Telecommunications, Foreign Investment, Regulatory Oversight

FCC Voted To Adopt New Items on Foreign Ownership Requirements and Spectrum Use in the 12.7 GHz and 42 GHz bands at Its May 22...

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/4/2025

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held its May Open Meeting on Thursday, May 22, during which it voted to adopt three items: (1) a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to require holders of certain...more

FCC Unanimously Approves Initial Phase of Team Telecom Modernization

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/1/2020

On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously approved its initial modernization of the inter-agency working group previously referred to as “Team Telecom” (the Committee). This...more

Third party payment licences in China – are they within the grasp of foreign investors?

Hogan Lovells on 8/27/2019

China is marching on to be the world's pioneering cashless society but unfortunately there is an almost complete absence of foreign counterparts in the huge Chinese domestic or cross border transactions initiated from China. ...more

Antitrust, Competition, and Economic Regulation Quarterly Newsletter - Summer 2018

Hogan Lovells on 9/19/2018

Read the latest news on antitrust, competition, and economic regulation in this summer edition of our quarterly ACER newsletter. ...more

Evolving landscape for international cloud providers in China: why US technology giants are pairing up with local partners

Hogan Lovells on 7/25/2018

Foreign investment in cloud services is heavily restricted in China. For years, international cloud operators have been struggling to identify structures that address regulatory concerns, but at the same time enable a service...more

Legal Considerations for Establishing Operations in the United States (Pennsylvania)

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/27/2017

I. Introduction – Business and Legal Climate in the United States. The business climate in the United States, though subject to business cycles, is the largest, most dynamic and durable in the world. The freedom to compete...more