Table of contents - Telecommunications law

A.	Introduction
	I. Social significance of telecommunications II. Economic significance of telecommunications
B.	Historical background
	I. Initial position II. Postal Reform I III. Postreform II IV. Postreform III
C.	Constitutional foundations
	I. Telecommunications administration pursuant to Art. 87f GG 1. Significance 2. Scope of application 3. Regulatory complexes a) Privatisation mandate b) Infrastructure protection mandate aa) Addressee bb) Regulatory content II. Formal privatisation of the Federal Post Office pursuant to Art. 143b GG III. Legislative competence pursuant to Art. 73 No. 7 GG IV. Requirement for approval of statutory ordinances pursuant to Art. 80 para. 2 GG
D.	The Telecommunications Act (TKG)
	I. Structure II. Subject of regulation III. Purpose of the TKG IV. Objectives of regulation V. Responsibility for regulation VI. Regulatory instruments VII. Relationship between GWB and TKG
E.	Regulatory authority
	I. General description of tasks II. Organisation and procedures 1. Legal status a) Legal nature b) Relationship to the Bundeskartellamt 2. Internal organisation a) Presidential Board b) Decision Chambers c) Advisory Board 3. Ruling Chamber Procedure 4. Preliminary proceedings and appeals against decisions of the RegTP III. Intervention rights of the RegTP IV. Activity report
F.	Licences and licensing
	I. Market access II. European legal background III. Obligation to notify IV. Licence obligation 1. Licence 2. Licensable area a) Operation of transmission paths aa) Transmission paths bb) Crossing property boundaries cc) Telecommunications services for the public dd) Operation ee) Excursus: Admission of terminal equipment b) Voice telephony service V. Licensing 1. Granting 2. Grounds for refusal 3. Special award procedures 4. Change of licence holder VI. Licence fees VII. End of the licence holder
G.	Universal service
	I. Purpose of the universal service provisions II. Characterisation in the TKG 1. Concept of universal service 2. Obligation to provide universal services 3. Procedure for enforcing the universal service obligation 4. Universal service fund
H.	Fee regulation
	I. Meaning II. Third-party protection III. Object of regulation IV. Responsibility V. Regulatory standards 1. Principle of efficient provision of services 2. Comparative market method 3. Neutral expenses 4. Prohibition of mark-ups and mark-downs and special conditions VI. Fee regulation procedure 1. Ex ante regulation a) Scope of application b) Individual authorisation procedure c) Price cap procedure 2. Ex-post regulation VII. Binding the licence holder VIII. Amendments IX. Fees for the granting of network access
I.	Open network access and interconnections
	I. Meaning II. Concept of network access 1. Overview 2. General network access 3. Special network access a) General features b) Special case of interconnection III. Duty to negotiate and interconnection order IV. Granting of network access 1. Addressee 2. Content of the obligation 3. Limits and purpose 4. Invalidity of agreements on the granting of network access V. Special abuse supervision pursuant to §33 TKG 1. Addressee 2. Content of the obligation 3. Exceptions 4. Legal consequences of violations 5. Relationship between §33 TKG and §35 TKG
J.	Customer protection
	I. Background II. The TKV 1. Scope of application 2. Addressees 3. General obligations a) Offers for service providers (resellers) b) Limitation of liability c) Property owner declaration d) General grid access e) Settlement and invoicing aa) Connection price calculation bb) Itemised bill cc) Invoicing dd) Debt collection ee) Objections f) Specification of the fee amount by the customer g) Blocking h) Subscriber and information directories i) Publication obligations j) Statute of limitations 4. Special obligations a) Prohibition of discrimination b) Unbundling obligation c) Cessation of services d) Availability of universal services e) fault clearance service f) General network access g) Provision of transmission paths 5. Procedure in disputes
K.	Numbering
	I. Significance of number management 1. International regulatory framework 2. Promotion of competition II. Responsibilities and tasks of the RegTP III. Number allocation IV. Authorisation to make changes V. Network operator portability VI. Connection network operator selection 1. Meaning 2. Exceptions 3. Invoice 4. Costs VII. Enforcement
L.	Frequency regulation
	I. Meaning II. Levels of frequency management 1. Overview 2. International level a) ITU b) CEPT c) EU 3. National level a) Frequency allocation plan b) Frequency utilisation plan c) Frequency allocation d) Frequency fee and contributions e) Monitoring
M.	Rights of way
	I. Meaning II. The use of public transport routes 1. Public transport route 2. Concept of the telecommunication line 3. Authorised activities 4. Consent 5. Authorised persons 6. Constitutionality of § 50 TKG III. The use of other properties 1. Definition of property 2. Admissible encroachments on the property a) Extension of existing rights of use b) Insignificant impairment of the property 3. Authorised parties 4. Compensation IV. Limitation period
N.	Telecommunications secrecy, data protection
	I. Overview II. Norm addressees III. Tension between the obligations IV. Data protection 1. Right to informational self-determination 2. General principles of data protection law 3. Data collection on the basis of the TKG a) Requirements of the TKG b) Individual regulations aa) Inventory data bb) Connection data cc) Itemised bill dd) Interference with telecommunications equipment and misuse of telecommunications services ee) Interception circuits ff) Calling line identification gg) Subscriber directories and directory enquiry services 4. Supervision of data protection V. Telecommunications secrecy 1. Scope of protection 2. Possibilities of interference 3. Relationship between telecommunications secrecy and data protection VI. Interception ban VII. Technical protective measures VIII. Telecommunications surveillance (editor: Lars Dietze) 1. Significance 2. Release of inventory data a) Release of inventory data in individual cases b) Automated retrieval of inventory data 3. Monitoring of connection data 4. Monitoring of content data a) § Section 100a StPO b) Article 10 - Law (G 10) c) § SECTION 39 AWG 5. Monitoring the location of a mobile phone 6. Obligations of providers in the context of monitoring a) Cost burden b) TKÜV aa) Target group bb) Principles of monitoring