No-Notice License Changes Undermine Innovation

This provision allows the NCA to amend licenses without any notice based on undefined criteria like "national security" or "public interest," eliminating the 90-day notice and hearing rights established in 14. For digital innovators and telecommunications operators, this creates unpredictable regulatory risk that undermines investment decisions and innovation planning. Companies cannot plan technology deployments, infrastructure investments, or service launches when license terms can change instantly without warning. This particularly affects emerging technology providers, OTT platforms, and startups who need regulatory certainty to justify innovation expenditure.