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ICLG The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Telecoms, Media & Internet Laws & Regulations 2018 11th Edition A practical cross-border insight into telecoms, media and internet laws and regulations Published by Global Legal Group, with contributions from: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Mobile Ecosystem Forum Ashurst Hong Kong Monereo Meyer Marinel-lo Abogados Azmi & Associates Mori Hamada & Matsumoto Bagus Enrico & Partners Nikolinakos – Lardas & Partners LLP Borenius Attorneys Ltd OrionW LLC Cairn Legal Pinsent Masons Germany LLP Concern Dialog law firm Portolano Cavallo Cuatrecasas Preiskel & Co LLP de la cruz beranek Attorneys at Law Ltd. Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés – Advogados Jeantet SEUM Law Jingtian & Gongcheng Shay & Partners Josh and Mak International Tilleke & Gibbins Kromann Reumert Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie Melnitsky & Zakharov, Attorneys-at-Law Wildgen S.A. MinterEllison Wiley Rein LLP The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Telecoms, Media & Internet Laws & Regulations 2018 General Chapters: 1 Europe’s Digital Single Market: Mid-Term Review – Rob Bratby, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP 1 2 A Regulatory Re-Think? – Tim Cowen & Daniel Preiskel, Preiskel & Co LLP 7 3 Consumer Trust, Regulation and the Mobile Opportunity – Rimma Perelmuter, Mobile Ecosystem Forum 10 Contributing Editor Rob Bratby, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Country Question and Answer Chapters: Sales Director 4 Armenia Concern Dialog law firm: Aram Orbelyan & Vahagn Grigoryan 13 Florjan Osmani 5 Australia MinterEllison: Anthony Borgese 21 Account Director Oliver Smith 6 Belgium Cairn Legal: Guillaume Rue & Frédéric Paque 31 Sales Support Manager 7 China Jingtian & Gongcheng: Chen Jinjin & Hu Ke 40 Toni Hayward Sub Editor 8 Denmark Kromann Reumert: Torben Waage & Alexander Ph. D. 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It does not purport to provide comprehensive full legal or other advice. Global Legal Group Ltd. and the contributors accept no responsibility for losses that may arise from reliance upon information contained in this publication. This publication is intended to give an indication of legal issues upon which you may need advice. Full legal advice should be taken from a qualified professional when dealing with specific situations. WWW.ICLG.COM EDITORIAL Welcome to the eleventh edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Telecoms, Media & Internet Laws & Regulations. This guide provides the international practitioner and in-house counsel with a comprehensive worldwide legal analysis of telecoms, media and internet laws and regulations. It is divided into two main sections: Three general chapters. These chapters provide readers with an overview of key issues affecting telecoms, media and internet laws and regulations, particularly from the perspective of a multi-jurisdictional transaction. Country question and answer chapters. These provide a broad overview of common issues in telecoms, media and internet laws and regulations in 29 jurisdictions. All chapters are written by leading telecoms, media and internet lawyers and industry specialists and we are extremely grateful for their excellent contributions. Special thanks are reserved for the contributing editor Rob Bratby of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP for his invaluable assistance. Global Legal Group hopes that you find this guide practical and interesting. The International Comparative Legal Guide series is also available online at www.iclg.com. Alan Falach LL.M. Group Consulting Editor Global Legal Group [email protected] Chapter 1 Europe’s Digital Single Market: Mid-Term Review Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Rob Bratby of fair use policy and on the methodology for assessing the Introduction and Summary sustainability of the abolition of retail roaming surcharges and on the application to be submitted by a roaming provider On 10 May 2017, the European Commission published its mid-term for the purposes of that assessment. review of the implementation of Europe’s Digital Single Market The legislative process started back in 2007, with a ‘Eurotariff’ strategy. Launched in 2015, the ambitious digital single market that capped intra-EU roaming charges for mobile calls. This was strategy covers 16 actions under the three pillars: progressively extended to texts and data and the caps steadily (1) improving access to digital goods and services for consumers reduced to get to today’s position. The measures were challenged and businesses across Europe; by industry, including by way of reference to the European Court of (2) creating the right conditions and a level playing field for Justice (Case C-58/08) on the basis that the rules had no adequate digital networks and innovative services to flourish; and legal basis, were disproportionate and offended the principle of (3) maximising the growth potential of the digital economy. subsidiary. The ECJ dismissed all these bases of challenge. However, despite a lot of activity, the Commission was only able In order to address (to some extent) industry concerns, retail price to highlight one actual delivered improvement in its review – the control was complemented by more limited regulatory intervention abolition of retail roaming charges – although it looks forward to in the wholesale roaming market in Europe. However, there remains the imminent implementation of cross-border content portability in ongoing concern amongst smaller operators that they will be unduly early 2018 and the expected approval of a proposal to address squeezed. unjustified geo-blocking. However, between the initiatives already being progressed and three new focus areas of (1) building the data economy, (2) cybersecurity, ‘Watch Like at Home?’: Europe Adopts and (3) regulation of online platforms, the strategy seems likely to Online Content Portability Rules result in significant legislative change in Europe over the medium term – not least as the Commission have identified 35 proposals On 8 June 2017, The European Council adopted the Regulation on relating the Digital Single Market to date – summarised in the table cross-border portability of online content services. The regulation at the end of this article. will allow consumers who have paid for online content services in their home country to access those services when visiting another The rest of this article addresses the three imminent results of the country within the EU. Alongside the ‘roam like at home’ rules digital single market: roam like at home, watch like at home and discussed above, the regulation forms part of the European Digital abolition of unjustified geo-blocking then finishes with a summary Single market strategy. The regulation will come into effect in the of the DSM proposals to build Europe’s data economy. first quarter of 2018. ‘Roam Like at Home’ – Abolition of Retail Deemed place of performance of otherwise restricted acts Roaming Charges Content is traditionally distributed and exploited on a territorial basis, From 15 June 2017, European mobile subscribers have been underpinned by