Lexology Panoramic: Telecoms & Media 2025

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Our TMT team are pleased to have contributed again to the Telecoms and Media 2025 edition of Lexology's Panoramic (formerly Getting the Deal Through). We have authored the chapters for the UK, EU, Italy and the UAE, that give insights into local regulatory framework, foreign ownership restrictions and licensing requirements, providing a go-to guide for global TMT businesses.

Introduction

Covering policy and licensing, regulation of services, competition and mergers, Telecoms and Media summarises the main issues related to T&M regulation and policy in a global context.

This quick reference guide enables side-by-side comparison of local insights into local regulatory framework, foreign ownership restrictions and licensing requirements; spectrum use considerations; ex ante regulatory obligations; structural / functional separation considerations; universal service obligations; number allocation and portability; customer terms and conditions; net neutrality; platform regulation; next-generation access (NGA) networks; data protection and cybersecurity issues; big data; local storage requirements; foreign programmes and local content requirements; advertising; must-carry obligations; regulation of new media content; digital switchover; media plurality; regulatory agencies, competition law, and appeals; and recent trends.

About Panoramic

Panoramic (formerly Getting the Deal Through) is a panoramic view of how laws and regulations vary across jurisdictions from the market-leading cross-jurisdictional comparison tool, written by leading practitioners globally.

Its online research platform is used by thousands of law firms, universities, regulators, and corporate counsel at leading multinational organisations as a reliable, first port of call for any legal query worldwide.

The series now provides more than 75,000 answers in over 120 practice areas across 150 jurisdictions, 6,400 experts and two billion comparisons.

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