For 28 years Strand Consult has worked to create transparency in the telecommunications world. Over the years, we have published a great number of research notes, where we not only explain how the industry looks, but also how it will develop in the future. We have focused on collecting the knowledge you need to more easily navigate a complex industry with increasing competition.
We have spent many man years researching and publishing a series of comprehensive research notes, reports and workshops focused on these areas. Market players that have ambitions of being successful within these areas can either try to gain an overview themselves, find solutions and purchase external consultants to help them on their way, or alternatively use Strand Consult’s reports – with or without workshops to acquire the knowledge they need to be successful in the future.
Strand Consult’s job is to publish the facts and show how the right or wrong decisions may affect telecom operators´ business in the future
Strand Consult’s research suggests that mission-critical communications systems for defense, public safety, and emergency services as the next major opportunity for mobile operators. The research indicates that these sectors could...
Greenland, the United States and Denmark just signed a landmark agreement. The ménage à trois has ended happily—though not necessarily equally. Greenland, the United States and Denmark have signed a...
Two weeks ago, Connect Europe published a new report, The European Commission’s Cybersecurity Act 2 Proposal: An Impact Assessment of Title IV. In this note, Strand Consult examines the report’s...
Two free Strand Consult reports examine what satellite connectivity can – and cannot – do. For more than 30 years, Strand Consult has focused on creating independent knowledge to help...
This research note fact checks the report: “The cost of removing designated third-country vendors from EU telecoms networks” published by GSMA / GSMA Intelligence, called High-Risk Vendors (HRV) in report...
For many years, Strand Consult has examined the risks associated with telecommunications operators’ use of infrastructure supplied by untrusted vendors, referred to by the European Commission as High-Risk Suppliers. Since...
Ever since the mobile industry started upgrading from 2G to 3G and beyond, there has been discussion about the new revenue streams that the next G would provide. The numbers...
For more than two decades, Strand Consult has studied policy designed to stimulate the broadband investment necessary to support a meaningful digital society. The Caribbean region represents a unique microcosm...
Myths proliferate about how satellites will affect competition in the telecom, mobile, fixed broadband and cable TV market. Strand Consult examines this in the report “Will LEO Satellite Direct-to-Cellular Networks...
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” at the White House (see video of ceremony) which acknowledges a simple principle: the largest users of...
For the past 24 years, Strand Consult has published previews and post-views of the Mobile World Congress (MWC). MWC began 39 years ago in Brussel, later ending in Cannes 1996...
The New Cybersecurity Package, proposed by the European Commission from January 2026, is designed to strengthen the EU’s resilience, preparedness and response to rapidly evolving cyber and hybrid threats that...
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