Global law firm Reed Smith has advised Sky on an agreement with Telefónica UK to provide wholesale access to its popular nationwide mobile network. The deal will enable Sky to add its own mobile telephony services to its existing content, broadband and fixed communication services from 2016.

Technology partner Angus Finnegan, who joined in July 2014 from Osborne Clarke, led the Reed Smith team, working closely with Sky’s in-house lawyers Andrew Perry, Karla Ritchie and Andrew Middleton. Telefónica’s head of legal for Digital Services, Michael Ogden, led the deal for Telefónica

Angus Finnegan, Reed Smith technology & telecoms partner, commented:

“Sky’s entry into the mobile market is an obvious extension to its strong content, broadband and fixed line portfolio. It has a clear vision of how it plans to develop its mobile business for the benefit of customers.”

Andrew Perry, Principal Legal Advisor at Sky, commented:

“We have worked with Reed Smith successfully in the past on a number of smaller matters and the team’s strong expertise in mobile led us to use them again for this important transaction.”

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About Reed Smith’s Entertainment and Media Industry Group

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The Group, led by Gregor Pryor and Stephen Sessa, acts as a trusted adviser in all aspects of the media and entertainment industries, including film, television, advertising and marketing, technology and telecommunications, music and sport.

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