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REGULATORY & POLICY UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

FCC Proposes New Rules for CPNI Data Breach Reporting

customer network proprietary information The NPRM also seeks public input on
("CPNI"). The FCC proposal would make several other key issues related to breach
substantial changes to the existing CPNI reporting, including: whether the proposed
data breach notification requirements, changes to the CPNI breach reporting
including those to: rules also should be applied to the breach
• Expand the definition of a covered reporting rules for telecommunications
"breach" to include inadvertent CPNI relay services (TRSs) and video relay
breaches; services (VRSs); whether the FCC has
• Require notification to the FCC, in authority to promulgate breach reporting
addition to federal law enforcement; rules for other types of information held
• Require notification to the FCC and by telecommunications carriers and
federal law enforcement "as soon VoIP providers—including Social Security
The Federal Communications Commission as practicable," replacing the current numbers and financial account information;
("FCC" or "Commission") has released requirement to notify within seven and how the FCC might align its breach
its long-awaited Notice of Proposed business days of discovery; reporting rules to parallel state and
Rulemaking ("NPRM") proposing to revise • Remove the existing seven-business-day federal reporting requirements, including
data breach reporting requirements waiting period for notifying customers the forthcoming cyber incident reporting
for telecommunications carriers and or disclosing the breach following law requirements for critical infrastructure
providers of interconnected voice over enforcement notification; and from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
internet protocol ("VoIP") service involving • Adopt minimum requirements for the Security Agency (CISA).
unauthorized access to, use or disclosure of contents of customer notifications.

New Panama Licensing Process Underway; Newcomer Must Serve 500,000

Subs Elsewhere

Pre-qualification for the award of Panama’s in the 1900MHz band (1850MHz- in another market and serve no fewer than
new mobile license is now underway, as 1865MHz/1930MHz-1945MHz) and 500,000 mobile subscriptions. With LatAm-
the National Public Services Authority 2×10MHz in the 700MHz band (738MHz- focused groups Millicom International
(Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios 748MHz/793MHz-803MHz). The licenses Cellular (MIC) and Liberty Latin America
Publicos, ASEP) seeks to fill the void will be valid for 20 years. The regulator has (LLA) already present in Panama, and
created by the exit of Digicel Panama. emphasized that it is seeking a licensee Telefonica, America Movil (AM) and Digicel
The first stage of the licensing process with strong credentials, rather than an Group all exiting the sector in recent years
started on 12 January and will remain untried player and has stipulated that the there is no obvious candidate for the new
open until 16 March 2023. Public tender successful applicant must have at least concession.
No. 01-2023-Telco will include 2×15MHz five years’ experience as a mobile licensee

ER-Telecom Buys Out Rostec from

AKADO Ownership

Russian fixed broadband operator ER-Telecom has increased its
ownership stake in Moscow cableco AKADO Telecom by taking
sole ownership of the 75%-minus-one-share it previously held
jointly with state-owned conglomerate Rostec, reports CNews
citing representatives of ER and Rostec and information from
the Unified State Register of Legal Entities. No financial details
were disclosed. In January 2022 ER and Rostec jointly bought the
75%-minus-one-share stake in AKADO while existing shareholder
AVK Investments (led by Russian businessman Maxim Mayorets)
retained the other 25%-plus-one-share.
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