Strategic technology decisions

We help telecoms and media clients understand the opportunities and threats from new technologies for their businesses; we evaluate strategic technology choices and sourcing options; and we manage the effective migration to new technologies.

• Assessing the cost benefits of NGN deployment over TDM for a Chinese operator which had already deployed NGN c4 and was looking to migrate to NGN c5
  
  
• Developing the 3G implementation plan for a Malaysian mobile operator, to secure the relevant spectrum after the preliminary spectrum award and assessing its commercial strategy
  
  
• Advising a Southeast Asian mobile operator on the market and competitiveness impact of alternative disruptive technologies, including BFWA with a specific reference to WiMAX
  
  
• Working with a UK IPTV operator to conduct a comparative analysis of the network characteristics and economics of cable and DSL
  
  
• Building a financial model of the costs of launching High Definition television services for a leading UK broadcaster
  
  
• Advising on the choice of MPEG2 vs. MPEG4 as the preferred encoding standard for the launch of an Asia Pacific digital terrestrial television platform