Tim Miller presented the results of Plum’s study into the economic and social benefits that can be realised from mobile broadband in Egypt to a roundtable of industry and government leaders, including the Minister of Communications and Information Technology and the Executive President of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, alongside the CEOs of all mobile[…]
The article concludes that anchor product regulation, a new regulatory tool intermediate between ex ante price regulation and reliance on ex post competition law, is an effective alternative to price control, particularly in the context of copper-fibre transition in access networks. The approach is less demanding in terms of information than a price control to[…]
Vodafone’s August 2014 Policy Paper includes an article by Philippa Marks, Yi Shen Chan and Sarongrat Wongsaroj of Plum Consulting. The article, “Consequences of new spectrum assignment approaches for growth and jobs”, evaluates several recent proposals for spectrum assignment, and estimates the potential costs in terms of missed opportunities for growth and jobs. The Policy[…]
The second workshop for the study on the challenges and opportunities of broadcast-broadband convergence was held in Brussels on the 8th July 2014. The aim of the workshop was to present the preliminary findings by the study team and to seek stakeholders’ views and inputs. We would like to thank everyone who attended the workshop[…]
Plum hosted a workshop on its bootstrap model for valuing spectrum – a novel approach in which data traffic and network build-out are allowed to adjust to changing prices and costs. By modelling operator and consumer decisions, this model may better reflect reality and therefore give a more economically-grounded estimate of spectrum value and future[…]
Brian Williamson spoke at techUK on the future of enterprise mobile applications. The event had two key themes: opportunities in the business apps market and the role of European and UK policy in supporting this market. Brian’s presentation developed the idea of the “convergence of everything” – i.e. that the confluence of mobile and apps,[…]
The first workshop for the study on “Challenges and opportunities of broadcast-broadband convergence and its impact on spectrum and network use” was held in Brussels on 27 March 2014. The aim of the workshop was to present the preliminary findings by the study team and to seek stakeholders’ views and inputs. We would like to[…]
Tony Lavender chaired a panel session at UK Trade and Investment’s House of Nations Mobile Day partner event at CeBIT in Hannover on 10th March. Tony’s introductory talk covered technology and policy levers for mobile applications and services. Key issues included: Analysis of trends (particularly devices), the blurring of consumer and enterprise worlds and productivity[…]
Tony Lavender spoke at the Telecom Infrastructure and Real Estate Conference in London on 27th February. The presentation covered mobile industry developments including data demand, spectrum supply, technology evolution and the move to cloud based services. The presentation slides can be accessed via the link below.
The European Commission has initiated a study, to be carried out by Plum Consulting and Farncombe, to consider: How audio-visual services will be delivered in Europe over the next 15 years Whether Europe should move to a converged terrestrial wireless platform for the delivery of audio-visual (linear, on-demand) and internet (data) services over this period[…]