Matthew Howett

Founder & CEO of Assembly Research. Advising on regulation and policy in the telecoms sector and wider digital economy.

[Matthew Howett @howett]

👉🏻 https://t.co/DtQD5uqSEe

[Matthew Howett @howett]

@theobertram *end of January

[Lewis Crofts @lewis_crofts]

Biden's DOJ antitrust head to step down.

Kanter’s time is up. https://t.co/HjTfLDJjWv

[Henna Virkkunen @HennaVirkkunen]

We are concerned about mounting indications of coordinated foreign online influence operation targeting ongoing Romanian elections, especially on TikTok.

The @EU_Commission took action under the #DigitalServicesAct issuing to TikTok.

[Lara Brown @lara_e_brown]

In August the Home Office introduced a Zombie Knife amnesty. They agreed to pay £10 per knife.

They expected that 472 Zombie Knives would be surrendered.

Instead, one wholesaler alone has surrendered 35,000 blades.

🧵thread on incentives and what went wrong with the scheme.

[Matthew Howett @howett]

Why does it look like a vape

[Matthew Howett @howett]

@theobertram It was more the threat of not sharing intelligence within five eyes if those countries continued to use Huawei

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

They say X is a “a toxic media platform and its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse” https://t.co/nfT0BXUqCV

[Matt Field @matthfield]

Exclusive: The Guardian is preparing to quit X as left-leaning social media users grow disillusioned with Elon Musk's transformation of Twitter, sources say

https://t.co/SoajburoMx

[Matthew Howett @howett]

I’m old enough to remember Stephen Fry at the launch of 4G

[David Lawrence @dc_lawrence]

I don't wish to sound too hyperbolic or reactionary but Stephen Fry et al's intervention on Tube 5G seems to capture something about British NIMBYism / degrowth.

No parent wants their kids to be spending all their time on smartphones, but restricting 5G on the Tube is one of the dumbest ways of achieving that.

Mobile Internet coverage is a basic provision for an advanced economy, London is already behind and @SadiqKhan is right to pursue it.

We should celebrate building things! (And parents can always just not give their children smartphones)

[Matthew Howett @howett]

Won't somebody please think of the children

[Daniel Ahmad @ZhugeEX]

“The cost of video game consoles could rise around 40%, making the upcoming PS5 Pro cost almost $1,000.”

https://t.co/4wflG94HN9

[FT Technology News @fttechnews]

UK government launches new AI safety platform for businesses https://t.co/FGrbXnDen5

[Matthew Howett @howett]

@Bastianos Channel 4 have got Jeremy Vine?

[Financial Times @FT]

UK competition regulator outlines remedies for £16.5bn Vodafone-Three deal https://t.co/bFWUf3SNu2

[Matthew Howett @howett]

Significant update from the CMA regarding Vodafone/Three in the UK. I suspect we’re seeing it in recognition of the significant commitments they’ve managed to get from the merging parties to address their earlier concerns. The merger now edges closer to completion in December.

[Competition & Markets Authority @CMAgovUK]

We’ve provisionally found that #Vodafone and #Three could address our competition concerns through a multi-billion-pound network investment commitment and customer protections.

Swipe to see what our remedies would require the companies to do.

Read more: https://t.co/eTaSQBNT9We’ve provisionally found that #Vodafone and #Three could address our competition concerns through a multi-billion-pound network investment commitment and customer protections.

Swipe to see what our remedies would require the companies to do.

Read more: https://t.co/eTaSQBNT9We’ve provisionally found that #Vodafone and #Three could address our competition concerns through a multi-billion-pound network investment commitment and customer protections.

Swipe to see what our remedies would require the companies to do.

Read more: https://t.co/eTaSQBNT9We’ve provisionally found that #Vodafone and #Three could address our competition concerns through a multi-billion-pound network investment commitment and customer protections.

Swipe to see what our remedies would require the companies to do.

Read more: https://t.co/eTaSQBNT9v

[Bloomberg Technology @technology]

Tech giants looking to quickly power massive artificial intelligence centers will need new plans after US regulators quashed Amazon’s effort to tap a Pennsylvania nuclear facility. https://t.co/wIVhd5N9nO

[London Centric @London_Centric]

Our story explaining what's up with the poor phone signal in London went viral and sparked a dozen rip-off stories on other sites, as well as a national debate on Radio 2. https://t.co/pDSUHTUpkG

[Margrethe Vestager @vestager]

📢Today, we concluded negotiations on the future competition cooperation agreement between 🇪🇺 & 🇬🇧!

👉It will allow enforcers from @EU_Commission, EU national competition authorities & @CMAgovUK to cooperate directly in competition investigations - to the benefit of citizens.

[Matthew Howett @howett]

@TW_Seal Thought you’d come back to cover off the Tory leadership contest for a brief second…

[Peter Kyle @peterkyle]

My message to platforms is clear – don’t wait for laws under the Online Safety Act to kick in, step up to your responsibilities now.