Services & Practices > Broadband Planning
Our broadband planning practice has helped governments formulate national strategies as well as specific network and service plans to improve access to and utilization of broadband connectivity. We have helped ten countries develop such plans at the national level and have evaluated the strategies of another ten, covering Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Some sample cases follow.
Ultra-Fast Broadband Strategy & Options
In this intensive consultancy for a government in the Middle East (won in a competition of 18 firms), we assessed the value of ultra-broadband access to the economy and population as well as examined several technology and implementation options. The technologies included two forms of FTTx and mobile broadband and WiMax, which were costed and compared in terms of short- and mid-term benefits and returns.
Case Studies of National Strategies
For several clients, we have prepared case studies of national broadband strategies and related infrastructure sharing initiatives in Australia, Brazil, Ireland, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Rwanda, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and several other countries, looking at the effects of economic, political, technological, regulatory and other factors. We have also prepared an analysis of the impact of national broadband plans and strategies across 40 countries to determine the implications of different types of plans and approaches.
Undersea and Multi-Country Broadband
Beginning with an engagement with the government of Puerto Rico to secure its role (and access point) in an undersea cable system in the Caribbean, which called for negotiation with the Department of Defense and FCC, we have accumulated experience in submarine cable system planning, including on demand, tendering and terrestrial interconnection aspects. The experience has spanned trans-Atlantic, -Pacific and –Caribbean cables as well as coastal ones in Africa.