Infrastructure Access, Interconnection, Rights-of-Way and Pole Attachments
Squire Sanders has broad experience in the development and use of new physical infrastructure including:
- Negotiation of collocation, interconnection and peering
- Interoperation of communications networks
- Access to network elements
- Resolving interconnection disputes
- Equipment standardization and certification
- Obtaining of rights-of-way
- Sharing of infrastructure such as utility poles
We work on these issues in a wide range of contexts including advising operators of long-distance fiber optic networks, cable television systems, competitive local exchange networks, wireless communications systems and utilities that exploit their existing infrastructure and rights-of-way to provide communications services.
Drawing on years of experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas, we provide counsel regarding the full range of policy, economic, technical and legal issues presented by collocation, interconnection and access. Our lawyers have substantial expertise with respect to the complex technical, economic and legal issues presented by these contracts as they arise in the context of different networks and services. We regularly help clients determine and secure optimal terms in commercial contracts relating to interconnection and access to network elements.