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…
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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…
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 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…
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…
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…
The moment of truth – a portrait of the fight for hard net neutrality regulation by Save The Internet and other internet activists
Over the last few years, Strand Consult has followed the net neutrality debate and published a number of research notes and 7 detailed reports on the topic. Hard net neutrality…
The Wireless Ecosystem, US vs. EU
By the end of 2016, it is expected that two-thirds of all mobile subscriptions in the US will be 4G/LTE. The European Union at best will see 30 percent of…
The EU’s Broadband and Telecom policy is not working. Europe is falling further behind the US
There is much discussion about how to create a healthy and competitive telecommunications market in Europe and how the EU can meet its 2020 broadband goals. Strand Consult has made…
