Paul Sumner

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Defining an approach to national broadband policy

24 Jun 2010

Access to broadband services can provide both economic and societal benefits, and there is now no question that broadband services drive growth and productivity in a market.

Take-up of next-generation access networks: the lessons to be learned from Asia

15 Dec 2008

Operators are considering investing billions of dollars in replacing their copper-based access infrastructure with fibre-based, next-generation access (NGA) networks. However...

TV advertising – the next generation

9 Jun 2008

Next-generation TV is disrupting the TV market by offering new ways of delivering TV content and new devices on which to view that content. As a result, the TV advertising market is fragmenting and may be decreasing in...

UK ISP market alone could generate GBP1.5 billion worth of transactions

1 Aug 2006

The ISP market in the UK has seen a spate of transactions over the last couple of years, with a mix of acquisition, divestment and consolidation. For example, O2 acquired Be for GBP50 million in June 2006.