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The 4 to 3 consolidation effect – Ahead of the Commission’s merger ruling Tele2 increased prices in the Netherlands

July 2018

Four months after Deutsche Telekom announced the acquisition of Tele2 by T-Mobile in the Netherlands and few days before the parties notified the 4 to 3 mobile merger to the European Commission Tele2 unexpectedly increased prices.

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Root cause of weak competition in the Canadian wireless market

September 2019

The Canadian wireless market is ruled by provincial mobile network duopolies and monopolies. While in some provinces regional operators increasingly challenge the incumbents, at the national level, Canada is a de-facto network duopoly.

4G era – Who got the most out of it?

May 2019

5-year mobile service revenue trends for 143 operators present in EU28 & OECD markets. Finnish operators that executed ‘unlimited everything’ strategies were the undisputed champions of the 4G era.

German 5G spectrum auction – back to 4 MNOs?
Live tracker and Rewheel analysis

April 2019

Free to download Rewheel spreadsheet analysis of the bids, updated continously.

Site density is key to LTE network performance – and critical for 5G

February 2019

Rewheel-Tutela research study. Analysis of 99 mobile networks across EU28, Norway and Switzerland, key network performance drivers and implications on 5G infrastructure and spectrum investment strategies.

Iliad’s 4th MNO venture into Italy – Will it pay off?

January 2019

Can Iliad make money by charging only €7.99 per subscriber?

T-Mobile and Tele2 4 to 3 mobile merger in the Netherlands – Competition concerns, network efficiencies and effective remedies

November 2018

Are there any remedies that can remove the short and long term competitions concerns entirely?

Capacity utilization and fixed-to-mobile broadband substitution potential with existing macro site grids – 2017

September 2018

A study of 80 European, US, Japanese, Korean, Australian and New Zealand mobile operators. Topical for operators contemplating fixed-to-mobile broadband substitution ahead of upcoming 700, 1400 (SDL), 2300, 3400-3800 MHz spectrum auctions.

First impressions from the world’s first commercial 5G network

August 2018

In June 2018 Elisa became the first operator in the world to launch commercial service over its 5G (3.5 GHz) network in Tampere Finland and Tallinn Estonia. Elisa invited Rewheel to try its 5G network.

The massive MIMO effect: has the 3.4-3.8 GHz TDD spectrum become more valuable than 800 MHz (and 700 MHz) FDD?

April 2018

Paradigm change in mobile technology leads to paradigm change in spectrum valuations (observations after the UK auction)

Gigabyte price development in 4 to 3 consolidated versus 4-MNO European markets – September 2013 to March 2018