Telecommunication Laws in Europe

(Hardback, 7th edition)

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The Seventh Edition covers the new set of EU Directives and the Electronic Communications Code, which will considerably change the legal framework for electronic communications. Essential reading for all lawyers and non-legal executives involved in telecoms, IT and media, this book will enable the reader to: - Make valuable comparative analyses with detailed coverage of EU and non-EU countries in a single, accessible source - Ensure that your companys/clients current and future activities do not conflict with the rules outlined in the 2009 EU Regulatory Package - Successfully evaluate opportunities for expansion within the European telecoms industry and potential pitfalls The 7th edition includes detailed chapters on EU Data Protection and Privacy, EU Competition Law in the Telecommunications Sector, The Law of the International Telecommunication Union and the World Trade Organisation, and Compliance and Risk Management. Countries covered: EU: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. Non EU: UK, Croatia, Macedonia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's IP and IT online service.

Reviews

It is most useful as a specialist reference work for any legal or regulatory practitioner who is exposed to international telecommunication work[There is] no doubt that this is a definitive work on this subject. -- Ralph Butler * Communications Law *
The mighty tome is a one-stop guide for lawyers and practitioners working in the telecoms industry[It] will assist any international lawyer working in the field of data protection audits, foreign data transfer, direct marketing and data warehousing, and general data privacy protection on the internetAbove all, the individual authors offer constructive and extremely useful legal terminology for each country. -- Ursula Smartt * Entertainment Law Review *
An important contribution for a better understanding of the challenges related to both liberalisation of markets for electronic communications and harmonisation, if not uniformisation, of regulatory practices in the field. -- Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon * Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology *

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Mike Conradi, DLA Piper. Christian Keogh, DLA Piper. Elizabeth Bingham, DLA Piper.