Negotiations are currently taking place for the EU regulation to accelerate the rollout of 5G and fiber networks. The key areas of focus for co-legislators are finding compromises regarding the tacit approval principle and intra-EU communication fees.
Put in motion earlier in 2023, the EU’s Gigabit Infrastructure Act, which aims to streamline the deployment of high-capacity networks, is currently in the final stage of the legislative process. While there is agreement among co-legislators on the objective of achieving the EU’s Digital Decade targets, there are disagreements on how to achieve them.