The case for lifting ex-ante regulation of wholesale local access in the Netherlands

29/10/2015
Project
Client: KPN
Author(s): David Lewin, Sam Wood
Telecommunications

The Netherlands telecoms regulator, ACM, proposed regulation of wholesale access provided by KPN in March 2015. Following the expression of serious doubts by the European Commission in a letter of 30 April 2015, the ACM revised its draft decision in July 2015, but nevertheless concluded that KPN had SMP and proposed price controls on copper[…]

This Connect’d Isle: building upon success in digital communications

06/10/2015
Project
Client: BT
Author(s): Sam Wood
Telecommunications

Plum prepared a report for BT “This Connect’d Isle: building upon success in digital communications” in the context of the Ofcom Strategic Review of Digital Communications.  The report considered outcome in the UK to date, future demand for fibre and the potential impact of structural separation.  The report proposed the further reduction of barriers to[…]