Preface

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PREFACE

The Telecom Antitrust Handbook, Third Edition is intended to serve

as a comprehensive review and analysis of the application of antitrust

law and principles to the telecommunications industries—including

wireline and wireless telecom, broadband access, and video

programming distribution—for use by telecom and antitrust counsel in

evaluating the many competitive issues that arise in the telecom markets.

The book guides the reader through the fundamental economic

underpinnings of communications networks that make substantive

analysis of antitrust issues in these sectors both unique and challenging

(Chapter I), and then transitions to a discussion of the history of

regulation and monopolization issues in the industry (Chapter II),

restraints of trade (Chapter III), joint ventures (Chapter IV), mergers

(Chapter V), immunity issues (Chapter VI), and finally an overview of

consumer protection issues (Chapter VII), including the evolving

regulation of consumer privacy.

It is our intent and hope that the Telecom Antitrust Handbook will

serve as an important and useful tool for telecom practitioners who seek

an introduction to antitrust law, as well as for antitrust practitioners who

find themselves thrust into the telecom thicket.

This book is the product of the work of numerous individuals. We

gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the following:

Contributors

Steve Augustino

Anik Banerjee

Avonne Bell

Neil Chilson

Marco Crocetti

Mark Cunningham

Lindsey Edwards

S. Spencer Elg

J. Parker Erkmann

John Flynn

Gabriel Fulmer

Victoria Jeffries

Damon Kalt

Kellie Kemp

Eugene Kiselev

David Kully

Fernando Laguarda

Robert Lepore

Eric Lipman

Katherine LoPicc alo

Michelle Mantine

Joseph Matelis

Joel Rabinovitz

Sara Razi

Bill Rinner

Jonathan Sallet

Christine Sanquist

Allan Shampine

Susan Singer

David Sosa

Yvette Tarlov

Kim Van Winkle

Gopal Das Varma