Service Outlines
The propositions below represent samples of our services and provide an insight into our approach to working with our clients to produce tailored deliverables through a combination of detailed local analysis, in-depth knowledge and experience of best practice across a range of issues.
Our service portfolio targeted at regulatory authorities and government bodies is extensive and we have developed service propositions for the following topics:
- Building a Reference Offer
- Evaluating costs and benefits of CPS and WLR
- Implementing and complying with the new EU regulatory framework
- Developing retail price regulation
- Regulatory Dispute Resolution
We offer practical advice and assistance to network and service providers in the telecommunications and new media sector. Please click on the links below to view some of our sample proposition outlines, the other propostions are currently under development :
- MVNO Business Planning and Modelling
- Retail pricing and packaging in mobile markets
- Access strategy development and review
- Creating a RIO (for the incumbent operator in newly liberalised markets)
- Modelling costs and setting cost-based charges
- Developing new access and interconnection services and processes
- Review of operational strategy
Our consultants are also experienced in assisting the investment community, where our detailed analyses combined with our hands-on experience provides balanced input, whether to the pre-deal due diligence process or post-investment performance reviews. Our propositions in this area include:
- Regulatory risk analysis
- General due diligence analysis
- Strategic and operational reviews
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