Reed Smith’s media and technology team is hosting a series of seminars throughout 2014 directed at in-house counsel and business affairs executives. The fifth seminar in the series is titled "Understanding Networks: Regulatory levers to avoid content gridlock".

Topics to be addressed include:

• What is the Internet?
  • Difference between the Internet and the web
  • Mobile internet
  • Internet platforms
  • Overview of the cloud
• Net neutrality and implications for the digital community
  • What is it and what does it mean to you?
  • Update on current EU regulatory review
  • Potential implications for content and application providers
• Spectrum and mobile data strategy
  • The continuing importance of radio spectrum in a digital age
  • Technological neutrality and spectrum trading – the benefits of liberalisation
  • The rise of “use it or lose it” and the impact on investor confidence
• Recent court decisions and their practical implications for the telecoms sector

The seminar will commence at 8.30 am with registration and a light breakfast and conclude at 11.00 am.

For further information, please contact the Events Team at events@reedsmith.com.

This seminar is accredited with 2 CPD points.

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