Implementing the Gigabit Infrastructure Act

On the 31 October 2025, Government published for public consultation a draft Bill entitled ‘Utilities and Services (Regulation) (Amendment) Act, 2025’. The purpose of this draft Bill is to implement Regulation (EU) 2024/1309 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 29th April 2024 on measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks, amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Directive 2014/61 (referred to as the ‘Gigabit Infrastructure Act’). The Gigabit Infrastructure Act aims to facilitate and stimulate the roll-out of very high capacity networks by promoting the joint use of existing physical infrastructure and by enabling a more efficient deployment of new physical infrastructure so that such networks can be rolled out faster and at a lower cost. All interested parties are invited to read the consultation document and provide their feedback on these proposed amendments to legislation. 

Anyone wishing to contribute to the consultation process is encouraged to do so by accessing the following link: https://www.gov.mt/mt/publicconsultation/Pages/2025/L-0022-2025.aspx 

Submissions must be received by 27 November 2025. 

Closing On: Thursday 27th November 2025