DotEcon was commissioned by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct an evaluation of five recent CA98 decisions taken by the CMA (or the Office of Fair Trading – OFT – the CMA’s predecessor) with regard to both direct … Continue reading
Publications
June 2018 : Evaluation of direct impact and deterrent effect of CA98 cases: A report for the CMA
May 2018 : Deployment of FTTP in rural Northern Ireland
In a report commissioned by BT, DotEcon has estimated the benefits of a proposed £150m investment in extending ultrafast fibre broadband to rural areas of Northern Ireland at around £1.2bn, a return of £8 for every £1 invested. Increased employment would … Continue reading
April 2018 : Study on Implications of 5G Deployment on Future Business Models: A report for BEREC
DotEcon Ltd and Axon Partners Group were commissioned by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) to prepare a study on ‘Implications of 5G Deployment on Future Business Models’. The study aims to improve BEREC’s understanding of 5G … Continue reading
January 2018 : Analysis of Research and Development Investment: A report for BBC R&D
DotEcon was commissioned by the BBC Research and Development department (R&D) to prepare an independent evaluation of the costs and benefits of R&D’s work over the previous Charter Period (1 Jan 2007 – 31 Dec 2016). This evaluation forms a … Continue reading
August 2017 : Strategic Review on Non-Geographic Numbers in Ireland: A report for ComReg
The Irish telecommunications regulator ComReg commissioned DotEcon to conduct a review on Non-Geographic Numbers in Ireland, following concerns about transparency and user understanding of prices and the usage of these numbers. This report presents our our analysis of the current … Continue reading
July 2017 : Go on, binge…
Three’s launch of its new ‘Go Binge’ offer brings zero-rated access to a selection of video and audio streaming websites to the UK. Similar to T-Mobile’s ‘Binge On’ service in the US, which has come under heavy fire from net … Continue reading
June 2017 : Zero-rating practices in broadband markets
This report, commissioned by the Competition Directorate of the European Commission looks at the extent and nature of zero-rating practices across Europe and develops an initial framework for the competition assessment of zero-rating (distinct from net neutrality considerations). The report can … Continue reading
February 2017 : All’s well that ends well
As expected, Stage Four of the 600MHz US Incentive Auction, which drew to a close on, produced revenues from the forward auction that are sufficient to cover clearing costs. Compared with our initial extrapolation, clearing costs have fallen by a little … Continue reading
December 2016 : Next time lucky?
Extrapolation is fun! The third stage of the US incentive auction of 600 MHz spectrum has not brought the process to an end – aggregate bids in the forward auction of around US$ 19.7 billion were substantially below the US$ 40.3 billion … Continue reading
November 2016 : Excessive pricing of pharmaceuticals – is competition law the best medicine?
At the recent Chillin’ Competition Conference, Commissioner Vestager spoke about direct intervention to correct excessively high prices. This is something that the Commission has not done as a matter of course – not least because it does not want to … Continue reading