2018 Predictions – Strand Consult
Another exiting year has flown by. It is our annual tradition to make our predictions for the coming year. This is our 17th year of making predictions. We invite you…
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13 things the EU forgot to say about the new “Roam Like at Home” regulation starting June 15th and its impact to 500 million Europeans
Let’s acknowledge that the EU is in the midst of an historic crisis and an increasing number of Europeans are skeptical about European integration and EU leadership in Brussels. Over…
Tesla’s bundling of zero rated Spotify with a SIM card is a violation of the EU’s net neutrality rules. Strand Consult submits complaint to two European telecom authorities.
European telecom authorities in Sweden, Netherlands, and Hungary have banned zero rated mobile services, including music streaming apps such as Spotify. American car company Telsa offers electric cars with services…
Many speculate on the future of US telecom policy. Strand Consult comments on the festive rumors from a number of media
In this research note Strand Consult reviews the President Elect Transition Team, the Trump administration, and other key actors and then describe the real policy and its impact on the…
2017 Predictions and review of 2016
Another exiting year has flown by. Thank you for your readership. We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year. As is our annual tradition, we…
10 regulatory challenges that impact telecom operators and regulators
The trends of convergence have been with us for decades. While communications, content, and computing have been converging–and even the regulators of these industries–the actual regulation has not converged, and…
The EU blessed zero rating in energy markets to address climate change. Why does BEREC oppose it in internet markets to create competition?
Addressing climate change through diversification in energy sources is an EU priority. The strategy supports diversification in energy sources away from incumbent providers of oil, gas, and coal to alternatives…
Why did BEREC invite Google’s top net neutrality lobbyist to write the telecom rules?
The process to write the implementation guidelines of EU’s Open Internet rules is led by a self-proclaimed net neutrality activist from a non-EU telecom regulator with the help of Google’s…
European Commission awards old broadband projects that today would violate EU subsidy rules. Sweden’s Stokab is a case in point. The investors’ nightmare.
Strand Consult has published a number of reports about broadband and notes how the European Union falls behind in the United States on many broadband measures. See the EU’s Digital…
Strand Consult 2016 Telecom Predictions
Another exiting year has flown by, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the past year and wish you a Happy New Year. This is…
Response to Norwegian telecom regulator on zero rating
The Norwegian Communications Authority (NPT) recently published a blog on Net neutrality and charging models in which it suggests that operators should be prohibited from using zero rated subscription models….
EU telecom regulation – Good bye Neelie Kroes. Welcome to Juncker’s ICT team: Ansip, Katainen and Oettinger. Let’s hope you can deliver on promises made but not kept by Neelie Kroes
The EU Commission is at a make or break moment to save the telecom industry from continued decline from their misguided policies. Not a moment too soon, the commission is…
