Preiskel & Co is proud to announce the winner and runners up of the QMC Preiskel IT/IP Essay Competition 2015. The winner of the annual Essay Competition was Giovanna Louise Bodin De Saint-Ange Comnene Carloni with her essay on the new Brazilian data protection regime. The runners-up prizes were won by Marta Loubet, Inna Poliakova, and Ningxin…
The EU Commission announced yesterday that it is sending a statement of objections to six TV studios and Sky UK over PayTV restrictions. Tim Cowen was quoted in Bloomberg’s report on the subject. Click here to access the European Commission’s press release. The Statement of Objections follows a long line of cases about the lawfulness of…
Daniel Preiskel has been chosen again to be a judge at the prestigious Global Carrier Awards at Capacity Europe. This year Capacity Europe is being held in Paris with the Global Carrier Awards evening taking place on 3rd November 2015.
http://www.capacitymagazine.com/Awards-Judges.html
Daniel Preiskel is speaking today at a UKTI roundtable with a number of leading telecoms experts led by Mónica Aspe Bernal, Undersecretary of Communications of Mexico
Bloomberg news quotes Preiskel & Co’s Tim Cowen in its assessment of the Numericable bid for French Mobile Operator Bouygues and in particular the regulatory remedies being advanced. The full article and links are set out below http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-23/drahi-may-need-to-leave-room-for-a-rival-in-bouygues-deal-probe Billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Numericable-SFR may have to leave room for a new rival in order to obtain…
Daniel Preiskel spoke on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality at the Lexing® network conference on “Robots : évolution ou revolution“ in Paris on June 11. The presentations from the Lexing international member firms (www.lexing.eu), of which Preiskel & Co is the UK member, highlighted emerging legal issues within robotics, including drones, smart cars, artificial intelligence and industry…
High Velocity Businesses are disruptors – they are lean, challengers that are serving and delighting customers in new ways. They use technology to create innovative new solutions and unlock new value. They have established themselves as ‘ones to watch’. But to grow they need to become global – and that means a whole new range…
Daniel Preiskel spoke on MVNO issues at the IIR Telecoms Law & Regulation Conference held at the Radisson Hotel in London on 27 & 28 May. The talk highlighted a range of concerns faced by MVNOs, MVNEs and MVNAs with the potential mega mergers in the UK of BT/EE and 3UK/O2 as well as the complexity…
Preiskel & Co was pleased to have advised the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) on their telecoms strategic review together with leading telecoms consultancy Cartesian. FIG engaged Cartesian and Preiskel to conduct the strategic review of the telecoms infrastructure and services in the Falkland Islands, following a successful tendering process in 2014, with the goal of…
The UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 is set to come into force on 1 October 2015, bringing changes to domestic competition law and increasing the remit of the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT). Victims of anti-competitive practices will be able to bring standalone damages claims in the CAT. The limitation period for bringing follow-on-proceedings in the…
