EU's Increased Telecom M&A Prompts Regulatory Questions

Law360, New York (June 15, 2015, 11:13 AM EDT) -- Mergers and acquisitions activity in the telecommunications and technology sectors is running at levels not seen since the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. Much of the optimism stems from the rise of new communications services, such as, among others, Communications as a Service ("CaaS"), voice over IP ("VoIP"), Virtual Private Networks ("VPN"), cloud computing, audio and video conferencing, Over the Top ("OTT") and Content Delivery Network ("CDN") services. The common feature of these services is the transmission of data to and from the customer and the service provider. This gives rise to the question of whether these new services are subject to telecommunications regulations and, if so, the regulatory requirements with which providers must comply....

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