Telecommunications
Telecommunications Attorneys Guiding Public Broadband and Infrastructure Projects
Our telecom attorneys counsel governments and broadband providers on infrastructure finance, regulatory approvals, and municipal network development. We represent municipalities, inter-local entities, and cooperatives from initial exploration through procurement, construction, and ongoing operations.
Our attorneys help clients with public-private partnerships, financing strategy, and network deployment. We navigate E-Rate compliance, municipal fiber buildouts, and FCC regulations to bring broadband projects online faster.
Our telecom law practice has advised on over $400 million in broadband infrastructure financings across the U.S.
Our telecommunications attorneys assist clients in areas, such as:
- Broadband and telephone lifelines
- Broadcast advertising regulations
- Cable television franchises
- E-Rates
- Fixed and mobile wireless
- Indefeasible rights of use (IRU) agreements
- Municipal broadband projects
- Pole attachments and rights-of-way agreements
- Public safety communication
- Real estate development standards for the digital age
- Retransmission consent
- Rural broadband and healthcare connect fund
- State and federal regulation
- Universal service/connect America fund
Representative Matters
- Issuer’s counsel in $29.5 million municipal telecommunications bond
- Special project counsel for $16 million broadband stimulus project for UTOPIA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
- Special project counsel for the broadband stimulus project for Columbia County, GA, under ARRA
- Issuer’s counsel for $185 million letter of credit for UTOPIA
- Issuer’s counsel for $185 million municipal bond issue for UTOPIA
- Special project counsel to WiredWest
- Special counsel to Design Nine in connection with the Rockbridge Area Network Authority broadband project