Regulating Fibre-to-the-Office in the Netherlands

Plum provided an opinion on the ACM’s December 2012 ruling on how KPN should be regulated in the fibre-to-the-office (FTTO) market in the Netherlands. Plum assessed whether the ruling was reasonable and in the public interest. This ruling stipulated that KPN must supply its existing passive fibre connections to access seekers (and specified a price[…]

Developing a national broadband strategy for Oman

This study, for the Government of Oman, proposed a strategy for rolling out affordable basic broadband to everybody in Oman within three years and high-speed broadband to virtually everyone within eight years. The benefits of such a strategy are considerable. There is now a substantial body of evidence which demonstrates that universal use of broadband-based[…]