Month: October 2017

Flexible Spectrum Access Methods

19/10/2017
Project
Client: UK Spectrum Policy Forum
Author(s): Tony Lavender, Val Jervis
Spectrum management

This report, commissioned by the UK Spectrum Policy Forum, considers future flexible spectrum access methods.  Flexible access and spectrum sharing were key features of the UK Strategy Published in 2014. In this report we consider the state of play on spectrum access in the UK (from dedicated national licensing through to licence-exempt), techniques for enabling[…]

Effective telecoms regulation in the island states of the Caribbean

09/10/2017
Project
Client: Digicel and Cable & Wireless Communications
Author(s): Grant Forsyth, David Lewin, Sam Wood
Telecommunications

The telecommunications sector is characterised by substantial fixed costs and significant economies of scale. In a macrostate this usually does not matter because the main operators function at a point well above minimum efficient scale. But in a typical island state in the Caribbean the main operators usually operate at a point well below minimum[…]