Telecommunications
Countries turn to Castalia to achieve universal access to reliable ultra-fast broadband to advance education, economic development and smart cities.
Telecommunications technologies evolve and change at an increasing rate. We help stakeholders in this fiercely competitive sector to understand these disruptive developments and to navigate changing telecommunications markets. We develop markets to enable finance of the fiber infrastructure needed for the ultra-fast broadband networks and we design regulation for broadband fiber networks.
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Telecommunication Regulation Review, Papua New Guinea
Castalia helped Digicel present a case against new proposed regulation in Papua New Guinea. Digicel entered the Papua New Guinea telecommunications market and invested heavily in mobile infrastructure. Incumbents who had failed to invest complained that new investment made the ... Read more
Economic Expert Witness for Telstra Duct Access, Australia
Castalia provided expert testimony and helped Australian telecommunication company Telstra to demonstrate that its duct access pricing was fair. Telstra owns Australia’s copper network. A competitor claimed that Telstra was overcharging the ACCC for access to its telecommunications ducts ... Read more
Telecommunication Network Analysis for Telecom New Zealand
Castalia helped Telecom New Zealand show that regulating access at a single layer of network architecture could achieve competitive outcomes for broadband internet and minimize market distortions. The telecommunications company was concerned that regulation requiring Telecom to offer competitors access ... Read more
Financial and Fiscal Risk Analysis for Private Sector Procurement
Castalia appraised the financial and fiscal risk of Indonesia’s satellite project and advised the Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund (IIGF) on the best way to structure the guarantee. Indonesia wanted to procure a private sector partner to develop, launch, and manage ... Read more
