Regulation and policy for telecoms, media and technology (TMT)

Smarter regulation and policy for a connected world

We support clients in tackling regulatory and policy challenges across the complex value chain that sustains global communications and digital markets. We give clarity and confidence to navigate national and regional legal frameworks and market conditions.

As technology, platforms, cloud, AI and changing user behaviour transform markets, we deliver the insight clients need to stay ahead and shape effective, future-ready rules. We help clients across telecoms, post and digital in understanding and acting on questions ranging from market power and competition remedies to universal service, network resilience, spectrum and compliance.

600+ engagements in the last 5 years

200+ clients advised in the last 5 years on regulation and policy topics

110+ Regulation and Policy experts across 17 offices

60+ countries supported by our expertise in the last 5 years

Explore our Regulatory and Policy services

Policy work

We help industry stakeholders, governments and regulators explore and develop:

- technology assessment
- economic impact studies
- regulatory strategy and frameworks
- licensing / authorisation
- space policy
- spectrum policy
- infrastructure / compute policy
- digital inclusion
- value chain analyses

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Ex-ante regulation

We support market players in developing robust policy positions to maintain balance in a fiercely competitive industry. Our capabilities cover:

- market reviews
- selection of (or arguments against) ex-ante remedies
- expert witness work
- cost modelling for use in price control, replicability tests, or margin squeeze tests
- building models, enhancing models, reviewing others models

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Ex-post regulation

We offer insight and practical advice supporting stakeholders dealing with:

- merger-related activities
- competition abuse

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Service coverage, quality, and resilience

We support regulators and service providers in supporting and providing users of network infrastructure, studying:

- resilience
- national critical infrastructure
- national broadband plans / interventions / state aid
- sustainability
- cyber security
- quality of service (QoS) and experience (QoE)
- universal service obligation (USO)

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Effective functioning of markets

We advise on:

- net-neutrality rules
- policy studies about ‘fair share’ (termination fees)
- enforcement-related work
- commercial disputes
- consumer protection

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Scarce resource management

We help regulators and companies to ensure efficient allocation of scarce resources. Our expertise covers:

- spectrum
- access to radio spectrum - licensed, unlicensed, shared access
- spectrum valuation
- numbering plans
- space

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Regulatory and policy work has been at the heart of Analysys Mason’s Consulting offering since 1985. We offer a rare combination of technical understanding, market forecasts, benchmarks, economic costing expertise, regulatory experience and consulting skills. That gives companies, regulators and policy makers access to an unparallelled breadth and depth of specialist regulatory and policy support.

James Allen Partner, Head of Regulation and Policy