With the enactment of the Nigerian Communications Commission Decree No. 75 of 1992 and subsequent liberalisation of the telecommunications industry, PUC started providing services to the new private sector communications companies and was later approached for services by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, the industry regulator. With that, the firm became identified as primary advisers in most of the reform activities that have taken place in the sector notably from 1999 to date.

Communications Law Practice Areas
PUC's Communications Practice covers the entire gamut of communications law and practice. In particular, we provide services and offer advice in the following areas, amongst others:

• Litigation and arbitral proceedings generally
• Start-up of communications and information technology companies
• Licensing processes under the Nigerian Communications Act No. 19 of 2003
• Country report on the Nigerian communications industry
• Negotiation of equipment purchase and installation agreements
• Software licensing agreements
• Interconnectivity agreements and related issues
• Electronic commerce and ancillary transactions
• Intellectual property issues
• Due diligence and/or status report
• Privatization of national companies
• Credit appraisal and documentation
• Capital raising processes debt, equity, quasi-equity or mixed
• Communications laws, byelaws and other regulatory and related issues
• Investment advisory services
• Contract management
• Fair trading and anti-competition practices
• Internet service provision and regulatory issues
• Restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and joint venture transactions
• Public policy formulation and implementation
• Regulatory issues