Telecommunications Law and Regulation

Description

Since the last edition of this book was published, numerous changes have occurred in the telecommunications sector, at a national, European, and international level. Telecommunications Law and Regulation takes these changes into account, including an examination of the·adoption of Directive 2014/61/EU on the measures to reduce to cost of deploying electronic communication networks; Directive 2014/53/EU on radio equipment; Regulation 2015/2120 on 'open internet access' and roaming; and the implications of Brexit on the UK telecommunications sector.

There is also coverage of substantial regulatory developments in US law since 2012, including the FCC's order on 'Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet' (March 2015).

Written by leading experts, it is essential reading for legal practitioners and academics involved in the telecommunications industry.

About the author

Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. Ian has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, European Commission, Council of Europe, Commonwealth, UNCTAD, ITU, UNECE and the EBRD, as well as numerous individual states. Ian was awarded a Council of Europe Human Rights Fellowship (1987-88); a seconded national expert to the European Commission DG-Industry (1995-96); Board Member and Trustee of the Internet Watch Foundation (2004-09); on the Executive Board of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (2010-12); the Press Complaints Commission (2009-14), a member of the RUSI Independent Surveillance Review (2014-15) and a member of the Code Adjudication Panel at PhonepayPlus (2016- ). Ian is a solicitor and Of Counsel to Baker & McKenzie. Ian leads Queen Mary's qLegal initiative and is a principal investigator on the Cloud Legal Project.

Table of contents

Part I: Fundamentals
1.:Telecommunications Law and Regulation: An Introduction, Ian Walden
2.:The Economics of Telecommunications Regulation, Lisa Correa
Part II: Regulatory Regimes
3.:The Telecommunications Regime in the UK, Ian Walden
4.:European Union Communications Law, Ian Walden
5.:US Telecommunications Law, Karen Lee & Jamison Prime
Part III: Key Regulatory Issues
6.:Authorisation and Licensing, Anne Flanagan
7.:Spectrum Management, Anne Flanagan
8.:Access and Interconnection, Ian Walden
9.:Consumer Protection Rules for Telecommunications, Elizabeth Newman
10.:Competition Law in Telecommunications, Vincent Smith & Lorna Woods
Part IV: Telecommunications Transactions
11.:Capacity Agreements: From wavelengths to MVNOs, Graeme Maquire & Joanne Wheeler
12.:Telecommunications for Multinational Enterprises, Bostjan Makarovic
Part V: Communications Content
13.:Communications Privacy, Ian Walden
14.:Convergence: The Impact of Broadcast Regulation on Telecommunications, Daithí Mac Síthigh
15:Regulating Content and Internet Services: From PRS to Net Neutrality, Chris Marsden
Part VI: International Regulatory Regimes
16.:International Telecommunications Law, Ian Walden
17.:Telecommunications Reform in Emerging Markets, David Satola, Camilla Bustani, Cameron Whittfield, & Ann Buckingham