In the white paper “How to Master Europe’s Infrastructure Needs”, published in February 2024, the European Commission presented its views on the future of connectivity and potential implications for European telecommunication policy. The Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands commissioned Plum and our partners for this project, Stratix, to analyse and explain the underlying[…]
The European Commission’s White Paper “How to master Europe’s digital infrastructure needs?” makes radical proposals to expand both the reach and the depth of the European Electronic Communications Code to many new players in the broader Internet ecosystem. This report analyses the context of these proposals, how the Commission justifies them, who they might affect[…]
Throughout 2023, European network operators have been vocal in describing difficulties when it comes to their ability to invest in network infrastructure. However, a European Commission consultation on the matter could not reach a consensus on what the problem was, nor on any potential solutions. In any case, the starting point of their argumentation is[…]
As the festive season approaches, the activity at Northpole Oyj has kicked into high gear. But with nearly 2 billion children to reach, and only 26 hours (accounting for time zones) in which to do his deliveries, every micro-second counts for Santa. In recent years, however, a new constraint has made itself felt that complicates[…]
Tony Lavender is stepping back from his role as Managing Partner of Plum Consulting. After 44 years working in the telecommunications industry here in the UK and globally, the last 12 years as a partner at Plum Consulting, Tony is looking forward to more personal time with his family and on other projects. He will[…]
In the European Union (EU), representative bodies of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), such as ETNO (the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association), have recently reopened the debate requesting that Content and Application Providers (CAPs) pay a content levy of sorts for traffic routed to the ISPs’ networks. We describe this as a “Sender Party Network Pays”[…]
Many European countries are now getting at a point in their Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) deployment where the only portions of the territory that remain uncovered are deep rural areas. In initial plans laid out a decade ago, these areas were considered very hard to reach. Policy instruments were aimed at delivering some broadband[…]
Plum is delighted to announce that Benoît Felten has joined our team. Benoît has extensive experience in telecommunications regulation and policy, and brings thought leadership in fixed and mobile network issues to build on Plum’s existing capabilities. While he will be based in our Paris office, Benoît will work alongside all Plum staff to provide[…]