Phillipa Marks & Ken Pearson have published an article on “European policies supporting wireless broadband” in the Telecommunications Journal of Australia Pearson, Ken; Marks, Phillipa. 2012. ‘European policies supporting wireless broadband’. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, February 2012; 62 (1): 6.1-6.13. View related web site
Phillipa Marks spoke on “Gauging the economic value of spectrum” and “Public sector spectrum policy reform” at the 2012 Middle East Spectrum Conference in Bahrain.
Brian Williamson spoke on copper pricing and the fibre transition at the PTS Marknadsdagen in Stockholm. The presentation considered principles and evidence in relation to the impact on investment incentives of changes in the price of copper. The presentation also considered evidence from experience in Australia, the UK and the US.
Plum Consulting prepared a report for the GSMA in response to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (ICASA) proposed assignment of 800 and 2600 MHz spectrum. A copy of the executive summary is available below.
Brian Williamson spoke at the Intellect Annual Conference “Technology – Into a new era?” on how steady progress in computing can and will produce inflexion points in applications.
Brian Williamson spoke at an ETNO costing workshop in Brussels attended by industry participants, regulators and policy makers on copper pricing and fibre transition. The presentation built on an earlier report “Copper pricing and the fibre transition – escaping a cul-de-sac” available here. The conclusion was that the commercially driven contribution to achieving the broadband[…]
Plum provided advice to the Australian Government Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy on the valuation of mobile spectrum licences expiring in the near future. View related web site Photo: News PDF: Plum_Synopsis-of-15-year-spectrum-licence-valuation-methodology.pdf
Brian Williamson spoke in Brussels on copper pricing & fibre transition at the ECTA Regulatory Conference. The presentation focussed on the impact of changes in the price of copper on incentives to invest in next generation access. Plum__Nov2011_ECTA_Conference_Copper_pricing__fibre_transition_0(1).pdf
Brian Williamson spoke “The open internet – a platform for growth” at an MEP breakfast at the European Parliament. The talk was based on a Plum report for a group of content and application providers on the open internet.
David Black spoke at the Digitalforum in Oslo on “The open internet – a platform for growth”.