The study covered the licensing of all services that required access to the radio spectrum. In addition recommendations were provided on what spectrum and services should be licence exempt. The first part of the study involved a comprehensive benchmarking study of licensing approaches adopted in a number of agreed countries including the UK and the US. […]
The study was intended to provide advice in respect of spectrum sharing and pooling and the applicability to Defence spectrum and was split up between two work packages; work package one (WP1) looked at the “Spectrum Usage” and work package two (WP2) looked at the “Approaches to Pooling and Sharing”. The purpose of WP1 was[…]
Plum reviewed and responded to the comments received from interested parties in response to ComReg’s consultation Document 11/80, on the future of the 2.6 GHz radio spectrum band. This consultation sought comments on a report, Document 11/80a, that considered the technical feasibility of the 2.6 GHz band being shared by MMDS and Next Generation Mobile[…]
Plum and Aegis conducted an economic impact assessment for the DCMS on allowing the use of 2.6 GHz spectrum for mobile broadband in the UK via the protection of aeronautical radars operating in the adjacent 2.7 GHz band. The economic benefits considered include higher speed broadband and infrastructure costs avoided with additional spectrum availability. The[…]
Plum, Aegis and Britten Consulting advised the European Space Agency on the application of the public value framework to assess the value of satellite spectrum use. This involved consideration of a number of case studies on different classes of satellite services across various frequency bands, including fixed satellite services (FSS), mobile satellite services (MSS) and[…]
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[…]
Plum carried out a valuation exercise for the Australian Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) to estimate prices for 15 year spectrum licences with a view to setting fees for licence renewal. Plum derived values based on modelling and benchmark analysis and assisted the Ministry is responding to operator comments. Summaries of[…]
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.
This study assessed international developments in how spectrum management organisations and governments are working with their respective public sector agencies to free up under-utilised spectrum. These findings were then used to advise on how to provide appropriate incentives to free up public sector spectrum in Australia. Case study countries that provided examples of a systematic[…]
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[…]