Telecommunications
Taylor Wessing has an excellent reputation in the field of telecoms law. It has advised some of Europeans leading telecoms companies from the time which liberalisation of the industry commenced.
We advise national and international providers of fixed and mobile networks, contents providers, other service providers and end users. We also act for regulators and Government bodies such the Federal Cartel Office, the Regulatory Authority for Telecoms and Postal Services in Germany and the German Federal Ministry of Economics. Our expertise extends to:
- Drafting of telecommunications contracts, interconnections agreements and outsourcing.
- Helping clients to develop and advising on the regulation of new services.
- Advising on M&A where it applies to telecoms.
- Telecom standards and intellectual property rights relating to telecoms equipment.
- Telecoms equipment procurement.
- The interface between the regulation of broadcasting and telecoms; and
- Sector regulation including providing advocacy in the Competition Appeal Tribunal in the UK.