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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…

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

The new report Understanding the Market for 4G RAN in Europe: Share of Chinese and Non-Chinese Vendors in 102 Mobile Networks, is one of a series of reports about cybersecurity…

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

Since 2005, and especially in recent years, much has been written about the use of equipment made by Chinese state-owned and affiliated entities in communications networks. Huawei, given its coziness…

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

Strand Consult’s goal is to help governments, telecom operators, shareholders, financial institutions, the press, and the public by bringing a critical eye to Huawei’s corporate communication. Strand Consult’s report fact…

The Moment of Truth – Why the Quality of Mobile Networks Differs

Many believe that a mobile application can measure the quality of mobile and fixed networks. Strand Consult’s new report “The Moment of Truth – Why the Quality of Mobile Networks…

The real cost to rip and replace Chinese equipment from telecom networks

This report offers a critical review of the discussion of whether to replace mobile network equipment made by firms owned and / or affiliated by the Chinese government, notably Huawei…

Net Neutrality in EU after 2 Years: Why operators keep losing the battle against Internet regulation

The EU’s net neutrality law has been in place for more than two years, and the European Commission has scheduled to review its implementation in 2019. Policymakers promised that the…

How to deploy 5G: Best practices for infrastructure, regulation and business models

Operators around the world are building the next and 5th generation of mobile networks. 5G is clearly an evolution, and commercial products are combinations of 4G, 5G, NB-LTE and other…

Understanding the GDPR and Its Unintended Consequences

While the EU had preeminence in mobile for a time, it failed to create the companies that powered the Internet and is already behind the curve on 5G. Now the…

Net Neutrality in EU after 1 Year: Unintended Consequences for operators, content providers, and consumers

The EU’s net neutrality law has been in place for more than a year. Lacking real problems or bad actors to expose, the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications…

Follow the money – Net Neutrality Activism Around the Globe

Much has been said and written about network neutrality regulation around the world, but there is little transparency to the powerful and moneyed forces which fund net neutrality activism. Many…

Politicians like Margrethe Vestager often fail to see the side effects of the “medicine” they propose – look at share prices for Telecom vs. Media vs. FANG+ shares

Analysis: The UK government tightened the rules on Huawei and sent a strong signal to the rest of the world

It looks like Vodafone and BT have some challenges other operators don’t have

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Events

11 - 12 November 2020 | Riga, Latvia

The platform for cross-border, cross-sectoral, and cross-level collaboration

23 July 2020 | Washington, USA

Hearing: The State of U.S. Spectrum Policy

9 June 2020 | Webinar

Understanding Chinese 5G Security Threats

4 - 5 March 2020 | Brussels, Belgium

European AI Policy Conference