Regulatory Independence - Revisited

In this note, Brian Williamson revists the rationale for regulatory independence, and how it fits with increasing government ambitions for network infrastructure

Regulatory Trade-offs

Communications policy and regulatory objectives are wide ranging and complex. Countries seek affordable, diverse, widely available and used services of a high quality, but virtually all regulatory decisions involve trade-offs between these objectives. A given decision may support one policy objective, but perhaps impede another, or come at a cash cost to be borne by the treasury.

Communications Chambers worked with the WEF and Vodafone to understand such trade-offs, and to develop an online 'spirit level' tool to map of how countries around the world are striking different balances between telecoms objectives.

The tool and the associated paper are available here

Response to CMA Issues Statement re Vodafone-Three Merger

In this paper, Stephen Howard discusses the CMA’s Provisional Findings and Possible Remedies regarding the proposed Vodafone-Three UK merger, explaining why it merits approval without remedies that would prove counter-productive

Securing the Future of UK Animation

This report, commissioned by Animation UK, explores the dynamics and challenges of the UK's animation industry. The report provides the most detailed analysis of UK animation to date, and discusses the economic and cultural importance of the industry and its prospects, absent of government support.

You can download the report here.

Small business bandwidth requirements

This study, on behalf of the UK's Broadband Stakeholder Group, considers current and forecast bandwidth needs of small businesses. As far as we are aware, it is the first such forecast ever to be published.

The report is based on rigorous research and sophisticated modelling. It highlights the diversity of small business requirements, driven by the differing needs of various industries and the range of business sizes. The report also discusses the policy implications of our findings. 

The supporting model has also been published. Note that this is an 86MB file