Telecommunications

Fellers Snider has extensive experience representing telecommunications companies in litigation, regulatory compliance, arbitration, transactional and general legal and advisory needs. Attorneys in this practice group have experience in state and federal courts, regulatory agencies and arbitration panels. They represent clients in proceedings that involve retail consumer and billing disputes, franchises, rights-of-way, facilities and ground lease arrangements, service level agreements, wholesale carrier disputes, carrier compensation claims, wholesale billing disputes and network damage claims. On an ongoing basis, the Firm's lawyers practice before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in certificate applications, slamming complaints, cost dockets, rulemaking proceedings, carrier-of-last-resort obligations, interconnection agreement arbitrations and tariff filings. Clients include wireless service providers, incumbent local exchange carriers, wholesale transport carriers, interexchange carriers, broadband carriers and competitive local exchange carriers. This practice group offers experience in advising clients on a variety of issues arising from the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Litigation
Fellers Snider attorneys prosecute and defend industry lawsuits to resolve disputes over wholesale billing, intellectual property, retail and consumer agreements, contract and billing practices and wholesale interconnection agreements.

Regulation
Our regulatory practice includes certification proceedings, rulemakings, rate proceedings and cost dockets, unbundling proceedings, obligations under Section 251 of the Telecommunications Act, universal service obligations, 9-1-1 obligations, tariffs and performance measurements.

Transactions
Our operational experience includes agreements for interconnection, resale and unbundling, franchise rights, network infrastructure, technology purchases and licenses, wireless tower leases, and wholesale and retail services.