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Telecom Antitrust Handbook 3rd Edition ISBN 9781641054270

The Telecom Antitrust Handbook, Third Edition provides a comprehensive analysis of how antitrust laws and principles apply to the telecommunications industry, including wireline and wireless services, broadband access, and video programming distribution. Designed for telecom and antitrust counsel, the book offers practical guidance for evaluating the complex competitive issues that arise across these markets.

The handbook begins by exploring the economic foundations of communications networks, highlighting the unique challenges these structures pose for antitrust analysis (Chapter I). It then examines the historical landscape of regulation and monopolization within the industry (Chapter II), followed by in-depth discussions of restraints of trade (Chapter III), joint ventures (Chapter IV), mergers (Chapter V), and immunity considerations (Chapter VI). The book concludes with an overview of consumer protection issues (Chapter VII), including the evolving regulatory framework surrounding consumer privacy.

By combining economic, legal, and regulatory perspectives, this edition equips practitioners with the tools needed to navigate the distinctive antitrust challenges in the rapidly evolving telecom sector.

Telecom Antitrust Handbook 3rd Edition ISBN 9781641054270, 978-1641054270 & 9781641054287