Telecommunications Law and Regulation

Second Edition

Edited by Ian Walden and John Angel

• '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

• The recent consolidation of regulators in the UK makes this a very timely publication, providing practitioners with an extremely thorough survey of the law and regulatory structures related to telecommunications
• Written by many of the leading experts and practitioners in the field, it is a reliable source of reference for practitioners and academics alike
• Covering UK, EU, US and other international systems, it offers a comparative and rounded overview of the global telecommunications industry and its regulation
• This second edition is fully updated, and contains new chapters on 'Sources of Law', 'Technology, Terminology and Market Structure', 'Intellectual Property Issues', and 'Content Regulation', including broadcasting, internet and premium rate services
• The coverage of emerging markets is much expanded with an extensive new chapter on regulatory frameworks for developing countries

• A chapter on Technology, Terminology and Market Structure has been added in order to ensure readers have a clear understanding of these matters when reading the rest of the book
  
• There is a new chapter on Telecommunications, Standards and IP Issues as this was missing from the first edition and is an important component of the area
• A chapter on Content Regulation has replaced 'Regulatory Convergence: The Impact of Broadcasting and Other Laws' because part of the latter has already taken place and is covered in other chapters, and there is now a need to cover content regulation in its own right and not just in relation to convergence
  

Edited by Ian Walden, Consultant to Baker & McKenzie, and Head of the Institute for Computer and Communications Law, Queen Mary, University of London and
John Angel, Consultant to Jomati Ltd, and Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Commercial Law Studies,, Queen Mary, University of London