Communications: Regulation and Sourcing

This first edition of the Communications: Regulation and Outsourcing Global Guide provides essential reading for international lawyers and general counsel.
With contributions from leading lawyers, the guide provides a practical overview of key communications law issues across 22 jurisdictions. The Q&A chapters address a range of topics, including authorisation and licensing, universal service obligations, spectrum use, access and interconnection, data protection and security, price regulation, subscriber management, and outsourcing and telecommunications.

• Reader-friendly Q & A format allows for easy cross-jurisdictional comparisons, covering 22 key jurisdictions worldwide
• Jurisdictional contributions and key institution chapters are provided by recognised leaders in the field
• Provides a quick and easy first look at key issues in Communications and Outsourcing, helpful to general counsel and their clients

1. Market structure
2. Restrictions on foreign ownership
3. Regulatory Framework
4. Authorisation and licensing
5. Universal service obligations
6. Spectrum use
7. Infrastructure and network management
8. Data protection and security
9. Price regulation
10. Subscriber management
11. Outsourcing and telecommunications
12. Online resources

INTRODUCTION
Eduardo Martínez-Rivero, Head of the Antitrust Telecoms unit in the Competition Directorate-General of the;
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

BELGIUM
Yves Van Gerven and Anne Vallery,
VVGB ADVOCATEN/AVOCATS

BRAZIL
Ricardo Barretto Ferreira, Paulo Brancher and Camila Taliberti Ribeiro da Silva,
BARRETTO FERREIRA E BRANCHER SOCIEDADE DE ADVOGADOS (BKBG)

BULGARIA
Violetta Kunze and Milka Ivanova,
DJINGOV, GOUGINSKI, KYUTCHUKOV & VELICHKOV

DENMARK
Hans Abildstrøm,
HORTEN

FRANCE
Diane Mullenex and Annabelle Richard,
PINSENT MASONS LLP

GERMANY
Dr Florian von Baum and Dr Igor Barabash,
PINSENT MASONS GERMANY LLP

HONG KONG
Gabriela Kennedy and Karen H.F. Lee,
MAYER BROWN JSM 

INDIA
Kartik Maheshwari, Rakhi Jindal and Vaibhav Parikh,
NISHITH DESAI ASSOCIATES

INDONESIA
Muhtar Ali, Endra Jati Pralambang and Nicolas D Pramana,
MUHTAR HALIM & PARTNERS LAW OFFICE

ITALY
Fabrizio Cugia di Sant’Orsola and Silvia Giampaolo,
CUGIA CUOMO & ASSOCIATI

LUXEMBOURG
Hervé Wolff and Stéphan Le Goueff,
LG AVOCATS

MALAYSIA
Sharon Tan,
ZAID IBRAHIM & CO. 

MALTA
Olga Finkel and Rachel Vella Baldacchino,
WH PARTNERS

QATAR
Anthony Fielding and Alexandre Brazeau,
PINSENT MASONS LLP

RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Igor Kostennikov,
YUST LAW FIRM

SINGAPORE
Lam Chung Nian and Gareth Liu,
WONGPARTNERSHIP LLP

SPAIN
Norman Heckh,
RAMÓN Y CAJAL ABOGADOS

SWITZERLAND
David Känzig and Dr Katia Favre,
THOUVENIN RECHTSANWÄLTE

THAILAND
Jeffrey Blatt, David Duncan, Kasma Visitkitjakarn and Napat Siri-armart,
TILLEKE & GIBBINS

TURKEY
Yasin Beceni, Tugrul Sevim, Erdem Aslan, Ihsan Can Asik and Burak Uzun,
BTS & PARTNERS

UK (ENGLAND AND WALES)
Diane Mullenex and Daniel O’Neill,
PINSENT MASONS LLP

UNITED STATES
Sam Feder, Leah Tulin and David Wishnick,
JENNER & BLOCK LLP