DBTT #11 - BT & Talk Talk, Netork tax in France, DNA, BEREC and AI regulation

We cover the BT Group / TalkTalk buyout, a proposed French Network Tax, developments around the EU DNA, an update on Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC), AI regulation, AI Voice and more. We discuss: The implications of the BT/TT transaction for competition in telecoms, service continuity and wholesale / retail dynamics A political move in France to tax all data or Internet traffic flows, seemingly aimed at US content / cloud players. But the definitions are unclear and unintended consequences huge The EU Parliament and Council scrutiny of the DNA and associated legislative process. We cover key themes such as Copper Switch-Off, Private Networks and the suggested Conciliation process The need for regulatory change to reduce friction, not add more - especially when defence and sovereignty are becoming more important than normal telecoms which mostly works OK More on the recent BEREC meeting Dean posted about recently Dean's deeper tech work on AI Voice, Photonics, Post-Digital Computing and Gaussian Splatting Upcoming events like Arcep's 30th Birthday, Dean's AI Voice Unthinkable Lab on Oct 29, and Techritory French and EU research into GenAI / LLMs and their impact on user behaviour, Internet search, and possible gatekeeper effects Download, listen / watch, subscribe and rate us please! Its available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, directly from Buzzprout, or (soon) in video form on our YouTube page. And if you want on stage at your conference, or facilitating at your private meeting or executive offsite, please reach out here, or via deanbubley.com and fiberevolution.