Plum was engaged by a UK-based wireless services operator, to assess new commercial models for 5G deployment and assess related benefits in rural areas. Our work included detailed review of emerging regulation on spectrum management and policy issues. We also carried out primary research to assess stakeholders’ needs in rural areas, and built commercial and[…]
The Taiwanese regulator NCC has taken a decision to adopt a cost-oriented approach for the regulation of next generation wholesale leased line services. To support the NCC in deriving appropriate wholesale prices for these services, Plum was commissioned to build a bottom-up long run incremental cost (LRIC) model. Plum, working alongside the Telecom Technology Center,[…]
On Wednesday 19 December, Tim Miller presented a session on new developments in IMT spectrum valuation at the ITU Regional Workshop in Riyadh. The talk looked at how uncertainty over 5G business models is affecting operators’ valuation of spectrum and how regulators can take account of this in their spectrum awards; and also looked at[…]
Both mobile communications and mobile money markets in Kenya are dominated by Safaricom, potentially limiting consumer choice and leading to an unbalanced market for other operators. Plum was commissioned to compile a report looking at the potential impacts of increased or lessened competition in the Kenyan market, drawing on existing academic studies to quantify the[…]
Despite continuing growth in mobile network coverage, there are many areas where enterprise users suffer from no, or poor, connectivity. Manufacturing, agricultural and transport industries in these regions suffer from their remote locations, and they often find that their ability to benefit from Industry 4.0 – the automation through connected machines – is limited. This[…]
Tim Miller spoke at the world-renowned spectrum management conference in Brussels, hosted by Forum Europe, on the use of private LTE (and 5G) by industry and how it increases spectrum efficiency and opportunities for mobile operators and users alike. Full details of the conference can be found here. Tim’s presentation can be accessed via the link[…]
These reports examine use cases, spectrum requirements and valuation of spectrum for use by private LTE. The first report defines private LTE, considers environments where private LTE might be used focusing on industrial automation and identifies what spectrum these applications will need. To do this it sets out a methodology to characterise the identified private[…]
Following our previous reports on the total cost of administration to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the impact of late payments, this study examines the issue of taxation on SMEs. For many new and small companies, profit margins can be very low, particularly when the cost of finance and building up stock is taken[…]
Plum carried out a study for Rain, a mobile operator in South Africa, on the value of 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz spectrum in South Africa. Taking account of the remaining time left on licences, a direct benchmarking approach was used to estimate a range of values for each band. Plum then assisted Rain with[…]
In conjunction with TTC, Plum provided the NCC – the Taiwanese regulator – with three reports examining the current market for leased lines in Taiwan, providing input to a consultation on the appropriate regulatory mechanisms, and specifying how a regulatory cost model should be built. The leased line market in Taiwan has historically been regulated[…]