I am a partner in the Telecommunications Practice Group at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. I joined Kelley Drye in 1996 and helped to create the firm’s Telecommunications Practice, which is now one of the largest such practices in the nation. In my practice, I represent all types of service providers, including competitive local carriers, VoIP providers and prepaid calling card providers. I blog on telecom issues at www.telecomlawmonitor.com.
In 2006, I added a games specialty to my practice. The games specialty is specifically geared towards addressing mobile and broadband access issues affecting video game developers and publishers, including negotiations with wireless carriers, acquisition of telecommunications capabilities to support games and regulatory implications of VoIP in games. The practice leverages my experience with telecom carriers to help online and mobile gaming companies meet the business and legal challenges brought on by the intersection of gaming and communications policy in the U.S. For more information, please look me up at www.kelleydrye.com.
Posted by Steve Augustino on Sun, 02 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EDT in
The FCC reacted to reports that Apple rejected Google Voice from the App Store. This signals a significant shift in government scrutiny of mobile applications, including games.
The FTC's warning about mobile games should be disturbing to mobile game publishers. This is the second year in a row that the FTC has noted this concern, and it could become a target of enforcement in the next 12-18 months. The problem is that mobile publishers do not have ...
Responses to all three letters are due on August 21. Another set of interesting questions was asked of AT T. In particular, look at question 6: Are there any terms in AT T's customer agreements that limit customer usage of certain third party applications Also included is this question, In ...
