Ofcom is to launch a consultation into network neutrality later this spring, the UK telecoms regulator has announced.

Traffic management techniques and policies have become widely implemented across Europe, Ofcom chief Ed Richards said on Wednesday at the Cable Congress conference in Brussels. That trend, coupled with recent EU legislation, means that national regulators must examine the net neutrality issue and decide whether more needed to be done to keep the internet “open,” he said.

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