Over £400 billion of investment is needed to deliver all the infrastructure projects planned by the UK government “to 2020 and beyond”, of which over 60% will be sought from […]
Continue Reading →EU laws governing how rights holders are compensated for individuals making unauthorised copies of copyrighted material for personal use must be harmonised, an expert has said, after the High Court […]
Continue Reading →The conviction of former Morrisons’ auditor Andrew Skelton for leaking the personal details of supermarket employees on the internet should act as a reminder to companies to review the effectiveness […]
Continue Reading →Roaming charges within Europe will drop next year, and end completely in two years, the European Parliament said last week. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Separating Openreach, BT’s network infrastructure division, from its telecoms business could improve competition between suppliers but may not be the most effective means of ensuring that consumers receive the best […]
Continue Reading →MITLA takes note of the recent revelations in the local media regarding the interest shown by the Malta Secret Service to procure the services of Italian web security firm Hacking Team who […]
Continue Reading →The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that the owner of a standard-essential patent (SEP) could be abusing its dominant position by bringing a prohibitory injunction […]
Continue Reading →The UK government needs to consider more ambitious changes to the laws governing new telecoms infrastructure if its plans for near-universal countrywide 4G and ‘ultrafast’ broadband coverage are to be […]
Continue Reading →The UK government will publish a new long-term National Infrastructure Plan (NIP), setting out its priority transport, energy, flood defence, water, waste, communications and science projects, as part of a […]
Continue Reading →Cisco, the US-based technology firm, will invest $150 million in innovative UK technology businesses as part of a $1 billion investment package, the company has announced. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The element of chance in a computerised slot machine connected to a separate random number generator (RNG) was still “provided by means of the machine” for the purposes of VAT […]
Continue Reading →MITLA welcomes the news that its Honorary Member Prof. Cannataci has been appointed Special Rapporteur on Privacy by the UN’s Human Rights Council during its meeting in Geneva on Friday 3 […]
Continue Reading →Reforms to the roaming charges that mobile network operators (MNOs) can charge in the EU for the use of data services abroad and new ‘net neutrality’ rules are set to […]
Continue Reading →US-based online content providers could be subject to EU laws governing video on-demand services under plans being considered by the European Commission. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Telecoms regulator Ofcom has fined mobile phone network EE £1 million for failing to tell customers of their right to take complaints to an ‘alternative dispute resolution’ (ADR) scheme. Read […]
Continue Reading →A “thriving” financial technology industry in London has helped the UK to secure a record level of venture capital (VC) investment into its technology companies, according to new figures published […]
Continue Reading →Video content published by daily newspapers on their websites should not be subject to regulation under the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive, a legal advisor to the EU’s highest […]
Continue Reading →Mobile network operators will be banned from applying so-called ‘roaming’ charges within two years under reforms to telecoms laws that have been agreed on by EU law makers. Read Complete […]
Continue Reading →Ofcom should refer the UK’s telecoms market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for a full competition investigation “as soon as possible”, Sky has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement will not be ratified in the UK this year, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has confirmed. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Telecoms giant BT has called for regulatory reforms to boost competition and investment in the digital communications market as it considers moving to a system of internet-based voice calls. Read […]
Continue Reading →A judge’s decision to allow a man experiencing alleged harassment over the internet to serve legal claims to the person accused of the activity via Instagram “appears to be a […]
Continue Reading →An IT platform that will automate securities settlements across Europe has gone live. The European Central Bank (ECB)-backed project will process transactions between 21 European countries by February the ECB […]
Continue Reading →French prime minister Manual Valls will release the text of a proposed bill on digital rights to the public before it is debated in parliament, Agence France-Presse (AFP) said . […]
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