Communications Law & Regulation

In 2009, Truman Hoyle's communications law team won the ACOMM Award for Professional Services Excellence, the premier accolade given to only one professional services firm each year by the Australian communications industry. In 2007, 2008 and 2010 our team was also a finalist for this award and was runner up in the Telecommunications Award at the Australian Law Awards in 2005.  In 2008 and again in 2009, Australasian Legal Business Magazine ranked our telecommunications, technology and media law teams as Top Tier in Sydney, while international publication PLC Global Which Lawyer recommended our practice.

Truman Hoyle's communications law and regulation team has a thorough understanding of the communications and broadcasting industries and its members have held senior in-house positions in leading communications companies.

Truman Hoyle acts for numerous carriage service providers, telecommunications carriers and internet service providers. The firm’s clients include the leading players in the development and rollout of third and fourth generation technology in the Asia Pacific region.

Our lawyers have recently advised on the rollout of 14 telecommunications networks, the establishment of 3 new telecommunications carriers and have provided significant regulatory advice to regulatory authorities and industry bodies in a number of countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Israel.

We have cutting edge expertise in:

• all aspects of the telecommunications and on-line information regulatory regimes
• legal and business strategies for providers of cable, wireless, mobile and satellite technologies, convergent media, interactive services, on-line businesses and emerging technologies
• business structuring, due diligence and documentation
• the listing of technology and communications companies
• telecommunications and radiocommunications network rollouts and colocation
• information security and privacy
• interconnection, access and interception agreements and dispute resolution
• nominated carrier arrangements
• roaming and termination agreements
• the impact of the law on all aspects of premium mobile services
• supplier and customer contracting, including bundling and standard forms of agreement
• Parts XIB and XIC of the Trade Practices Act

Our lawyers are regular speakers and writers on communications and media legal and regulatory issues, and have co-edited Australia’s leading communications law bulletin for many years.