This study, commissioned by Huawei, provides an independent assessment of the economic benefits that would arise through use of C-Band spectrum (3600-4200 MHz) for mobile broadband services in the UK. Mobile broadband traffic in the UK is forecast to grow rapidly over the next 10-15 years. It is possible that the UK may face a[…]
Plum carried out a study into the social, cultural and economic benefits that would be expected if the government of Egypt released sufficient spectrum to mobile operators in order to overcome short-term and medium-term capacity constraints. The study built a model of the market with and without the spectrum, and looked at the impact on[…]
Plum produced a comprehensive toolkit for the GSMA covering the allocation of spectrum, awarding of licences, and formation of regulation to enable mobile broadband rollout – particularly in developing countries. The toolkit covered topics as diverse as deciding on which spectrum to allocate to mobile networks, to monitoring its use and working out the best[…]
Plum advised the Utilities Regulatory and Competition Authority of Bahamas on the revision of its spectrum fees schedule for licensed services. The main purpose was to ensure that the spectrum fee structure and fee levels would fulfil a suitable balance of objectives, including the optimal use of the radio spectrum, universal service and affordable access[…]
The GSMA wanted to gain an understanding of potential demand for DTT in sub-Saharan Africa within the band 470 – 694 MHz. In order to help the GSMA to achieve this aim, the study undertook a review of DTT requirements within an example set of countries and the implications for spectrum release based on RRC-06[…]
The aim of the study was to gain a better understanding of radio signal variability in different clutter types in order to aid the modelling of potential coexistence issues with DTT using the UK DTT planning model. Using our survey vehicle extensive measurements at different antenna heights and locations were carried out to gain detailed understanding[…]
A number of sharing studies were undertaken to identify the potential to allocate 5855–5875 MHz for Broadband Direct-Air-to-Ground Communications (DA2GC). One of the studies investigated adjacent band operation to radiolocation operating in the band 5250–5850 MHz. The main radiolocation use is military and the analysis concentrated on fixed land-based, ship borne and transportable platforms operating[…]
The study involved a statistical analysis of the ITU Space Radiocommunications Stations (SRS) database (BR IFIC 2762, 4 February 2014) in order to benchmark differing satellite filing patterns between administrations. The analysis method adopted enabled filing statistics to be presented principally by administration, time, frequency band and orbital slot. The analysis was conducted for the[…]