Plum advises on Bermuda spectrum award

28/10/2016
Author(s): Tony Lavender
Spectrum management

Plum recently supported the Regulatory Authority of Bermuda with its HDS-1 spectrum award (for the award of 700 MHz, 850 MHz and 2100 MHz bands). The award was carried out using a comparative tender approach. Plum advised the RA on the assessment of Applications and also advised the Expert Panel established to make recommendations for[…]

Risky business: managing through the uncertainty of Brexit in telecommunications

04/07/2016
Insight
Author(s): Ian Corden, Grant Forsyth, Tim Miller, Tony Lavender
Telecommunications Digital platforms

With so many areas affected by the potential British exit from the EU (Brexit) and the accompanying uncertainty, it is premature to form firm views as to how telecommunications players should react. Impact will depend largely on terms associated with withdrawal yet to be agreed between the UK and EU. Therefore, strategic planning and risk[…]

Incorporating social value into spectrum allocation decisions

03/11/2015
Project
Client: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Author(s): Tony Lavender
Spectrum management

As part of the UK Spectrum Strategy published by DCMS in March 2014, an expert panel was established to make recommendations on incorporating social value into spectrum allocation decisions. Tony Lavender of Plum was a member of the expert panel, which has now published its report.

Plum study on Licensed Shared Access for spectrum

21/10/2015
Author(s): Tony Lavender
Spectrum management

The UK Spectrum Policy Forum commissioned a study from Plum Consulting to assess spectrum sharing in general and the Licensed Shared Access (LSA) mechanism, and make proposals for the most acceptable specification for LSA for the UK. Based on the outcome of Plum’s research and stakeholder interviews, the paper considers and makes the following recommendations[…]