Monday, March 08, 2021

A 2021 under new rules of the game

For the upcoming months, intense activity is expected in relation to the passive infrastructure sharing regulation, the general one for pay television services through physical and/or radio and satellite link, and a single access simplification system in which the Secretary of Public Innovation works to accelerate deployments at the municipal level.

The ICT sector is not outside regulatory developments among New Year's Eve-Toasts, and 2020 maintained the custom: it reached its decline with numerous resolutions longed-for by the industry. Regulation on DNU (Presidential Decree) 690 may have been the most bombastic and undoubtedly the one generating the most headlines and controversies due to the push and pull of the increases, but for the upcoming months, intense activity is expected in relation to the passive infrastructure sharing regulation, the general one for pay television services through physical and/or radio and satellite link, and a single access simplification system in which the Secretary of Public Innovation works to accelerate deployments at the municipal level.

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