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Wireless Communications
Squire Sanders has been on the cutting edge of the enormous changes that have transformed the wireless industry. As consolidations, new technology, demand for broadband and increased globalization continue to drive wireless communications, wireless service providers and large consumers need legal counsel experienced in the nuances and fast-paced nature of the business. Our lawyers are involved in every facet of wireless technology, having represented major wireless service providers, equipment manufacturers, trade organizations, governments and enterprise consumers in transactional, legislative, regulatory, administrative and appellate litigation matters before international, national and local regulatory authorities. We have participated in major policy proceedings addressing the allocation of radio spectrum by both national and international regulatory bodies to public and private mobile service providers.
We currently serve on a three-member team that acts as the 800 MHz Transition Administrator overseeing the US Federal Communications Commission’s reconfiguration of public safety and other communications systems operating in the 800 MHz band. The project involves overseeing and mediating the design, negotiation, purchase and installation of new and retuned radio communications systems for approximately 2,500 public and private licensees in the United States including police and fire departments, utilities, railroads, manufacturers and other businesses. We oversee all aspects of the national reconfiguration program and have successfully resolved more than 1,600 mediations.
We also have considerable experience assisting clients with spectrum auctions and secondary market transactions for spectrum. We advise clients on potential strategies for auction participation including identifying likely competitors and relevant factors that may alter market values for individual spectrum segments. We also assist clients in the procedural requirements for placing bids and participating in auctions. Finally, we assist clients in assessing auction results and preparing and filing the forms required to secure licenses won.
In the secondary markets, we assist clients with the purchase and sale of spectrum rights through assignment, transfer and lease. We help to ensure that secondary market transactions fulfill the commercial needs of our clients, while remaining compliant with the regulatory restrictions that are often imposed on such transactions.
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More than 130 Squire Sanders lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2012.
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