2018 review: January to June
The first instalment of a two-part round-up of the main talking points of 2018 includes the battle for net neutrality, 5G advances at the Winter Olympics, the Premier League rights battle and a Facebook scandal that still haunts the social media giant.
January
Battle for net neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) overturns a decree form 2015 which classified broadband access as a telecommunications service, which led the US to reverse net neutrality rules. Those in favour of the move include Google, Amazon, Twitter and Microsoft.
Nokia signs first 5G deal
Nokia announces its first major deal to supply new 5G wireless radio base stations to Japanese telecom operator NTT Docomo which counts nearly half of the country’s mobile subscribers. It intends to be up and running by 2020 in time for the Tokyo Olympics.
YouTube sets revenue-sharing regulations
YouTube makes its creator revenue-sharing initiative more restrictive and pledges to manually review all videos that feature in its Google Preferred premium advertisers in a bid to…
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