2G Sunset: Subscriber Rights in the Transition
Scenario: a 70-year-old using a 2G “brick phone” for a decade wakes to find she cannot call her children — because 2G is gone. Vietnam’s 2G sunset is…
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Foreign Investment
Resolving Telecom Disputes: Mediation and Arbitration
Scenario: two carriers dispute interconnection charges for 2 years — the debtor stalls, the creditor threatens disconnection (and both networks’ users suffer). Inter-carrier disputes: court is slow and…
Read article ↗Audits and Periodic Reporting for Telecom Businesses
Scenario: a carrier’s legal department receives an ad-hoc reporting demand on subscribers and service quality — 5 working days’ deadline. Data sits scattered across 4 departments; nobody knows…
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Recycling Old Telecom Equipment and BTS Batteries (EPR)
Scenario: a 50MW wind farm reaches its 25-year end of life. The sponsor plans to “leave it” — then gets notice: dismantle turbines, restore land, dispose of 150…
Read article ↗Powering BTS Sites: Grid, Solar and DPPA
Scenario: a 100MW wind project faces protests from 3 communes blocking site access — not because they “oppose development”, but because land compensation is 8 months late and…
Read article ↗Managed Network Services Outsourcing for Carriers
Scenario: a solar plant substation maintenance worker suffers an arc flash after skipping a de-energizing step — despite “years of experience”. Electricity grants no second chances. Electrical safety…
Read article ↗Foreign Investment in Passive Telecom Infrastructure (Towers, Sites)
Scenario: a wind project’s CFO models IRR and finds two same-size, same-PPA projects differ by 2% — solely because one sits in an investment-incentive zone with CIT holidays.…
Read article ↗Content Control on Telecom Networks: Carrier Responsibilities
Scenario: an 80MW solar plant faces 6 months of late EVN payments while bank interest accrues daily. The sponsor wants to sue — but the PPA requires negotiation…
Read article ↗Service Numbers (1900, 1800, Short Codes): Registration and Management
Scenario: a storm topples 5 turbines at a wind farm — tens of millions in damage. Fortunately, the sponsor had construction all-risk rolling into operational property cover —…
Read article ↗VoIP and Virtual PBX for Businesses: License Needed?
Scenario: a 150MW wind project needs 70% debt. The bank agrees — provided the security package has “no holes”: mortgaging everything from uninstalled turbines to 20 years of…
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