Plum has carried out a study for Arcep, the French telecommunications regulator, looking at the impacts of the regulatory structure deployed for fibre networks in France. Our report describes the regulatory framework, which Arcep terms as “symmetric” as it requires any operator deploying an optical fibre local loop to grant all reasonable requests for access[…]
Whilst discounted-cash-flow methods are prevalent for project appraisal within many firms, overall performance, influenced by market pressures and managements’ own self interests, is often focused on short-term measures such as quarterly earnings. In this Insight paper, we examine the efficacy of capital investment in the telco industry; by definition, ‘investment’ suggests a focus on the[…]
Plum prepared a report appraising proposals from the Law Commission for a new Electronic Communications Code. This Code will provide the legal framework within which communications providers with code powers can acquire rights to install and operate electronic communications in, on, or over, land. Plum’s report shows how a small number of these proposals would[…]