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OpenRAN and Security: A Literature Review

Given the interest of mobile operators, investors, and other stakeholders to learn more about OpenRAN, Strand Consult is pleased to release a new report “OpenRAN and Security: A Literature Review”….

Netflix v. SK Broadband. The David and Goliath Battle for Broadband Fair Cost Recovery in South Korea

Around the world operators experience exploding Netflix’s traffic exploding on their networks. They feel powerless to negotiate with Netflix for fair cost recovery, and Netflix demands that operators install its…

Debunking 25 Myths of OpenRAN

Many OpenRAN pronouncements sound too good to be true, for example a technology that can reduce mobile operators infrastructure CAPEX and OPEX by 30-40 percent. Investors and other decision makers…

Middle Mile Economics: How streaming video entertainment undermines the business model for broadband

The pandemic has heightened the importance of braodband with policymakers and increased the urgency of closing the digital divide, particularly in the US as FCC data shows that 22% of…

Understanding the 5G vs. Wi-Fi Debate: The Global Push for Unlicensed Spectrum

This report offers an important comparison between 5G and Wi-Fi, two important technology which compete. The FCC declares that 5G and Wi-Fi are complementary technologies, but there is an intense…

Understanding 4 to 3 mobile mergers

This report reveals what needs to be done to consolidate the telecommunications market. Around the world, telecom operators have had difficulty to consolidate the telecommunications market, especially when reducing the…

You’re Not Welcome: An Analysis of Thousands Foreign Technology Companies Blocked by China Since 1996

Media coverage tends to focus on discrete activities by US and European nations to restrict individual firms like Huawei and TikTok for documented violations and abuses of privacy, security, weapons…

Understanding the impact of national roaming on investments and competition

This report offers a critical review of the discussion of the impact of national roaming on investments and competition. The key challenge with mandated national roaming is that it is…

US Networks Behavior Under Crisis: Reflections on Telecommunications, Transportation and Energy Regulation during COVID-19

This report assesses of network behavior under crisis, tests conventional regulatory wisdom, and draws preliminary conclusions about achieving social goals. Telcom, transport, and energy networks share a common pedigree in…

Guest blogs

Huawei data centres and clouds already cover Latin America. Chinese tech influence is a gift to countries and politicians that don’t respect human rights

Apple FQ1 22 – Good to be the king – Apple’s scale helps it to get the supply it needs

Why is the US FAA suddenly concerned about 5G? Europe is moving forward on 5G in the C-band without aviation interference problems.

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Events

15 - 16 September 2022 | Florida, USA

2022 Tech and Innovation Summit

7 - 8 July 2022 | Bucharest, Romania

Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

29 June 2022 | Brussels, Belgium

ENISA Telecom Security Forum

28 - 30 June 2022 | Online

Telecoms Europe: Technology & Strategy

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OpenRAN and Security: A Literature Review

Netflix v. SK Broadband. The David and Goliath Battle for Broadband Fair Cost Recovery in South Korea

Debunking 25 Myths of OpenRAN

Middle Mile Economics: How streaming video entertainment undermines the business model for broadband

Understanding the 5G vs. Wi-Fi Debate: The Global Push for Unlicensed Spectrum

Understanding 4 to 3 mobile mergers

You’re Not Welcome: An Analysis of Thousands Foreign Technology Companies Blocked by China Since 1996

Understanding the impact of national roaming on investments and competition

US Networks Behavior Under Crisis: Reflections on Telecommunications, Transportation and Energy Regulation during COVID-19

Understanding the Market for 4G RAN in Europe: Share of Chinese and Non-Chinese Vendors in 102 Mobile Networks

Fact Check: 10 Myths That Drive Huawei’s Media Narrative

Fact Check Huawei: What You Need to Know to Understand its Corporate Communication

Research Notes

What the world would look like if Huawei was Russian

Facts Check: Is OpenRAN an alternative for emerging markets in Africa, Latin America and Asia?

5G cybersecurity has never been more important. Strand Consult´s review of EU OpenRAN Report

Guest blogs

Huawei data centres and clouds already cover Latin America. Chinese tech influence is a gift to countries and politicians that don’t respect human rights

Apple FQ1 22 – Good to be the king – Apple’s scale helps it to get the supply it needs

Why is the US FAA suddenly concerned about 5G? Europe is moving forward on 5G in the C-band without aviation interference problems.

Events

2022 Tech and Innovation Summit

Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

ENISA Telecom Security Forum

Telecoms Europe: Technology & Strategy

Newsletter

Our Team

An independent consultancy with a strong focus on the Telecom industry.

Research Notes

Guest blogs

Events

2022 Tech and Innovation Summit

Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum

ENISA Telecom Security Forum

Telecoms Europe: Technology & Strategy

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