Plum prepared an economic assessment of the options for the future regulation of European mobile roaming for Telecom Austria Group. This included a comparison of options to promote competition in the retail roaming market by structurally separating roaming services from other mobile services with an option to continue to regulate retail and wholesale prices. The[…]
The study examined the potential for a 10 MHz FDD LTE network roll-out in major population centres in South Africa in the Region 1 digital dividend band (i.e. 790 – 862 MHz). It reviewed analogue TV use in South Africa, established representative modelling parameters, developed appropriate sharing criteria and interference analysis methods and examined the[…]
With sales of smartphones and tablets skyrocketing, broadband and multimedia traffic on mobile networks has grown exponentially. To meet this ever-increasing demand cost effectively, operators will need more spectrum and new technology, as a partial alternative to building yet more infrastructure. Governments around the world have announced ambitious targets for spectrum releases to support growth[…]
This study considered the band plan options for the 698 – 790 MHz spectrum (2nd digital dividend band) following from the decision at WRC-07 to identify the band 698 – 806 MHz for future IMT systems in Regions 2 and 3. The intention was to explore the band plan options to similarly extend the digital[…]
Plum assessed the economic benefits from using the 1.4 GHz band for a supplemental downlink for the delivery of enhanced mobile multimedia and broadband services in Europe.
The objective of study was to assess the impact of allowing the 900MHz spectrum band to be liberalised to provide services in Romania with UMTS (3G) systems. This opening up of the spectrum band was required by 2009 EU Directives. To assess the impact of allowing UMTS technologies to be used in the 900MHz band, the study: developed[…]
Plum worked with the Shareholder Executive (BIS) to develop a view of commercial demand for public sector spectrum. Spectrum is a valuable input to the production of numerous services with social and economic value. The 2005 Cave Audit found that there was considerable potential to reallocate spectrum from public sector use to commercial use in[…]