Telecommunications
Our telecommunications team has substantial experience and expertise in telecommunications transactions in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.
We regularly advise on telecommunications regulatory issues, access issues, wholesale and retail procurement arrangements. We have particular expertise in ownership and control, and structural and behavioural regulation of the converged media and telecommunications industries.
A distinguishing feature of our telecommunications team is that our specialists are based across both Australia and Asia, giving our team members an in-depth understanding of both the Australian and the Asia-Pacific telecommunications industries and regulatory environments. Also, the integration of our intellectual property group with our patent and trade marks attorneys allows us to offer our clients a streamlined approach to communication and intellectual property issues, which often arise together.
A track record hard to match
We have acted for participants in every sector of the telecommunications industry. We represented the Overseas Telecommunications Commission for more than 25 years prior to its merger with Telstra, and since that time we have continued to act for carriers, resellers, international and local service providers, internet service providers, telecommunications equipment suppliers and large corporate and government users of telecommunications services.
We have expertise in all areas including:
- third generation telephony
- ownership and licensing regulatory regimes
- satellite licensing agreements
- mergers & acquisitions
- strategic alliances
- private debt and equity capital raising
- public floats
- dealing with ACCC and ACMA
- facilities and services access regulation
- procurement and outsourcing
- number portability
- access arbitrations
- content acquisition and IP rights clearance
