnote instead of an address list.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Cheshire’s Broadband Contract Took a Trip to Norfolk
Britain’s latest Project Gigabit table gives a contract named for Cheshire an extra 11,360 premises. The footnote sends them to Norfolk, where another supplier already has its own row.
Africa Institutional Trends
Nigeria’s US$750m cloud bet has one big customer: the government
Abuja wants private capital to build a regional cloud market. Its plan starts with something the state already controls: what federal agencies buy, how they buy it and whether those contracts are predictable enough to finance new capacity.
North America National Telecom Trends
Copper Is Leaving. Should Canada Freeze Its Wholesale Bill?
The CRTC is asking whether fading copper networks deserve frozen access rates while every incumbent should offer a 50 Mbps wholesale doorway.
North America National Telecom Trends
Two Quebec Mobile Deadlines Walk Into Winter
Canada has moved the finish lines for two funded TELUS builds. Route 138 gets a November date; three other highways get late December.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
The £7bn Isn’t the Cheque: Oman’s AI Centre Has Its Own Deal
Britain raised its export-finance ceiling for Oman to £7bn as Yamna prepared a separate agreement for a large AI data centre in Salalah. The two announcements share a stage. They do not share a disclosed funding line.
North America National Telecom Trends
Canada Mandated the Fibre Door. Bell May Still Hold the Key.
The regulator wants a wiring diagram: can a rival use Bell’s wholesale fibre handoff without first buying another Bell service?
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
The Council Wants a Data-Centre Freeze. Victoria Still Has the Stamp
Whittlesea has called time on new approvals. The South Morang application on the state’s desk arrived before Victoria’s new data-centre expectations apply.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Europe's AI Workers Need a Short Course. The Catalogue Offers a Master's
AI is already on the job. A new JRC study finds the visible training offer leans toward degrees while employed workers need flexible courses.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
170 People in the Room. The AI Still Needs an Owner
The Council of Europe adopted two AI risk tools: one to hear affected people, one to keep responsibility attached to the project.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
The Buoy Can Move. Its Identity Cannot
Ofcom will give mobile navigation markers unique radio identities. The hard part is getting one into the water fast enough, with someone answerable for it.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Ofcom Lets the Radio Repair Kit Roam. Distress Channels Keep the Doorbell
Temporary test sites will need a six-month log instead of advance notice. The dangerous frequencies still demand a call before testing.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Ofcom Retired the DGPS Licence. The Frequency Still Has a Guard
Britain stopped transmitting DGPS in 2022. Ships may still hear continental signals, so Ofcom is closing the licence while protecting the band.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Ofcom Found Two Spare Channels at the Port. One Licensee Is Already There
The regulator is opening two maritime voice frequencies to ease local congestion. First it has to move the existing holder without creating a new queue on the duplex side.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Britain gave the ship a data passport. The shore desk is still closed
Ofcom has cleared VHF data equipment for UK ships travelling abroad. British coastal stations will wait for another round of rules, leaving a very modern vessel to meet an old-fashioned counter at home.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Ofgem’s Smart Meter Library Has a Consent Door. Who Holds the Keys?
The meter keeps half-hourly readings for 13 months. Ofgem wants a longer memory—and has sent the rulebook back for another draft.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Five bars, dead battery: the Home Office wants Ofcom’s outage map
A newly public Home Office submission asks the UK telecom regulator to show when mobile service disappears at street level. Emergency crews need a different answer from a consumer speed test.
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