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I attended a seminar on the future of spectrum this morning. I thought there were a few interesting points, with international elements, that would be worth sharing:

1. As consumers use more and more data on their mobile devices lack of capacity is increasingly becoming an issue, even with the…
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by Eamon Holley, Senior Legal Consultant, DLA Piper (Dubai)

How can something infinite still be a scarce resource?  In telecoms that’s exactly what numbers are considered, and they are managed carefully by regulators and operators alike.  And with the advent of many more new communications services, this regulation and management is becoming ever more complex and necessary.Continue Reading Telephone Numbers – An infinitely available scarce resource

The European Commission’s claim that this weeks proposed new telecoms regulation constitutes “the most ambitious plan in 26 years of telecoms market reform” is preposterous. That honour must belong to the set of new directives in 2002 which transformed the structure of telecoms regulation and facilitated competition throughout Europe.

Instead…
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