Telecoms & Broadcasting
Our integrated team of lawyers advise businesses involved in telecommunications and broadcasting services. They have advised clients ranging from domestic and international suppliers through to major financial institutions and users. The Optim Telecommunications and Broadband team provides strategic advice on legal, regulatory and licensing issues surrounding the provision of telecommunications services and broadband infrastructure.
Transactions and agreements
Our Telecommunications lawyers have extensive experience advising on:
- joint ventures relating to fixed, mobile and satellite communications
- consortium agreements for joint licence bidding activities; public tenders, vendor financing, sale and leaseback structures and receivables financing
- communications infrastructure projects
- equipment procurement arrangements
- commercial arrangements for mobile operators including infrastructure sharing arrangements; network build agreements
- outsourcing and facilities management agreements
- regulatory advice and on-going compliance matters
Telecommunications law
Members of our team have assisted clients with:
- negotiating and arbitrating interconnection agreements
- the resolution of inter-carrier disputes
- negotiating contracts for network services
- access charge pricing and rules and universal service funding
- gaining approval of major mergers (and also opposed mergers on behalf of affected clients)
- dispute resolution and litigation regarding compliance with Communications and Media Authority regulations
- certification and tariffing requirements for facilities based carriers and resellers
- regulatory due diligence on an array of transactions
- approval requirements for mergers and acquisitions involving telecommunications entities
Broadband infrastructure
The Government has announced it will establish a new company that will invest up to $43 billion over eight years to build and operate a National Broadband Network delivering superfast broadband to Australian homes and workplaces.
A series of legislative changes will take place that will govern the national broadband network company and facilitate the rollout of FTTP networks, including requiring use of fibre optic technology in future greenfield developments.
Our team uses their knowledge of broadband technologies and marketplace realities to provide clients with the strategic advice on broadband related projects ranging from complex inter-company deals to more straightforward projects requiring only basic program monitoring and
