Licensing
Whether you are a regulator or government about to undertake a licence auction or ten-dering process, or a business seeking to bid for a licence or spec-trum, you are likely to require specialist know-ledge and expertise to ensure a positive out-come for your organi-sation.
Case Studies
- Guernsey - Conducted 3G licensing competition for Office of Utility Regulation in Guernsey
Assisted the OUR in end-to-end licensing process including design of licensing process, draft-ing of tender documenta-tion -more - Europe - Wireless Local Loop (WLL) licence applications
Developed technology strategies and high-level network designs for WLL applications in a number of European countries including Czech Republic, Germany and Denmark - more
Obtaining licences and authorisations to offer communciations services and operate comminications networks in individual countries can be a considerable obstacle for new market entrants.
Likewise, governments and regulators introducing competition or wanting to invite new entrants to an already competitive market need to design the most appropriate process and structure of advertising and awarding the licences and authorisations available.
Increasingly, in developed competitive markets, specific licences and authorisations are only applied where the benefits bestowed include access to limited or scarce resources such as frequencies. However, even in an open market without the need for individual licences, it is still necessary for the government or regulator to design the general authorisation framework and define the rights and obligation applicable to companies deciding to operate in the market.
Many governments and regulators are introducing spectrum liberalisation and trading in order to improve competition, innovation and new service development. The development of robust regulation surrounding compliance for rollout obligations and measurement is essential to support successful liberalisation.
GOS Consulting has undertaken a number of projects in the licensing and authorisation area, including design of open licensing systems, conducting comparative licensing processes and supporting the application for licences and authorisations in these environments.
Services
- Regulatory Policy and Strategy
- Market liberalisation and regulatory reform
- Development of Regulatory Authority
- Development and implementation of regulatory tools and guidelines
- Market Analysis and Competition Studies
- Defining relevant markets and conducting dominance analysis
- Definition of dominance criteria and market analysis process
- Investigation into competition disputes, including: anti-competitive pricing, argin squeeze, abuse of retail date in whole sale markets, and, other relevant competition investigations
- Access & Interconnection
- Development of Access & Interconnection Policy
- Development of reference offer for Access & Interconnection
- Development of inter-operator processes and procedures
- Development and documentation of interconnection services and interfaces, including: Number Portability, Local Loop Unbundling, Indirect Access (Carrier Selection and Carrier Pre-Selection, Wholesale Line Rental)
- Cost Modelling and Price Regulation
- Building and populating component costing models for fixed and mobile (FAC, HCA, CCA, LRIC,..)
- Development of cost-based charges
- Development of retail pricing regulation and index-related price caps
- Specification and implementation of Regulated Accounts and Accounting Separation
- Licensing
- Development of licensing framework
- Drafting of licence text
- Conducting licensing processes fixed/mobile, (including Fixed Wireless Access (i.e. WiMax) and 3G), beauty contest/auctions
- Public Consultations and Compliance
- Developing consulting framework
- Writing and conducting public consultations
- Reviewing consultation responses and development of policy recommendations
- Corporate & Business Strategy
- Business Management & Operations