Month: June 2016

Competition, mergers and site costs: lessons learned from the iterated cost model

28/06/2016
Analysis
Author(s): Sam Wood
Telecommunications Spectrum management

Recently we’ve been working on expanding the capability of one of our mobile network models – the iterated cost (or bootstrap) model. In a nutshell, this model treats buyers and sellers of mobile data as rational economic agents. When the cost of supplying data falls, consumers buy more of it. Similarly, operators invest in additional[…]

All change: how 5G will shake up spectrum management

22/06/2016
Insight
Author(s): Ian Corden, Tim Miller
Spectrum management

Although the technology underpinning 5G is still in development, it is likely to offer additional capacity and efficiency in the radio access network much as preceding generations have. However, with ever-growing traffic demand, challenging competition, and the rise of OTT services, operators are finding it increasingly difficult to sustain healthy business margins. There is uncertainty[…]