Public Consultations and Compliance
Public consultations are used by governments and regulators around the world, both in support of policy reform and in relation to specific regulatory measures.
GOS Consulting can provide support at all stages of the process, from objective setting, through information gathering to interpre-tation of results.
Case Studies
- Jamaica - Cost-benefit analysis of indirect access
Assisted the Office of Utility Regulation in conducting an analysis of incremental costs and benefits.. Project included development and analy-sis of responses to several public consul-tations - more
- Guernsey - Consulta-tions on introduction of Wholesale Line Rental and Number Portability
Designed a consultation process to assess the needs for WLR and NP in Guernsey - more - Bermuda - Design and implementation of regulatory reform
- The project involves all economic analysis as well as organisational plan-ning for the new regulator .. Several rounds of public consultations have been conducted to support the process - more
Transparency in regulatory decision-making is critical for market confidence, encouraging efficient investments and market developments. The use of public consultations is recognised as international best-practice for regulators and it is vital that such consultations are clear and comprehensive.
For regulators and governments, GOS Consulting has developed and conducted a large number of public consultations, spanning subjects from fundamental policy reform to detailed discussions of specific access and interconnection products or costing methodologies that can be applied to the relevant market.
For investors, equipment manufacturers/suppliers and telecommunications service providers, GOS Consulting offers support through experience-based analysis of each subject being consulted upon and by developing detailed responses to public consultations.
One area in which public consultation is often used is that of regulatory dispute resolution. GOS Consulting has investigated a range of different regulatory disputes on behalf of regulators, including the drafting of public consultations documents, reviewing comments received and the development of recommendations for final decisions.
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, margin 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