Telecommunications
Regulated markets – digital economy
The transformation in the field of telecommunications is rapid. The increasing liberalization of the telecommunications market and expanding digitalization – hardly any other industry has developed as dynamically as the telecommunications sector.
Our attorneys have actively participated in forming the developments in the last decades. They have advised our clients for many years in complex telecommunications law (TC law) matters and represent clients in all legal and regulatory issues at the national and European level. Our attorneys also know the special legal requirements in the digital economy and support companies to implement their innovative business ideas. The increasing linkage between things and processes (Big Data / Internet of Things) requires new, legally demanding concepts.
Our clients include telecommunications companies in the areas of fixed, mobile and satellite networks and service provision, internet and TV cable networks as well as digital media companies, industry associations and governmental agencies.
Our main practice areas
Advice in regulated markets, in particular in the communications and media sectors
Advice in access and tariff regulation proceedings as well as special control proceedings of anti-competitive practices in communications markets
Advice on all types of spectrum management issues, including spectrum auctions
Advice at the interface of TC law and competition law, including representation in proceedings before the Federal Cartel Office
Advice on number allocation issues and proceedings
Advice in telecommunications procurement proceedings
Advice on infrastructure projects, e.g. development of optical fiber networks
Identification and implementation of innovative business models in the digital economy
Advice on all types of TC law issues related to M2M communication, connected cars and the Internet of Things, including advice in drafting and negotiating relevant contracts
Drafting and negotiating of all types of telecommunications contracts
Advice on IT security and IT compliance issues
Advice on data protection law
Advice on TC law issues in M&A transactions
Representation of clients before the relevant public authorities as well as the national and international courts
Benefits for our clients
We offer advice from a single source at the highest level in all relevant issues related to telecommunications. You benefit from the close cooperation among the regulatory specialists in public law, the IT and data protection experts and our commercial attorneys in our various offices, always coordinated by a contact partner with many years of experience in the industry. We are highly experienced in advising on the implementation of innovative business models as a result of our start-up initiative (www.startupberater.com). We resolve cross-border issues successfully together with our partner firms for many years in the international network SCG Legal.
