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27/02/2017 Paulo Brancher, Azevedo Sette, Brazil
The European Commission considers that Equivalence of Inputs (EoI) is the surest way to achieve non-discrimination, enabling access seekers to compete with a vertically integrated SMP operator. In Sweden, one of the member states with the highest broadband penetration, the Post and Telecom Authority...
31/03/2015 Carl Johan af Petersens, Vinge, Sweden Johan Wahlbom, Vinge, Sweden
The Information Society Code, a major piece of legislation stringing together various existing and updated laws on communication networks and electronic communication services, has for the most part entered into force at the beginning of 2015. To a large extent,...
In 1994, the Malaysian Government introduced the National Telecommunication Policy of Malaysia (Policy) with the purpose of setting out the direction for the telecommunications industry between 1994 and 2020 and ensuring that the growth of telecommunications services and its use of technology...
01/01/2015 Charmayne Ong Poh Yin, Skrine, Malaysia
In this note we cover three legal developments of importance to TMT companies and legal advisers.
In 2014, Ireland found itself at the centre of a battle between the US authorities and...
01/01/2015 Wendy Hederman, Mason Hayes & Curran, Ireland
Many facts, one truth: mobile network operators' profit margins and average revenue per user shrink year on year at a global level. In mature markets, differentiation is now made on the quality, diversity and technological advancement of services along with data bandwidth. In emerging...
01/01/2015 Purvi Parekh, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, United Kingdom Sylvie Rousseau, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, Belgium Thibault Soyer, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, France
The US Federal Communications Commission is expected to have a dynamic 2015. Under the leadership of Chairman Thomas Wheeler, the FCC will finalize its review of two multi-billion dollar mergers, finish a spectrum auction projected to generate over four times its expected revenue, and continue on a...
01/01/2015 Andrew D Lipman, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, US
After months of debate, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) appears likely to reclassify broadband as a "telecommunications service" subject to traditional public utility regulation. The FCC's likely action is in response to demands from Network Neutrality advocates that the agency...
01/01/2015 Jonathan J Nadler, Squire Patton Boggs, US
The last couple of years have been particularly challenging for the TMT sector in Portugal. Two of the main Portuguese telecom players (ZON and Optimus) merged, joining forces against the historic national operator. The new operator (branded NOS) is now a global player present in all markets (fixed,...
01/01/2015 Margarida Couto, VdA Vieira de Almeida, Portugal
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