Governments across the world have developed policies to ensure that all citizens have access to broadband. Given these policies is the concept of universal service still relevant? If so, how should universal service be redefined? And what is the most cost-effective way to deliver universal broadband access?
The study was undertaken to provide ComReg with an independent view on whether all the GSM-R spectrum band should be awarded for a planned railway communications network deployment in Ireland. In conjunction with ClearCinCom an assessment was made of the GSM-R network design requirements provided, including the need to support ETCS Level 2 applications, and the associated[…]
Plum supported ACMA with the estimation of spectrum value for the 700 MHz and 2.5 GHz bands in Australia based on potential savings in network cost enabled by additional spectrum. The work included the development of a comprehensive cost model of 3G and 4G network deployment and the simulation of an auction to estimate final[…]
Plum used its spectrum auction database to provide a mobile industry client with analysis of spectrum auction results since 2010. This project covered the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2500 MHz bands across the world.
It was being proposed that DAB receivers should carry some form of certification mark, to indicate an acceptable level of performance. To allow such a scheme, it was necessary to develop a robust and repeatable method for receiver sensitivity testing. This study compared the sensitivity measurements obtained using two different test methods – one using[…]
This study provided supported for a DTT licence bid in Malaysia. Specifically sections of the Sapura licence proposal concerning planning standards and coverage issues were drafted. Coverage predictions for some of the sites proposed were run using the in-house planning tool, Aardvaark, to model the proposed SFN (Single Frequency Network).