Over the course of the last thirty years FERRERE has advised nearly all of the telecommunications companies operating or having operated in Uruguay. It provides services to companies in connection with their regulatory strategies, competitive and direct licenses, assignment of the radio electric spectrum, fiber optic installation, international agreements with the government, redefinition of rules, landing rights, homologation of equipment, convergence technology, and resale of services. It represents telecommunications companies in agreements and disputes on interconnection, cooperation agreements with other operators, disputes on unbundling, financing of universal services, regulatory rates and fees, and agreements related to own or shared infrastructure.

The firm has lengthy experience in litigation related to antitrust regulation of the telecommunications market and in disputes on access to special facilities.

FERRERE represents clients in telephony, mobile services, satellite services, data, Internet, fiber optic installations, virtual networks and value-added services. Its specialized attorneys have advised both operators and providers, and cooperate on regional-scope ventures in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and Ecuador.

Among its clients in these jurisdictions are, in addition to public and private local companies, BellSouth, ATT, Telefónica, BT, Orange, Qualcomm, Equant, Iridium, Global Crossing, Tribe, IntelSat, SES Americom, Alcatel Lucent, Nokia, and Siemens.