Strand Consult was back in 2002 the first to document in a series of reports that South Korea, not Japan, was the 3G leader in the mobile wireless industry. Already in 2001, South Korea consolidated from a 5 to 3 operator market and accelerated to transition from CDMA to WCDMA. South Korea, the world’s #1 broadband market, provides a valuable use case for regulators which demonstrates that concentrated markets can deliver value to consumers through high investment, competitive prices, and advanced service offerings.
In 2022 Strand Consult published more groundbreaking research on South Korea in “Netflix v. SK Broadband. The David and Goliath Battle for Broadband Fair Cost Recovery in South Korea” which describes how one operator challenged the global streaming giant and ignited a global movement for broadband cost recovery. As the report documents, this lawsuit has inspired operators and policymakers around the world to examine and challenge the aggressive, anticompetitive tactics by Big Tech platforms. Strand Consult runs a global project on broadband cost recovery to create transparency and reduce distortion in the market for broadband access.
The Amazon Web Services outage might seem a small price to pay for the high quality and value AWS provides. After all, the disruption was unintentional—a simple backend mistake—and AWS…
As people increasingly access work, school, and healthcare online, broadband is a hot topic. Policymakers want to understand whether and to what degree cash benefits (subsidies) and tax breaks can…
Netflix, SKBroadband, and SKTelecom announced a strategic partnership today and the end of 3 years litigation brought by Netflix and the countersuit of unjust enrichment brought by SK broadband. This…
On September 7-8, 2023 GSMA M360360 APAC and Asia Pacific Policy Leaders Forum met in Seoul to highlight South Korea as the Open Digital Nation and to launch the eighth…
There is growing global interest in broadband cost recovery, the rational, linear process to identify and resolve shortfalls in broadband network investment and adoption. Policymakers increasing recognize the disproportionate economics…
Strand Consult aims to be both tough and knowledgeable when it comes to broadband policy. We reject the premise of “fair share” contributions to connectivity as no one can agree…
Strand Consult has followed the mobile telecom industry for more than 26 years and has published predictions for the last 22. See the collection. This research note reviews the highs…
Reports and papers have emerged over the last year in the global debate for broadband fair cost recovery. Some reports, like that commissioned by the German government, reflect the need…
Strand Consult has followed the development of South Korea for more than two decades. In the early 2000s Strand Consult demonstrated how South Korea, not Japan as many believed, made…
Europe lacks some €300 billion in investment to achieve next generation broadband goals. An accumulation of misguided EU telecom regulation has sent capital to more favorable investment regions, like the…
At the annual FT-ETNO panel The Future of the EU Internet ecosystem – How should all digital actors contribute to a gigabit future? in Brussels Monday, Google’s EMEA President Matt…
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…
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