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Telecommunication strategy consultants
Coleago provides advice and training for operators and regulators, digital service providers, and investors in the telecoms industry.
Coleago is a telecommunications consulting and training firm. We offer an experience-based consulting approach, with project teams entirely made up of partner-level consultants, each with a minimum of 20 years’ experience in the telecoms sector.
Our Services
Spectrum Valuation and Pricing
Spectrum valuation, spectrum auction benchmarking, spectrum pricing and spectrum auction reserve prices.
Spectrum Auction Bidding Strategy and Auction Design
Coleago has worked extensively with a wide range of mobile operators to help them achieve their auction objectives whilst minimising their exposure to risk.
Strategic Spectrum Review
Coleago Strategic Spectrum Review identifies opportunities for optimising existing spectrum holdings and predicts future spectrum requirements to ensure that operators have a robust spectrum, technology and regulatory engagement strategy.
Telecoms Regulation
Coleago understands the strategic aspects of telecoms regulation and the long-term impact on the business and a country’s economy.
Strategy and Business Planning
Coleago’s approach to strategic business planning is founded on a deep understanding of network economics and underpinned by rigorous analysis and network modelling
Transaction Services
Coleago’s transaction services focus on commercial and technical due diligences for telecom businesses and investors as well as information memoranda for sellers.
Training and Management Development for Telecoms Companies
At Coleago, we specialise in leveraging our unparalleled insight and expertise in telecoms to provide organisations and telecoms professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in the rapidly evolving industry landscape.
Our people make the difference. We offer experience-based consulting, with consultants who have a minimum of 20 years’ experience, much of it gained while working in operations at CxO level.
Featured Insights
Strategic Spectrum Review
The Case for Strategic Spectrum Renewal
As spectrum licences approach their expiry date, a strategic approach to spectrum renewal is crucial. Traditional presumption of renewal in favour of incumbents may no longer serve the industry’s needs. Instead, a more strategic approach to renewal can optimise spectrum assignments and improve spectral efficiency by up to 40%.
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Strategy and Business Planning
Best Practice Spectrum Management
The principles of best practice spectrum management are well established and their implementation can enhance the socio-economic value of spectrum and how much operators are prepared to pay to acquire new spectrum. Whilst most regulators in developed markets have adopted best practice, the same cannot be said for developing markets. Coleago recently studied the regulatory environments in 16 African markets and recorded the extent to which best practice had been adopted.
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Strategy and Business Planning
Learning From Best Practice Spectrum Management in Botswana
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority conducted a review of its spectrum management strategy to align with international best practice. The Authority was advised by Coleago and in this paper, Project Director Graham Friend highlights the lessons to be learned for other regulators in developing markets.
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Industry Comment
The End of Telecoms History? – Not Quite!
At the European 5G conference, Stefan Zehle highlighted that differences in mobile data usage across countries result from variations in price and network availability. While European policymakers celebrate 89% 5G coverage, gaps in both outdoor and indoor connectivity limit usage. William Webb’s prediction that data traffic will plateau at 20 GB per user per month by 2027 seems unlikely, given that top users already exceed 100 GB. To fully realise 5G’s potential, policymakers must address these coverage issues in a cost-effective manner.
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