The European Commission presented its long-awaited Digital Networks Act (DNA) on Wednesday, unveiling reforms meant to modernise the European Union's telecom sector by reorganising the bloc’s fragmented rules.
The Commission wants to accelerate the rollout of high-speed fibre and 5G, and reduce dependency on foreign tech. Yet the final proposal appears diluted, and has left both the telecom industry and big tech dissatisfied – highlighting the difficulty of reconciling Europe’s ambitions for an unified single telecommunications market with the bloc's political realities.
