Over the last twelve years, Nicholas Higham has been consistently rated as an expert in telecommunications law and in information technology, eCommerce and Internet applications. Before this, Nicholas worked in the fields of Information Technology and Intellectual Property.

Nicholas has immense experience of work in the following fields:

Telecommunications

• Advising governments and national regulatory authorities on policy development and drafting laws and regulations
• Privatization
• Advising on licensing and license awards
• Advising on legal aspects of typical regulatory issues, including Interconnection, Universal Service, Facility Sharing, Number Portability and Carrier Selection
• Assisting in Dispute resolution

Broadcasting

• Developing legal frameworks for digital terrestrial broadcasting and switch-over
• Content and carriage services
• Mobile broadcasting, using technologies such as DVB-H technology
• Content regulation

Spectrum Licensing

• Legal aspects of spectrum licensing frameworks
• Frameworks for spectrum assignments, and preparation of assignments
• Licensing, procurement and roll-out of GSM, 3G, WiFi and WIMAX networks
• Dispute resolution nationally and internationally
• Spectrum auctions and other awards

Internet

• Self-regulatory schemes
• Prohibition of illegal material
• Capacity and peer-to-peer agreements
• Spam and malware