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Voice over the Internet: Inter-carrier Compensation Issues Create Challenges for US In-house Lawyers
This article discusses regulatory issues in the USA surrounding how telecommunications carriers compensate each other for terminating voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) calls. Because VoIP calls originate on a software...Read more
Ted Price
Associate General Counsel, Level 3 Communications, Inc., USA
Telecommunication Concessions and Licenses in the Dominican Republic
As the world becomes more globalized, the need to expand, to explore new horizons becomes inevitable. Currently, consumers are more aware of new products, latest technologies, gadgets, business... Consumers are...Read more
Estíbaliz Diez
Director Legal & Regulatory, Onemax, Dominican Republic
Standards & Patents: The Increased Interplay Between the Two
The interplay between standards and patents has increased over the last few years. Standards development organizations (SDOs) are continuing to promulgate new common specifications. Patent owners are trying to develop...Read more
Jim Harlan
Senior Attorney, Research In Motion, USA
Hope Shimabuku
Legal Counsel, Research In Motion, USA
Pay-TV Piracy in Europe and Why Media Piracy is Still a Serious Problem, Growing Throughout the World
Precedent in Belgium: For the first time a court sentenced Pay-TV pirates to severe imprisonment and heavy fines – Sky Deutschland will receive over 2 million Euros in damages. A...Read more
Christine Maury-Panis
EVP, General Counsel and Public Affairs, Viaccess S.A, France
What does the Review of the New Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Really Reveal?
For almost fifteen years I have been working as a lawyer in the telecoms industry, focussing among other things on telecoms regulation, both the sector specific regulation as well as...Read more
Alice Selby
Senior Manager of Regulation, Data Privacy Officer, T-Mobile Czech Republic a. s., Czech Republic
How an Internet Portal Company Complies with the new 'Personal Data Protection Act' in Taiwan
With the rapid growth of internet access, collection, process and utilization of personal data, internet companies have become a controversial issue for individuals, multinational companies and even governments around the...Read more
Jessica Pong
Legal Manager, Yamedia, Taiwan
Overview of Ofcom's Recent Decision Requiring Sky to Wholesale its Premium Sports Channels to Competing Retail Operators in the UK
On 31 March 2010, Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, issued a Statement, requiring BSkyB Limited (‘Sky’) to wholesale certain of its premium sports channels to competing operators in the UK...Read more
Ciaran Walker
Senior Competition Counsel, Bt, UK
Patent Reform: How do we cross the finish line?
Over the last several years, widespread abuse of patent litigation has imposed a severe tax on domestic and international companies. A disproportionate amount of this tax is born by high...Read more
Jeremiah Chan
Legal Director, Google Inc., USA
Matt Fawcett
Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary, Network Appliance Inc, USA
Navigating the Turbulent Seas of 21st Century Markets in a 20th Century Boat: How to Keep the Winds of Regulation from Creating a Perfect Storm.
If regulation is the raison d’être of the regulatory counsel, then positive regulatory change is its joie de vivre. In fact, deregulation to a regulatory counsel is somewhat like a...Read more
Harisha Bastiampillai
Senior Attorney, Tata Communications International Pte, USA
Open Telecom Standardization - How to work with patents - From patent prosecutors to intellectual asset strategists
The way the telecom industry works and has worked with patents traditionally is through open standards. An open standard is characterized in that it is open for anyone (i.e. any...Read more
Christian Arkelius
European Patent Attorney, Ericsson, Sweden