The Polish Council presidency focuses on cybersecurity and the practical implementation of EU Artificial Intelligence Act. The European Commission regretted that some EU countries have not banned high-risk vendors from 5G networks and will consider “further measures".

On 14 January 2025, the FTTH Council Europe presented a study conducted by Cullen International on copper switch-off plans, the current situation and the progress toward deactivating the legacy copper network in the 27 EU member states and the UK.

A new benchmark shows that most countries in the Americas do not yet have a specific policy to promote full-fibre network deployment.

A new benchmark of Cullen International addresses the existence of an obligation on telecoms operators to offer public payphones and any conditions for their removal in 11 countries of the Americas region.

A federal court of appeals ruled that the US telecoms regulator, FCC, lacks the authority to implement net neutrality rules unless the US Congress legislates to that effect. The decision does not affect state-level net neutrality laws.

The Commission challenged the three criteria test carried out by the Swedish regulator to justify ex ante regulation of the termination markets and the proposed thresholds for applying regulatory measures only to larger fixed and mobile operators.