A critical analysis of the Rewheel paper “EU27 mobile data cost competitiveness report – May 2013”

Robert Kenny and Tom Broughton have published a paper, commissioned by Vodafone, which undertakes a critical analysis of Finnish consultancy Rewheel's report into European mobile prices.

Download the paper here.

Access power peering

In this report for the CCIA, Rob Kenny examined the trend towards paid peering, scrutinised the logic for such charges and discussed the risk of abuse by last mile providers.

An internet traffic tax would harm Europe’s digital transformation

Brian Williamson has written a paper for the CCIA, setting out the case against an internet traffic tax.

Are traffic charges needed to avert a coming capex catastrophe?

The net neutrality debate is now gathering steam in Europe, both at the Commission level and in member states. Against this background, four European telcos commissioned a report from AT Kearney, to support their opposition to net neutrality regulation. This report, A Viable Future Model for the Internet, claims that carriers are facing ballooning capex requirements to fund the growth of internet traffic and that the best way to address this structural problem is via traffic charges to online service providers.

In response Robert Kenny has written a paper, Are traffic charges need to avert a coming capex catastrophe?, that takes a critical look at the AT Kearney report, considering it from technical, economic and regulatory perspectives.

It received several positive reviews, and has been cited by BEREC (the umbrella body of European regulators), ARCEP (the French regulator) and the Norwegian Posts & Telecoms Authority. 

You can download the report here.

Are you considering a fibre subsidy? Questions to ask

A presentation by Rob Kenny to Australian MPs on NGN fibre subsidy. 

The presentation can be downloaded here.