Throughout 2023, European network operators have been vocal in describing difficulties when it comes to their ability to invest in network infrastructure. However, a European Commission consultation on the matter could not reach a consensus on what the problem was, nor on any potential solutions. In any case, the starting point of their argumentation is[…]
Traditionally, an incumbent telecoms operator is vertically integrated and delivers all functions – network build and operations; product design and development; and retail sales and service. This integration carries a tension between the incumbent’s role as provider of wholesale services to its competitors, and its activities as a retail competitor. Around the world regulators and[…]
Plum prepared a report for BT “This Connect’d Isle: building upon success in digital communications” in the context of the Ofcom Strategic Review of Digital Communications. The report considered outcome in the UK to date, future demand for fibre and the potential impact of structural separation. The report proposed the further reduction of barriers to[…]
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 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[…]