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Postgraduate study in Laws:

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Course outline

Telecommunications Law
Section A: The purpose and experience of telecommunications regulation
· Telecommunications law: introduction
· Evolution of telecommunications regulation: models of regulation and market structures
· Technology: a foundation
· Competition, interconnection and pricing: the economic background of telecommunications law
· Social policy and regulation: universal service, consumer protection and privacy
Section B: Telecommunications liberalization in Europe
· The European Union institutions and sources of law
· Competition law: ex ante and ex post, the tools of the regulator
· Liberalisation and harmonisation: from opening the market to full competition
· The New Framework Overview: the 2002 Directives and regulating for convergence
· Authorisation and licensing: of networks and services, spectrum and rights of way
· Access and interconnection
· Universal service
· Telecommunications privacy
Section C: Telecommunications contracts
· Access and interconnection agreements: terms and conditions, peering and transit
· Mobile agreements
· Telecommunications outsourcing contracts
· Consumer contracts and protection
Section D: Telecommunications: The International View
· United States telecommunications law and regulation
· The International Telecommunications Union and World Trade Organization: the international framework from tradition to trade
· Submarines and satellites: the international regulation of outer space and underwater cabling
· Regulatory issues in developing markets
· The Asian experience
Sequence:
Section A first. Section C only after sections A and B.
Textbook:
Ian Walden and John Angel (eds), Telecommunications Law and Regulation 2nd ed (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005),

ISBN: 9780199274475