Plum provided advice to an investor in the Canadian telecoms market regarding the impact of new national roaming rules in the mobile market. The CRTC announced that it would regulate national roaming in Canada more strictly, a move which would help the smaller mobile operators which do not hold national spectrum. Plum advised the client on the[…]
Plum prepared a report for BT on enabling an efficient transition from traditional to new Ethernet services in the business connectivity market. The report considered relative pricing between legacy and new services, security of supply, legacy service closure and the appropriate scope of regulation during transition.
Plum carried out a major study for the board of the IFT – the telecommunications and broadcasting regulator – in Mexico. In March 2014 the newly formed IFT declared AMX a preponderant economic agent in the telecommunications sector and Televisa a preponderant economic agent in the broadcasting sector, with a review of market conditions after[…]
Plum estimated the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for broadcast transmission services on a ten year forward looking basis for the Office of the Adjudicator Broadcast Transmission Services. The assessment took into account differences between broadcast transmission and other regulated industries including the existence of long-term contracts and future risks to broadcast transmission due[…]
This study involved providing radio spectrum expertise to Incyte, the lead consultancy, for this World Bank Study. The first step was to identify those specific areas that should be addressed by the regulator based on the size of the country, staff available, likely demand for radio spectrum and the situation in regards to the development of[…]