{"id":109474,"date":"2019-09-10T13:31:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/?p=109474"},"modified":"2019-09-10T13:31:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:31:38","slug":"comreg-conference-2019-the-digital-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comreg.ie\/ga\/comreg-conference-2019-the-digital-society\/","title":{"rendered":"ComReg Conference 2019: The Digital Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ComReg Conference 2019 took place on Friday, 6 September 2019 in Dublin with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ComReg19?src=hashtag_click\">#ComReg19<\/a> trending on Twitter.\u00a0 It was a unique opportunity to review the Irish telecoms landscape and its future development and the <a href=\"\/about\/conference2019\/agenda\/\">agenda<\/a> included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consumer protection in the digital era<\/li>\n<li>Safeguarding innovation in the Digital Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An interesting and insightful <a 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