Consulting

Le gouvernement tanzanien a commencé l'extinction du signal analogique le 31 décembre 2012. Il s'agit du second pays à effectuer la transition vers le tout numérique en Afrique sub-saharienne, après l'arrêt des signaux analogiques par le gouvernement de l'île Maurice sur l'île éloignée de Rodrigues en 2012.

The Tanzanian government commenced the switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV signals on 31 December 2012. It is the second country to make this move in sub-Saharan Africa, following Mauritius's analogue switch-off on the remote island of Rodrigues in 2012.

Consumers are rapidly migrating from traditional telephony to mobile and IP-based voice services, and the long-established public switched telephone network (PSTN) is converging into next-generation networks (NGNs) over which voice will be carried using the Internet Protocol (IP). Analysys Mason's latest study, entitled 'Voice traffic exchange in an IP world' explores how public policy should govern this transition.

Analysys Mason consultants have been applying their expertise in the postal sector for a number of years, drawing on more than 25 years of experience in the wider communications industry. This article focuses on applying statistical analysis techniques to a critical issue for postal sector operations and their regulatory oversight.

Connected TV is still a relatively small part of the TV 'ecosystem', but one that is growing rapidly. The European Commission (EC) and the UK will soon launch consultations on the policy and regulation of such services. This article sets the issue in context and summarises the key elements of the debate.

In the European broadband market, the combination of declining revenue growth and market fragmentation is causing fixed operators to consider consolidation as a means of driving bottom-line growth. This article considers the markets where such consolidation is likely to occur, as well as the key considerations for a successful transaction.

The number and size of mergers and acquisitions in Asia–Pacific was significantly smaller in 2011 than in previous years. As economic conditions begin to stabilise in Europe and the USA, what can we expect for the telecoms, media and technology sectors in Asia–Pacific during the next few quarters?

Some of the themes that telecoms market players discussed at this year's AfricaCom were contradictory. This led us to conclude that all members of the value chain need to carefully plan their strategies by considering the reality of demand for services and the investment opportunities in this unsettled market.

Infrastructure funds are becoming increasingly interested in investing in fibre assets. We believe that these can play an important role in the deployment of much-wanted next-generation access (NGA) networks across Europe by bringing outside capital and creating independent wholesale operators.

Infrastructure sharing has become a way for operators to cut costs, raise cash and focus on core activities. In this article, we consider the potential for investors to extract value from the mobile tower company (towerco) market in different countries.

Many CDMA operators have a small market share, limited network coverage and generally remain niche propositions. CDMA has dwindling vendor support and operators are faced with an existential question: where do we go from here? This article discusses several strategies that CDMA operators might adopt in order to migrate to LTE.

It has been said that all good things come in threes. We here present three key operative steps you can take to get in better shape and leave 2013 stronger than you entered it.

Analysys Mason's experts have shared their thoughts on some of the most important trends driving the development of the mobile sector during the next 12 months. You can download this complimentary report now.

Operators across the world are looking at managed network services (MNS) transformation as a means to reduce time-to-market and costs, improve quality and help manage network complexity. This article examines the challenges that operators will face in each stage of the transformation process.

At the FTTH Council Middle East and North Africa held in December 2012, the conference chairman stressed that the Middle East was "in need of sustainable, future-proof infrastructure," and that fibre (that is, FTTH) was "the future at the speed of light." Many aspects may drive the roll-out of FTTH, but this article considers the demand aspects for FTTH in the Gulf region.

Le gouvernement tanzanien a commencé l'extinction du signal analogique le 31 décembre 2012. Il s'agit du second pays à effectuer la transition vers le tout numérique en Afrique sub-saharienne, après l'arrêt des signaux analogiques par le gouvernement de l'île Maurice sur l'île éloignée de Rodrigues en 2012.

The Tanzanian government commenced the switch-off of analogue terrestrial TV signals on 31 December 2012. It is the second country to make this move in sub-Saharan Africa, following Mauritius's analogue switch-off on the remote island of Rodrigues in 2012.

Analysys Mason helped a European mobile operator to prepare for award of 2.6GHz spectrum licences. We supported the client with development of an overall spectrum strategy, establishing its demand for spectrum in the available bands, inputting into consultation responses necessary to provide comments on the auction process to the national regulatory authority, and development of a bid strategy for the auction.

On 18 and 19 March 2013, the Office of the Communication Authority (OFCA) in Hong Kong ran an auction to award the remaining FDD spectrum in the 2.5–2.6GHz band. This article discusses the prices paid by the winners and the high-profile losers in this competitive auction.

Ofcom has now published the round-by-round bids made by each operator in the UK's spectrum auction. This provides a unique insight into elements of the bidders' auction strategies. This article examines some of the more interesting points that we can glean from this detailed bid data.

In this webinar, Chris Nicoll – Principal Analyst for the 'Wireless Networks' research programme, discusses the role of Wi-Fi for mobile and integrated operators, the four key roles that Wi-Fi plays for operators, and the current state of Wi-Fi/cellular interworking.

Analysys Mason's new study examines the factors that are hindering Internet development in Africa and explores possible remedies.

Analysys Mason helped a European mobile operator to prepare for award of 2.6GHz spectrum licences. We supported the client with development of an overall spectrum strategy, establishing its demand for spectrum in the available bands, inputting into consultation responses necessary to provide comments on the auction process to the national regulatory authority, and development of a bid strategy for the auction.

Consumers are rapidly migrating from traditional telephony to mobile and IP-based voice services, and the long-established public switched telephone network (PSTN) is converging into next-generation networks (NGNs) over which voice will be carried using the Internet Protocol (IP). Analysys Mason's latest study, entitled 'Voice traffic exchange in an IP world' explores how public policy should govern this transition.

Investors in new fibre networks now consider revenue from connected TV as an essential component of their investment cases. This article, jointly written by Analysys Mason and the University of Salford, studies the evolution of the bandwidth demands of a connected-TV household and the implications for investment decisions in networks.