GSMA Europe presents a selection of notable European highlights from MWC Barcelona, with a clear emphasis on how European policy and telecom leadership intersect around connectivity regulation.
A central thread throughout the coverage is the Digital Networks Act (DNA). The GSMA Ministerial Programme includes an EU Ministerial roundtable focused on the DNA, and a GSMA Ministerial Stage session where Laszlo Toth brought together EU policymakers and industry leaders to examine whether the DNA in its current form provides the scale, cohesion, and regulatory clarity Europe needs.
The piece also addresses telecom governance and market dynamics beyond legislation. It includes a session on “Competition in the Digital Age,” featuring discussion of mobile market structures, including consolidation, regional variation, and investor confidence in building resilient, inclusive digital economies.
For telecom professionals and roaming/connectivity managers, the value is in the policy signals and regulatory focus areas being discussed—such as open internet, dispute resolution, regulatory simplification, and spectrum—plus the broader emphasis on tech sovereignty and public-private collaboration.
Named participants referenced in the article include Henna Virkkunen (European Commission Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy), Elsa Sependa (GSMA), del Castillo (MEP), Jakob Greiner (Chair of the GSMA Policy Group Europe), Renate Nikolay (DG CONNECT), and industry leaders including Vodafone, Telefónica S.A., Deutsche Telekom, TIM, and Millicom.