ITRE MEPs tabled 510 amendments to the proposed new EU framework for 2 GHz mobile satellite services (MSS), focussing on strengthening European sovereignty, security and resilience while putting forward competing approaches to the secure spectrum tranche, authorisation and the transition period.

The regulation introduced A2P message identification and validation, voice and P2P SMS monitoring, call labelling and blocking, plus consumer awareness measures.

The European Electronic Communications Code does not give providers the right to unilaterally change contractual conditions, the EU Court of Justice ruled on 10 September 2026 in a case involving Vodafone in Germany.

This edition of Cullen International’s EU Timeline highlights key policy and regulatory developments foreseen at EU level until the end of 2026.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is preparing a public hearing in November 2026 to discuss stakeholder views on how to harmonise its four sectoral consumer protection codes into a single, unified code. This is the latest in a series of consumer protection proceedings the CRTC began earlier this year, and is part of its Consumer Protection Action Plan.

The Egyptian MCIT and the Ministry of Interior completed the regulatory frameworks needed to enable biometric SIM card registration using fingerprints. This is one of the main measures that aims to prevent fraudulent SIM card registration in Egypt.