Month: August 2015

Terrestrial broadcasting and spectrum use in the Arab states

12/08/2015
Project
Client: GSMA
Author(s): Tim Miller, Val Jervis
Broadcasting Spectrum management

In order to identify where spectrum in the UHF bands could be made available for mobile broadband, Plum surveyed the television broadcasting markets across the Middle East and calculated how a move to digital television could free up significant amounts of spectrum in the sub-800MHz bands.  Starting with the assumption that the number of channels[…]

Valuing mobile spectrum in Mexico

01/08/2015
Project
Client: Inter-American Development Bank, IFT Mexico
Author(s): Tim Miller, Sarongrat Wongsaroj, Yi Shen Chan
Spectrum management

Plum was commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank to provide advice to the Mexican telecommunications regulator, the IFT, on the appropriate way of valuing spectrum ahead of a number of auctions.  The IFT was set to significantly expand the amount of spectrum available to operators, and wanted to understand the appropriate level for reserve prices[…]