Telecommunications Law and Regulation

Telecommunications Law and Regulation
Author: Ian Walden
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 977
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0191664510

Since the last edition of the book was published, there have been a number of important developments in the telecommunications industry. Telecommunications Law and Regulation takes these changes into account, including an examination of the EU New Regulatory Framework, as well as the establishment of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). There are also new chapters on spectrum management (radio frequencies), and consumer protection rules. The access and interconnection chapter addresses the issues surrounding the high capacity broadband widely provided by Next Generation Networks.The chapter on licensing and authorisation has been refocused to reflect the increasing regulatory focus on the mobile sector. The chapter on regulating content has also been significantly restructured and revised to reflect the changes in how we consume content. Written by leading experts, it is essential reading for legal practitioners and academics involved in the telecommunications industry.

Regulation and the Evolution of the Global Telecommunications Industry

Regulation and the Evolution of the Global Telecommunications Industry
Author: Anastassios Gentzoglanis
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1849805245

After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that allows for increasing competition, sector-specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a result, the telecommunications industry stands in the middle of a debate that calls for either a total deregulation of access to broadband infrastructures or a separation of infrastructure from service delivery. This book proposes new approaches to dealing with the current and future issues of regulation of telecommunication markets on both a regional and a global scale. This volume represents a valuable compendium of ideas regarding global trends in the telecommunications industry that focus on market and regulatory issues and company strategies. With an international cast of contributors, Regulation and the Evolution of the Global Telecommunications Industry also provides insight into topics including: mobile Internet development, structural function and separation, global experiences with next generation networks, technology convergence and the role of regulation, and the regulatory impact on the balance between static and dynamic efficiencies. The empirical evidence and experiences presented here illustrate the diversity of thoughts and research that characterize this important area of academic and business research. Thus, it will be a critical reference for scholars and students of regulatory economics, policy and finance and researchers and administrators of the telecom industry.

Internet and Telecommunications Regulation

Internet and Telecommunications Regulation
Author: Stuart Benjamin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-03-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781531027001

This title will be available in a looseleaf format for spring 2023 use. The casebound book will be published later in the spring. The second edition of Internet and Telecommunications Regulation has been completely revised, with the authors adding large sections that place the regulation of internet services at the heart of the book. The text is organized around regulatory themes, including the use of antitrust and sector-specific laws to respond to concerns about competition; the constraints on regulation imposed by the First Amendment; the relationship between state, national, and international regulation; the role of copyright; and statutory immunity for platforms from civil liability for third-party content. The book also includes important materials on the regulation of traditional telecommunications services not only because those services are important in their own right but also because the regulation of internet services builds on the regulation of traditional telecommunications services. Internet and Telecommunications Regulation contains discussions and excerpts from legal materials to help readers understand current controversies, regulatory strategies, and the historical developments that led to them. Summaries and previews at the start of each set of readings help students understand the relevance of the readings and the larger issues they present, and questions at the end of each excerpt encourage students to think critically about those materials. The organization easily permits the selection of material for courses focused on particular industries or on particular types of regulation.

Telecommunications Law and Regulation in Nigeria

Telecommunications Law and Regulation in Nigeria
Author: Uchenna Jerome Orji
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2018-12-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1527523837

The Nigerian telecommunications industry has continued to grow in a phenomenal manner following market liberalization reforms that commenced in the 1990s. As of 2017, the telecommunications industry was one of the fastest-growing economic sectors in Nigeria and the fourth largest contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. The telecommunications industry, however, remains a highly technical and naturally dynamic industry that has not been a usual area for legal research in developing countries such as Nigeria. This book bridges that gap in knowledge by providing an analysis of the legal and policy instruments that regulate the industry. It comprises eleven chapters that discuss the historical evolution of telecommunications and its regulation; the development of the Nigerian telecommunications industry from 1886 to 2017; the legal basis for the regulation of the industry; the licensing and duties of service providers; the regulation of network infrastructure; the protection of consumers; the regulation of competition, interconnection, universal access, and environmental protection; and the resolution of industry disputes. This book will be useful to policy makers, legislators, regulators, lawyers, law students, investors, operators, and consumers, as well as any person interested in the Nigerian telecommunications industry.

The Law and Regulation of Telecommunications Carriers

The Law and Regulation of Telecommunications Carriers
Author: Henk Brands
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
Total Pages: 768
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In the wake of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the true impact of this sweeping legislation is becoming increasingly evident. This new casebook provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of the radical effects this reform has had -- and continues to have -- on the entire telecommunications industry and on telephone companies, in particular.

Telecommunications Regulation

Telecommunications Regulation
Author: John Buckley
Publisher: IET
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2003-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0852964447

Telecommunications Regulation discusses typical regulatory rules and the legal and administrative framework for regulation, and looks at regulatory strategies, market structures and approaches to price control.

The Politics of Telecommunications Regulation: The States and the Divestiture of AT&T

The Politics of Telecommunications Regulation: The States and the Divestiture of AT&T
Author: Jeffrey E. Cohen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2019-07-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315486768

Originally published in 1992. This text is a work from a series entitled ' Bureaucracies, Public Administration and Public Policy. The Politics of Telecommunication regulation: The States and the Divestiture of AT&T is an example of high-quality policy analysis conducted at state level. It substitutes for simple theories of public policy more complex and interesting explanations and relies on massive and time-consuming data-gathering that gives careful attention to measurement issues, providing a sophisticated empirical analysis to evaluate the utility of public policy theories.

Telecommunications Law

Telecommunications Law
Author: Ian Walden
Publisher:
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2001
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The telecommunications industry has undergone fundamental changes in structure, from that of a monopoly to one of competition. Much of the law and regulations examined in this book are concerned with this process of change and regulating for competition. This text provides a comprehensive guide to the legal and regulatory issues of the increasingly technological area of global telecommunications law. Countries particularly discussed include: the UK, USA, EU and parts of the Far East.

Competition in Telecommunications

Competition in Telecommunications
Author: Jean-Jacques Laffont
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780262621502

The authors analyze regulatory reform and the emergence of competitionin network industries using the state-of-the-art theoretical tools ofindustrial organization, political economy, and the economics ofincentives.