Telecommunications Law and Regulation

• Provides practitioners with an extremely thorough and up-to-date survey of the law and regulatory structures related to telecommunications
• Contains discussion of topical issues such as communication privacy in the context of "the war on terrorism", and the exploitation of the "digital dividend"
• Covering UK, EU, US and other international systems, it offers a comparative and rounded overview of the global telecommunications industry and its regulation
• Written by many of the leading experts and practitioners in the field, it is a reliable source of reference for practitioners and academics alike

New to this edition

• New chapter on technology and markets, which reviews terminology used throughout the book and places it within an industry context, explaining the key developments in the sector
• New chapter on capacity agreements, which represent a very substantial element of legal practice in the sector, covering deals for minutes and gigabits, wavelength deals, international private leased circuits dark fibre deals, IRUs for international capacity, roaming agreements, and mobile virtual network operators, focusing on the unique commercial elements of each deal and placing them within a broader regulatory framework

Readership: Practitioners worldwide advising the communications industry, regulators, academics and postgraduate students. Also of interest to policy-makers, management consultants, bankers and accountants who will need to be aware of legal implications of this area.

Edited by Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London

Review(s) from previous edition

"Every telecoms professional should have access to the rich vein of information contained in its 730 pages...this book will provide the answers in an easily understood and very readable format...an amazingly comprehensive review of all aspects of telecoms law...bang up-to-date...essential reading for ICT managers and consultants. - David Harrington, Regulatory Affairs Forum, CMA

"If, like me, you are in a market for a bang up-to-date book on telecommunications law, then you will be delighted to hear that the second edition of Ian Walden and John Angel's Telecommunications Law and Regulation is now on the shelves." - New Law Journal

"This book is an essential purchase for telecommunications and communications lawyers, including practitioners, academics and students... the second edition reads much better than the first. Overall this is an excellent book" - New Law Journal

Review(s) from previous edition

"...a comprehensive work dealing with virtually all aspects of telecommunications law and regulation in Europe and particularly in the United Kingdom. ...it perfectly serves practitioners as a reference work and source of understanding. ...serves as a very competent and up-to-date source of information to telecommunications lawyers and representatives of the telecommunication industry throughout the world. - CTLR : The Journal of E-Commerce, Technology and Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 4, May 2002

"This book, which has its genesis in the University of London's telecommunications LLM course, makes a notoriously difficult area of the law accessible to all, without sacrificing the depth of analysis that is required by practitioners and serious academics...On any analysis, this book is an essential purchase for telecommunications and communications lawyers, including practitioners, academics and students...the second edition reads much better than the first, giving the feel of a more homogenised work. Overall, this is an excellent book." - Stewart Room (Rowe Cohen Solicitors), New Law Journal

Part I: Fundamentals
1: Ian Walden: Telecommunications Law and Regulation: An Introduction
2: Andrew Sharpe: Communications Technologies, Services and Markets
3: Lisa Correa: The Economics of Telecommunications Regulation
Part II: Regulatory Regimes
4: Helen Kemmitt and John Angel: The Telecommunications Regime in the UK
5: Ian Walden: European Union Communications Law
6: Karen Lee: Overview of US Telecommunications Law
Part III: Key Regulatory Issues
7: Anne Flanagan: Authorisation and Licensing
8: Ian Walden: Access and Interconnection
9: Edward Pitt and Robin Morton-Fincham: Competition Law in Telecommunications
10: Alan Cunningham and Gary Lea: Telecommunications, Intellectual Property, and Standards
Part IV: Telecommunications Transactions
11: Rhys Williams and Graeme Maguire: Capacity Agreements: From Microwaves to Mobile Virtual Networks Operators
12: Michael Sinclair: Communications Outsourcing
Part V: Communications Content
13: Christopher Millard: Communications Privacy
14: Nick Higham: Content Regulation
Part VI: International Regulatory Regimes
15: Ian Walden: International Regulatory Regime
16: Tim Schwarz, Camilla Bustani, David Satola and Ann Buckingham: Telecommunications Reform in Developing Countries
17: Ann Buckingham and Mark Williams: Designing Regulatory Frameworks for Developing Countries