Mike Conradi
Mike is a partner in the technology and sourcing group at DLA Piper, and is one of the firm's lead partners on non-contentious telecoms matters. His focus is on providing commercial and regulatory advice to businesses in the sector, and he has a particular interest in regulatory matters, telecoms and IT outsourcing and in telecoms infrastructure projects.
Mike is ranked as one of the country's leading telecoms lawyers by the various legal guides, with Chambers & Partners (2010) describing his 'ability to grasp complex technical points quickly', and as well as commending his 'skill in navigating through the constraints of a tough regulatory environment.' The 2011 edition says that he is 'bright, has strong market knowledge and is an effective negotiator.' He was the only private practice lawyer on the legal working group of SubOptic (the main submarine cable industry body worldwide) which drafted a template fibreoptic system supply agreement.
1 Contributions by Mike Conradi
PRACTICE NOTES
UK VoIP regulation under Ofcom’s General Conditions: classifications, emergency access (GC A3), caller location, EECC implementation, PSTN-to-fibre migration and 5G/6G developments
This Practice Note explores particular matters within Ofcom’s regulatory framework concerning voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology, offering pragmatic guidance on addressing shifts in this field. VoIP now underpins widespread carriage of voice calls online. More and more, both individuals and businesses adopt it as a lower-cost substitute for traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) services.
The regulatory position
In an early communication on the topic, Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulator, identified three aims it regarded as central when shaping policy for VoIP services:
fostering innovation in a technology-neutral manner
ensuring consumers are well informed
maximising the availability of access to emergency services
Providers of communications services (including VoIP providers) must comply with Ofcom’s General Conditions of Entitlement (GCs). The GCs are updated from time to time; however, they underwent a major review and structural overhaul in 2018, with the stated purpose of updating them to reflect Ofcom’s current priorities and concerns, and making them simpler and clearer for industry to comply with. Since then, Ofcom has revised the GCs on several occasions. One of the major updates to...
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