Tag: regulation
The Argument for National Regulatory Telco Testing
Regulators should procure the systems needed to test telcos instead of telling telcos to test themselves.
10 RAFM Issues: Should We Welcome or Fight Regulation?
The series continues with the thorny question of whether RAFM is helped or hindered by the need to comply with external rules.
The Outlier Regulator
There are some good regulators. But for every good regulator there are a hundred regulators who are not so good...
Draft EU Policy for Online Platforms Is Leaked
The policies supported by European Commissioner Andrus Ansip would reduce the risks faced by telcos and other providers of online platforms.
The Risk of Apathy in Matters of Mutual Interest
African CSPs need to learn how to speak and cooperate with each other, if they want to avoid being bullied by regulators and governments.
European Telcos and the Data Trap
Telcos need to build a strategy around innovation and partnerships, if they want to escape the trap of falling revenues and commoditised data.
Eat All You Want, Bite More Than You Can Chew
AT&T were fined USD100mn for throttling customers on an unlimited data plan dating back to 2007. Most telcos give up on long-range risks like this, which is the worst mistake of all.
Zimbabwean Regulator Tenders for RA System
The revenue assurance requirements of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) read like a fantasy wishlist.
The Regulator Cometh
When communications firms threaten to disrupt other industries, regulators will be encouraged to create barriers to entry.
Nigerian Regulator Budgets $500K for RA System
The annual budget of the Nigerian Communications Commission includes some interesting expenditure.
UK Bill Accuracy Regulations ‘Reduced’
Ofcom boasts it "reduced" regulation, having previously implied a zero-tolerance policy towards bill error, and a short while after announcing an unprecedented enforcement investigation.
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