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. 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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