Regulation

Mind the gap: MPF vs. WLR and SMPF

28/02/2014
Project
Client: BT
Author(s): Sam Wood
Telecommunications

Plum prepared a report assisting BT in responding to an Ofcom consultation on the price differential between wholesale inputs for broadband services – MPF (metallic path facility) and WLR + SMPF (wholesale line rental and shared metallic path facility). Plum argued that the price differential should be rapidly aligned with the cost differential in order[…]

An assessment of the NPT’s proposed regulation of broadband markets in Norway

15/01/2014
Project
Client: Telenor
Author(s): David Lewin
Telecommunications

This report provides an independent assessment of the Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority (NPT) draft decision on how to regulate the broadband market in Norway over the next three years. In the assessment Plum set out where the NPT’s decision is likely to be against the public interest and/or inconsistent with European Commission guidance. Plum[…]