Vertical integration the industrial logic for M&A: Vivendi / SFR and Comcast / NBC Universal
My eye was caught last night by a story in the Financial Times this morning reporting analyst speculation that in the wake of the approvals of …
Mobile
Financial technology, cloud, mobile data and social networking will drive deals and valuation multiples in technology sector
As a new blogger, site statistics are a source of endless fascination. They are however useful – my post on TMT valuation multiples seems to …
Cambridge Wireless Mobile Broadband Special Interest Group meeting 20 January 2011
Whilst it is very tempting to blog about the new government’s reconsideration of the Bribery Act announced yesterday (and if you are not aware of this, …
Ofcom opens investigation into sharp practices in the international calling card market
Have you ever used an international calling card? If you have, perhaps it was at a time when you didn’t have a fixed address, or …
UK seeks views on principles of economic regulation
On 7 January the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a ‘call for evidence’ relating to principles of economic regulation. As those who …
Uncertainty for UK spectrum auctions as refarming permitted
Ofcom permits 2G spectrum refarming Ofcom yesterday varied the spectrum licences of the UK’s three 2G spectrum licensees (EverythingEverywhere (JV between Orange and T-Mobile), Vodafone and O2) to permit them to use …
And the killer application for 2011 is …
I’m very excited to have had my first re-tweet, so today’s post develops the thought further. The retweet was of an economist article which, in …
Broadband aid (do they know it’s Christmas)
Re-reading yesterday’s post, I hope it wasn’t too close to a law firm client update – that is not being the point of this blog. …
(Digital and mobile) money, money, money
Trying to write an interesting blog about the intersection of law, policy and regulation with telecoms and technology is somewhat challenging. Three posts in and I …
Key telecoms regulatory issues for 2011 (do too many connectives watch star trek?)
With my first post done, I thought it best to try and provide a little substantive content. Two years ago, I spent some time interviewing …