Telecommunications
Telecommunications is the critical infrastructure for digitalisation. We are the leading legal advisor in both sectors.
Noerr advises national and international network operators who are ushering in the gigabit age with fibre optics, 5G and satellite. We assist you with major network expansion projects, international collaborations and new upstream and end customer offerings. We advise providers of innovative “over-the-top” (OTT) business models that are driving digitalisation.
Our clients benefit from our many years of experience as market leaders in devising legal instruments and spearheading the latest issues and trends. We offer the full range of advisory services, ranging from regulatory issues to contracts and transactions, from a single source.
Our services
Infrastructure
Regulatory
Transactions and joint ventures
B2B
B2C
Online collaboration services
TV
Selected projects
- Deutsche Telekom
Advising on restructuring a 30-year contract to provide over 30,000 mobile sites for T-Mobile; the contract is the main subject of the sale of 51% of GD Towers to Brookfield and Digital Bridge and is valued at €17.5 billion; advising on IFM Investors’ investment in GlasfaserPlus GmbH, a joint venture to establish over four million fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections, and the formation of a joint venture between Glasfaser NordWest and EWE AG to establish 1.5 million FTTH connections; advising on regulatory issues, in particular market and access regulation, tariff regulation (such as TAL, KvZ-AP and L2-BSA) and standard agreement procedures (such as TAL, L2-BSA and IP-BSA) - Deutsche Telekom
Advising on setting up a joint venture to build and operate four million fibre-optic lines as well as on a joint venture agreement on an investment in fibre infrastructure with EWE AG - Major international satellite network operator
Providing extensive regulatory and contract-related advice, also covering frequency proceedings before the German Federal Network Agency; advising on IT security and operators’ obligations in connection with public safety - SES Astra
Advising on developing and expanding the HD+ platform for HD television via satellite and OTT - Inmarsat
Advising the satellite service provider on regulatory requirements and compliance for innovative online collaboration and cloud services - GEMA and other collecting societies
Advising on negotiating and enforcing cable retransmission royalties - Microsoft and other leading tech companies
Advising on regulatory requirements and compliance for innovative online collaboration and cloud services
“Leading role in the TC sector.”
JUVE, 2021/22“The team [...] has longstanding experience in related mandates, which, in addition to the telecommunications law expertise, also draws on the knowledge of the full-service firm’s other practices.”
Legal 500, 2021/22Related topics
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