The assembly of European telecoms regulators also wants to simplify the voluntary conciliation mechanism and maintain the concept of Very High Capacity Networks (VHCN) in its position papers on the proposed Digital Networks Act.

The UK regulator found that Virgin Media’s procedures prevented or delayed customers from terminating their contracts and switching to another provider. According to Ofcom, the failings affected millions of customer calls between January 2022 and September 2024.

BEREC argued that the Single Passport proposal should not be taken forward, because of its complexity, increased bureaucratic burden, barriers for the effective enforcement of regulatory tasks, uneven distribution of administrative duties among NRAs, forum shopping, legal uncertainty and impact on NRA’s financing and independence

The Latvian regulator proposed to reduce certain fibre VULA prices outside Riga after finding a margin squeeze. The Commission did not object but criticised SPRK for not notifying the WACC methodology and calculation underpinning the test.

The Croatian telecoms regulator, HAKOM, completed its margin squeeze test methodology that it will apply from 1 January 2027 on the wholesale markets for dedicated capacity (market 2/2020) and for trunk segments of leased lines (market 14/2003).

On the occasion of Cullen International’s 40th anniversary conference in Brussels on 23 June 2026, representatives from authorities of Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, the EU, and Japan discussed how competition policy in communications and digital markets can support innovation and consumer welfare. The panel addressed the theme from different angles, from merger control to the interplay between ex ante and ex post frameworks to address competition concerns in digital sectors.