Tag: Telecommunications
Injecting Competition in Broadcasting through MCMO Regulations: Some Recommendations for Mexico
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Martin Cave, Alexander Elbittar, Ernesto Flores-Roux, Elisa Mariscal, Feb 26, 2014
The new telecommunications...
H3G/Orange Austria – Mobile consolidation and regulatory reaction
Antonio Bavasso, Dominic Long, Dec 20, 2012
In this moth’s Europe column, Antonio Bavasso and Dominic Long (Allen & Overy LLP) discuss the EU Commission’s...
The FCC’s Unstructured Role in Transactions
Larry Downes, Geoffrey Manne, Oct 15, 2012
Some of the most significant transactions singled out recently for intensive federal review involve the communications industry. These...
Network Neutrality & Antitrust
Kevin Coates, Mar 30, 2012
The concern underlying the network neutrality debate is that owners of consumer broadband data networks-initially wired networks, but now also...
Traffic Management: The Respective Roles of Competition Law and Regulation
Frank Maier-Rigaud, Mar 30, 2012
The internet traffic prioritization, traffic management, or network neutrality debate (however it is labeled) fundamentally centers on the question of...
Network Neutrality or Minimum Quality? Barking Up the Wrong Tree and...
Timothy Brennan, Mar 29, 2012
U.S. telecommunications regulation has long been characterized by contentious disputes. Pricing, subsidies, and legal authority to regulate have certainly been...
Solving Net Neutrality: Regulation, Antitrust, Or More Competition
Gerald Faulhaber, Mar 29, 2012
Since net neutrality first appeared in policy debates, its meaning has been less than crystal clear. Some advocates have argued...
Net Neutrality in the United States and Europe
Jan Kramer, Christof Weinhardt, Lukas Wiewiorra, Mar 29, 2012
The Net Neutrality ("NN") movement essentially believes that the traditions of the internet ecosystem should not...
DOJ’s Attempt to Block the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Places the Horizontal Merger...
Benjamin Brown, Oct 31, 2011
In the U.S. antitrust merger enforcement community, many believed that the Department of Justice ("DOJ") would sue to enjoin any...
The Future Legacy of the AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger Case
Jonathan Rubin, Oct 31, 2011
The government's challenge to the proposed acquisition of T-Mobile's U.S. wireless communications business by AT&T Mobility could leave a lasting...