After having been developed for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, standardised embedded SIM (eSIM) solutions are about to be launched in the telecommunications consumer segment. At this early market stage, various details of eSIM implementation have not been fixed yet. Our paper aims to...

Der vorliegende Diskussionsbeitrag beschäftigt sich mit regulatorischen und politischen Ansätzen zur Verlängerung der Nutzungsdauer von Smartphones in Deutschland, anderen EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, den USA sowie auf EU-Ebene. Im Zuge eines steigenden Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsbewusstseins rückt...

In 2015 the European Commission adopted the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, aiming to establish common European data protection rules, reform telecoms rules and modernise copyright rules, among other goals. The authors in this Forum review the progress made thus far and explore the...

On 25 November 2015, the European Union enacted new rules for international mobile roaming (IMR) under Regulation 2015/2120, which seeks to implement a Roam Like at Home (RLAH) regime among the member states of the European Union. Questions remain, however, as to whether it is possible to...

A European debate over measures ostensibly to fully achieve a single market for electronic communications across the EU was brought to a head by the European Commission's 2013 proposed Telecoms Single Market (TSM) legislative package. The Commission apparently hoped to achieve a Single European...

In its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission has rightly noted the importance of reducing the price paid for basic cross-border parcel delivery by consumers and by small and medium size retail senders. The payment flows for cross-border parcel delivery are strikingly similar to...

A key question for European regulation going forward is the degree to which a third physical broadband access medium might substitute for broadband offered over traditional telecommunications and cable. Only if a third effective facilities-based competitor were to emerge would it appear to be...

In September 2016, the European Commission presented legislative proposals to replace the European Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications (RFEC) with a new European Electronic Communications Code. Among the many stated objectives was to stimulate more rapid investment in fast and...