Plum prepared a report for BT on enabling an efficient transition from traditional to new Ethernet services in the business connectivity market. The report considered relative pricing between legacy and new services, security of supply, legacy service closure and the appropriate scope of regulation during transition.
Plum prepared a study on the value of the internet and how the new (the internet) is helping the old (the rest of the economy) for CCIA and EdiMA. The study examined the impact of the internet on many diverse sectors, including media and communications. The study was presented at a Brussels launch event.
Plum prepared a study for a Fortune 500 consumer electronics, software and online services company on the app economy in Europe. The study estimated the size of the app economy, but also explored the (much greater) impact of apps use throughout the economy, estimating the benefits of app use in the transport, energy and health[…]
Plum prepared a report for EE on digital inclusion including analysis of the digital divide in the UK and the potential role of mobile devices and touch interfaces in improving digital inclusion.
Plum estimated the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for broadcast transmission services on a ten year forward looking basis for the Office of the Adjudicator Broadcast Transmission Services. The assessment took into account differences between broadcast transmission and other regulated industries including the existence of long-term contracts and future risks to broadcast transmission due[…]
Over the past few years Plum has undertaken a series of projects for GO, Malta’s leading provider of communications services, to help it develop its investment strategy for the deployment of high-speed broadband infrastructure. The work was carried out in the following stages. Business case for fibre investment Plum carried out an assessment of[…]
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[…]
Plum was a member of an ITU team that advised the NBTC, Thailand on spectrum valuation methodology, derived spectrum values and advised on reserve prices for the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands. Reserve prices provide starting prices for different lots in an auction and so they are not an estimate of the value that[…]
Plum prepared a report on platform neutrality, openness and interoperability – and the potential policy issues related to these areas – for a California-based Fortune 500 Company. The terms open, neutral and interoperable appear frequently in discussions of the technology/ICT sectors, yet terms are not uniformly defined. The first challenge therefore lies in defining these[…]
Spectrum demand is a key input to decisions over spectrum allocation and assignment. Yet estimates of spectrum demand are sensitive to assumptions regarding future mobile traffic, which are uncertain. In this Insight we consider an alternative approach to modelling the demand for spectrum which dispenses with the need for a data traffic forecast. Instead, the[…]