In its comments on the Italian regulator AGCOM’s analysis of the fixed broadband markets, the European Commission said that “notwithstanding the formal structural separation [between FiberCop and TIM], the close and long-term contractual relationship between the parties calls for appropriate safeguards.”

The Swedish regulator, PTS imposes a fine on the operator Tellit for delaying number portability procedures.

The proposed DNA will extend the concept of interconnection to private networks such as content delivery networks, but without binding dispute resolution.

The US telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is considering eliminating the intercarrier compensation (ICC) charges that still apply to US switched access telecoms services. The current proposal would transition all the remaining charges to a bill-and-keep (i.e. zero‑rated) system. The aim of the proposal is to accelerate migration to internet protocol networks across the US by removing legacy ICC and tariff rules that, in the FCC’s view, are slowing that transition.

With the Commission targeting adoption by 2028, the Digital Networks Act aims to complete the single market for telecoms, accelerate fibre roll-out and reshape spectrum policy. However, regulators, lawmakers and industry leaders remain divided over the simplification agenda, the harmonisation of spectrum policy and satellite authorisations and whether the reforms will truly boost Europe’s competitiveness without undermining competition or impacting consumers.

On 24 February 2026, Cullen International presented the second edition of its study on the progress toward deactivating the legacy copper network in the 27 EU member states, Norway, Switzerland and the UK at an event organised by the FTTH Council Europe.