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Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media 2014 Edition Telecoms and Media An overview of regulation in 43 jurisdictions worldwide 2014 Contributing editors: Laurent Garzaniti and Natasha Good Published by Getting the Deal Through in association with: Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro APTS – Alves Pereira & Teixeira de Sousa, RL AVM Advogados Barretto Ferreira e Brancher Sociedade de Advogados (BKBG) BBH, advokátní kancelárˇ, s.r.o. Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah Carey Coulson Harney Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska Attorneys at Law Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov Drew & Napier LLC ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law ENSafrica Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Gilbert + Tobin Greenberg Traurig, SC Hayabusa Asuka Law Offices Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill Lenz & Staehelin Matheson MJM Barristers & Attorneys Mkono & Co Advocates Nikolinakos-Lardas Law Firm Rajah & Tann LLP Seth Dua & Associates Streamsowers & Köhn Tark Grunte Sutkiene Vasil Kisil & Partners Webb Henderson Wierzbowski Eversheds Wiltshire & Grannis LLP YangMing Partners CONTENTS Telecoms and Media 2014 Overview 3 Bulgaria 54 Laurent Garzaniti, Natasha Good and Violetta Kunze and Milka Ivanova Contributing editors: Hein Hobbelen Djingov, Gouginski, Kyutchukov & Velichkov Laurent Garzaniti and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Natasha Good Canada 62 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Network Sharing 6 Laurence J E Dunbar, Leslie J Milton, Malcolm Webb Scott M Prescott and Stephen P Whitehead Webb Henderson Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the fully revised and updated fifteenth edition Convergence in the US Chile 69 edition of Telecoms and Media, a volume Telecommunications and Media Alfonso Silva Cubillos and in our series of annual reports that provide Industry: Legal Considerations 10 Eduardo Martin Cuadrado international analysis in key areas of law and John Nakahata and Michael Nilsson Carey policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal Wiltshire & Grannis LLP practitioners and business people. China 77 Following the format adopted throughout the Acknowledgements for Verifying Content 14 Chuan Sun, Victoria White and series, the same key questions are answered Annalisa Heger by leading practitioners in each of the 43 Angola 15 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer jurisdictions featured. This year’s edition also benefits from an expanded overview António Vicente Marques section, with two new chapters covering AVM Advogados Czech Republic 86 Network Sharing, and Convergence in the US Petr Prouza, Lukas Marek and Telecommunications and Media Industry. Australia 21 Radim Kotrba BBH, advokátní kancelárˇ, s.r.o. Simon Muys, Peter Waters and Every effort has been made to ensure that Adelina Widjaja matters of concern to readers are covered. Gilbert + Tobin European Union 92 However, specific legal advice should always be sought from experienced local advisers. Getting Laurent Garzaniti, Thomas Janssens, Hein the Deal Through publications are updated Austria 29 Hobbelen and Alexia Burckett St Laurent Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP annually in print. Please ensure you are referring Bertram Burtscher and Gernot Fritz to the latest print edition or to the online version Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP at www.GettingTheDealThrough.com. France 103 Belgium 35 Jérôme Philippe and Aude-Charlotte Guyon Getting the Deal Through gratefully Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP acknowledges the efforts of all the contributors Laurent Garzaniti, Hein Hobbelen and to this volume, who were chosen for their Anneleen Straetemans recognised expertise. Once again, regulatory Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Germany 110 agencies have assisted us in the verification Norbert Nolte, Sibylle Gering and of the factual information relating to their Bermuda 43 Christoph Werkmeister jurisdiction and we acknowledge their Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Timothy Frith cooperation on page 14. We would also MJM Barristers & Attorneys like to extend special thanks to contributing Ghana 117 editors Laurent Garzaniti and Natasha Good of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP for their Brazil 49 Josiah Kojo Ankoma-Sey and Susan-Barbara Adjorkor Kumapley assistance with this volume. Ricardo Barretto Ferreira and Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah Paulo Brancher Getting the Deal Through Barretto Ferreira e Brancher Sociedade de London Advogados (BKBG) March 2014 Publisher The information provided in this publication is Gideon Roberton general and may not apply in a specific situation. [email protected] Legal advice should always be sought before taking any legal action based on the information Subscriptions provided. This information is not intended to Rachel Nurse create, nor does receipt of it constitute, a lawyer– [email protected] client relationship. The publishers and authors Published by accept no responsibility for any acts or omissions Business development managers Law Business Research Ltd contained herein. Although the information George Ingledew 87 Lancaster Road provided is accurate as of March 2014, be advised [email protected] London, W11 1QQ, UK that this is a developing area. Tel: +44 20 7908 1188 Alan Lee Fax: +44 20 7229 6910 Printed and distributed by [email protected] © Law Business Research Ltd 2014 Encompass Print Solutions No photocopying: copyright licences do not apply. Tel: 0844 2480 112 Dan White First published 2010 [email protected] Fifteenth edition Previously published as: Telecoms (2000–2009) ISSN 1471-0447 www.gettingthedealthrough.com 1 CONTENTS Greece 123 Malaysia 189 Singapore 248 Dina Th Kouvelou and Nikos Th Nikolinakos Adlin Abdul Majid and Mae Lee Kah Ching Chong Kin Lim, Charmian Aw and Nikolinakos-Lardas Law Firm Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill Shawn Ting Drew & Napier LLC Hong Kong 129 Mexico 196 Chuan Sun, Victoria White and Bertha Alicia Ordaz-Avilés and South Africa 261 Annalisa Heger Octavio Lecona-Morales Zaid Gardner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Greenberg Traurig, SC ENSafrica India 137 Myanmar 203 Switzerland 267 Atul Dua, Salman Waris and Arjun Uppal Chester Toh, Alroy Chan and Daryl Larry Marcel Meinhardt, Astrid Waser and Seth Dua & Associates Sim Michael Cabalzar Rajah & Tann LLP Lenz & Staehelin Indonesia 145 Agus Ahadi Deradjat, Kevin Omar Sidharta Netherlands 208 Taiwan 273 and Serafina Muryanti Onno Brouwer, Winfred Knibbeler and Robert C Lee and Lawrence Liao Ali Budiardjo, Nugroho, Reksodiputro Nima Lorjé YangMing Partners Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Ireland 153 Tanzania 278 Helen Kelly and Claire Morgan New Zealand 214 Kamanga Wilbert Kapinga and Matheson Malcolm Webb and Anisa Purbasari Nimrod Mkono Webb Henderson Mkono & Co Advocates Italy 159 Tommaso Salonico and Luca Ulissi Nigeria 220 Turkey 283 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Tamuno Atekebo, Otome Okolo and Gönenç Gürkaynak and I˙lay Yılmaz Chukwuyere E Izuogu ELIG, Attorneys-at-Law Streamsowers & Köhn Japan 168 Nao Tsuchiya Ukraine 289 Hayabusa Asuka Law Offices Poland 227 Anna Babych and Oksana Krasnokutska Arwid Mednis Vasil Kisil & Partners Wierzbowski Eversheds Kenya 173 Richard Harney and Terry Otaba United Kingdom 295 Coulson Harney Portugal 234 Rod Carlton, Mark Sansom, Francesco Belén Granados, Daniel Bobos-Radu and Leonetti and Thomas Cooling Sofia Lima Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Lithuania 179 APTS – Alves Pereira & Teixeira de Sousa, RL Indre˙ Burbulyte˙ Tark Grunte Sutkiene United States 308 Russia 242 John Nakahata, Kent Bressie and Igor Gerber and Andrey Filippenko Paul Margie Macedonia 185 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Wiltshire & Grannis LLP Elena Miceva and Dragan Dameski Debarliev, Dameski & Kelesoska Attorneys at Law 2 Getting the Deal Through – Telecoms and Media 2014 MJM Barristers & Attorneys BERMUDA Bermuda Timothy Frith MJM Barristers & Attorneys Communications policy The Electronic Communications Act 2011 was brought into force on 28 January 2013. 1 Regulatory and institutional structure The Electronic Communications Act 2011 has introduced the Summarise the regulatory framework for the communications sector. concept of an integrated communications operating licence (ICOL) Do any foreign ownership restrictions apply to communications as the regulatory cornerstone of the reforms. The grant of the licence services? is overseen by the Regulatory Authority, a body responsible for licens- The regulatory and institutional framework for the telecommunica- ing and the creation and implementation of regulations to effect gov- tions industry in Bermuda has been recently reformed to make it fit ernment telecommunications policy from the Minister of Education for purpose ensuring that Bermuda has the reliable and affordable and Economic Development. The Electronic Communications Act access to electronic communications systems necessary for Bermuda 2011 provides the primary and enabling provisions regulating elec- to compete effectively in the international business and tourism tronic communications services and networks, while television and markets. radio broadcasting remain regulated by the Telecommunications Act Under the previous Telecommunications Act 1986 the regula- 1986, the Broadcasting Commissioner’s Act 1953 and associated reg- tory function in Bermuda for telecommunications and broadcasting ulations made pursuant to their specific enabling provisions. had been performed by four separate bodies: The Regulatory Authority itself was established pursuant to the • the minister with responsibility for telecommunications (the Regulatory Authority Act 2011, which
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