The Telecommunications Group at Olswang comprises lawyers specialising in both regulatory and transactional matters with deep, long-standing involvement with the industry since its opening up to competition in the UK and the rest of Europe in the 1980s. Olswang's expertise in this sector extends across all the networks and platforms - fixed, mobile and other wireless applications, and the Internet. Olswang's skill base also includes such related and complementary areas as corporate/M&A, information technology, intellectual property, data privacy/protection, e-commerce, anti-trust and dispute resolution/litigation.
In the wireless field Olswang has been at the forefront, advising bidders in all three spectrum auctions to date, acting for mobile network operators and fixed wireless access providers. We advise investors in new wireless ventures and on all radiocommunications regulatory aspects, as well as dealing with commercial transactions for clients at a wholesale and retail level.
Olswang's telecommunication lawyers consistently feature in the law directories as leaders in their field. For example the 2005 edition of Who's Who Legal described practice head Colin Long as "the Godfather" of the field and praised for "his ability to come up with inventive solutions", whilst Natasha Hobday appeared in the same publication as a rising star.
