TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Electronic Communications are more than ever a central aspect of our personal and professional lives. Economic and social activities alike have come to rely on telecommunications services and the relevant infrastructure. In economic terms, the telecoms sector is one of Europe’s most important, with annual turnover of around €290 billion, and amounting around 4% of the jobs in the Union. Liberalisation in the telecoms sector in the EU has brought significant benefits for consumers.

Nonetheless, the rapid expansion of the electronic communications sector means the birth of new legal issues and the advancement of the regulatory framework. Whatever your role in electronic communications, your success depends on how well you manage risks that abound in changing regulatory and compliance matters, and how you structure alliances and acquisitions, deal with new business models and protect your intellectual property.

Our legal services cover the following range of issues in the Electronic Communications sector:

• Regulatory matters, including disputes and all aspects of licensing, authorizations and permits to provide electronic communications services
• Mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence, purchase and sale agreements, registration statements and offering memoranda, international joint venture and teaming agreements
• Disputes, including settlement negotiations for matters related to commercial contracts, regulatory issues, fraud, corporate governance and compliance and investigations
• Competition issues, including preparation of analyses on the requirements and risks in current and potential markets and ways to deal with them
• Data protection, including the process call interception, encryption online, itemized billing and storage of traffic data
• Rights of use, including numbering, frequencies and Internet addresses
• Commercial contracts, including counsel and assistance in negotiating contracts related to network build, mobile virtual network operations, outsourcing, equipment and software supply and service provision
• Access and interconnection issues
• Users rights and universal service obligations, including such issues as quality of service, obligation to contract, directory services and regulation of retail tariff issues.

Read our Information Paper on Electronic Communications for a brief overview of the legislative framework.

Contact us at telecoms@antoniou.com.cy to discuss your legal needs.