Plum Consulting, an independent consulting firm focused on the telecoms and digital sectors, acted to support The University of Surrey in launching its new 6GIC research centre and distinctive new 6G vision with a new white paper: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-11/6g-wireless-a-new-strategic-vision-paper.pdf The University of Surrey has been listening to and working with its industry members to forge a[…]
Plum Consulting, an independent consulting firm, focused on the telecoms and digital sectors, acted as exclusive vendor due diligence advisor to Zzoomm on the recently announced £100m equity investment. Zzoomm was founded by industry veteran Matthew Hare, who launched rural broadband player Gigaclear a decade ago, and this year hired former Virgin Media and TalkTalk[…]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Rob Mangtani. Rob joined Plum at the end of 2017 during an illustrious career spanning over twenty years, focussing on technology, telecommunications, and digital systems, including periods at Tesla, Google, Ofcom and the CMA. He had a strong interest in regulation, competition policy, and[…]
Tim Miller and Laura Wilkinson presented a Showcase Session on accounting for the social value of spectrum at the 15th annual European Spectrum Management Conference. The session highlighted the social value delivered by telecommunications and the factors determining operators’ private value of spectrum. It also discussed adaptation of existing spectrum valuation methods and the role[…]
Yi Shen Chan delivered a presentation on the subject of spectrum pricing at the 5G Huddle in New Delhi, India. The introduction of 5G represents a step change in telecommunications infrastructure, compared to previous generations on mobile technology. It is imperative that the pricing of spectrum takes into account the economics of 5G deployment and[…]
Laura Wilkinson’s paper ‘International Harmonisation and Spectrum Management’ was published in Intermedia, the IIC’s journal. The essay was a runner-up in the IIC’s Future Leaders Competition. It discusses the benefits and limitations of traditional spectrum harmonisation carried out through cross-country coordination between national spectrum managers, and concludes that national spectrum managers should, at times, prioritise[…]
Plum recently worked with Business and Industry on the 2019 5G campaign. A printed publication was enclosed within every copy of the Guardian newspaper on 6 December 2019, and the content is available online at (https://bit.ly/2LhCnS2). The campaign featured exclusive content from key thought leaders and industry voices about the transformative impact of 5G on[…]
The UK Spectrum Policy Forum, part of TechUK, is currently considering the future of spectrum authorisation – and how this needs to change to reflect the different ways in which spectrum is used and demanded. Ensuring that the assignment of radio spectrum delivers technical, economic and social benefits is imperative for Government. For the last two[…]
Tim spoke on the subject of the role of smart cities in building a sustainable business environment for the 5G, AI, and IoT triplet – examining the way that smart city deployment of 5G may (or may not) help to encourage the uptake of consumer 5G networks and enable new IoT uses. The panel discussion[…]
A number of Plum partners and staff are attending the IIC’s annual conference as part of Communications Policy and Regulation Week 2019. Sessions on regulating digital platforms, rethinking spectrum management, investment in infrastructure, and competition policy, will examine some of the issues we have worked on over the last year.