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TMT weekly highlights—21 December 2017

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Published on: 21 December 2017

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Key developments and materials
TMT annual round-up 2017 has been published
Information technology
Court of Justice declares that Uber is a transport service (Asociación Profesional Élite Taxi v Uber Systems Spain, SL)
Telecommunications
Electronic Communications Code in force 28 December 2017
Regulator publishes Code of Practice supporting the Electronic Communications Code
Switching phone providers soon by simply by sending a text message
Latest policy paper outlines 5G update
Consultation on investment in telecoms infrastructure launched

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Article summary

This week’s edition of TMT highlights includes the TMT annual round up of 2017; details of the Electronic Communications Code coming into force; and news of a new data protection note published by the government.

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