Product Description

The telecommunications industry has undergone fundamental change in structure, from that of monopoly to one of competition. Advances in technology have resulted in convergence with other industries with separate regulation resulting in the need for consolidation. Much of the laws and regulations examined in this second edition of Telecommunications Law are concerned with this process of change and regulating for competition. Telecommunications Law and Regulation is fully updated and contains new chapters on Sources of Law, Technology and Terminology, Intellectual Property Issues and Content Regulation, including broadcasting, internet and premium rate services. It is written by many of the leading experts and practitioners in the field, and offers a thorough survey of the law and regulatory structures relating to telecommunications. This book is a highly accessible and thought-provoking book for postgraduate study. It is also essential reading for legal practitioners involved in the communications industry and of interest to management consultants, bankers and accountants who will need to be aware of the legal implications of this fast changing area.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1790502 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 778 pages

Review
`Every telecoms professional should have access to the rich vein of information contained in its 730 pages...this book will provide the answers in an easily understood and very readable format...an amazingly comprehensive review of all aspects of telecoms law...bang up-to-date...essential reading for ICT managers and consultants.' David Harrington, Regulatory Affairs Forum, CMA

`If, like me, you are in a market for a bang up-to-date book on telecommunications law, then you will be delighted to hear that the second edition of Ian Walden and John Angel's Telecommunications Law and Regulation is now on the shelves.' New Law Journal

`This book is an essential purchase for telecommunications and communications lawyers, including practitioners, academics and students... the second edition reads much better than the first. Overall this is an excellent book' New Law Journal

`Review from previous edition ...a comprehensive work dealing with virtually all aspects of telecommunications law and regulation in Europe and particularly in the United Kingdom. ...it perfectly serves practitioners as a reference work and source of understanding. ...serves as a very competent and up-to-date source of information to telecommunications lawyers and representatives of the telecommunication industry throughout the world.' CTLR : The Journal of E-Commerce, Technology and Communications, Vol. 8, Issue 4, May 2002

`This book, which has its genesis in the University of London's telecommunications LLM course, makes a notoriously difficult area of the law accessible to all, without sacrificing the depth of analysis that is required by practitioners and serious academics...On any analysis, this book is an essential purchase for telecommunications and communications lawyers, including practitioners, academics and students...the second edition reads much better than the first, giving the feel of a more homogenised work. Overall, this is an excellent book.' Stewart Room (Rowe Cohen Solicitors), New Law Journal

About the Author

Dr. Ian Walden is Reader in Information and Communications Law and Head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. He has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, UNCTAD and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, as well as for a number of individual states. In 1995-96, Ian was seconded to the European Commission, as a National Expert in electronic commerce law, and he is a member of the Legal Advisory Board to the Information Society Directorate-General of the European Commission. Ian is a consultant to the global law firm Baker & McKenzie and is a Public Interest Board Member of the Internet Watch Foundation. John Angel is a solicitor and formerly head of Online Legal Services at Clifford Chance and is now a consultant with Jomati. He is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Computer and Communications Law Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.