The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) asked Plum to develop a framework for assessing the social and economic value of next generation broadband and to populate the framework with estimates where available. The report was launched at an event hosted by the Ofcom Consumer Panel and the BSG.
Phillipa Marks participated in a panel discussion on spectrum auctions and regulatory changes at the Mobile Broadband Congress. Visit related website
Plum was commissioned to produce a report exploring different mechanisms for delivering public service content (PSC). The report assessed the economic costs of the various mechanisms and their robustness over the period to 2014 (and beyond). The mechanisms considered comprised different organisational forms (private vs. state owned, for profit vs. not for profit) and different[…]
Phillipa Marks spoke at a workshop in Brussels on optimising the use of spectrum by the public sector in the European Union, and is a member of the team of consultants led by WIK undertaking a study for the European Commission on the topic.
Phillipa Marks gave a presentation to the Telecoms Regulatory Master Class on spectrum pricing issues.
Plum provided critical review of a paper by Spectrum Strategy for Ofcom on the Economics of Audiovisual and Interactive Services. Plum’s report was submitted to the Competition Commission investigation of the merger between Arqiva and National Grid Wireless.
Phillipa Marks, on behalf of Media Development Authority (Singapore), presented proposals to industry for a new licensing framework for mobile TV.
This paper, published in the Communications and Strategies journal, discusses the reallocation of radio spectrum to valuable new and emerging technologies and services. This is essential to achieving the next wave of productivity and consumer benefits driven by ICT. Currently spectrum is not allocated to the most valuable uses, particularly the large amount of spectrum[…]
This study contributed to the UK government’s review of the approach to setting administered incentive prices (AIP) for radio spectrum. AIP was introduced in 1998 under the Wireless Telegraphy Act with the objective of promoting greater efficiency in the use of spectrum. In 2002, the Independent Spectrum Review recommended that spectrum prices should be set[…]