Regions Served > Europe and Eurasia

Our European telecommunications practice was launched in the in the early 1980s, with Eurasian coverage beginning in the late 1980s.  Since then Kalba International has assisted operators, technology providers, regulators and multilateral institutions (European Commission, World Bank), achieve a wide range of objectives in the ICT sector.

Examples of the services we have offered and the experience we have gained in the region include:

  • Spectrum auction experience in Denmark, Italy, Netherlands and Poland, including with CCA and SMRA formats
  • Assessment of broadband markets, regulatory frameworks, and adoption and utilization barriers in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan for World Bank; special focus on SMEs
  • UK re-farming of 900 MHz band proceeding—advisory review of filing
  • Prepared regulatory consultation response on calculation of “retail-minus” coefficient in pricing wholesale broadband National broadband strategy case studies for Luxembourg, Malta and Sweden
  • Cable TV and triple play cases in Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and United Kingdom
  • Assisted incumbent operator in preparing a Reference Interconnect Offer (RIO)
  • Helped mobile operators in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Ukraine, UK—and regulator in Sweden—on wide range of strategy, marketing and licensing cases
  • Consulting projects for regional satellite operators, including Eurasiasat, Eutelsat, Inmarsat, New Skies, and SES, ranging from due diligence and acquisition targeting to landing rights negotiation and market strategy development
  • Multi-country business strategy for new wireless broadband technology company
  • Expert witness in mobile licensing case at Supreme Court of Ireland, resulting in reversal of appeals court decision
  • Assessment of 3G licensing frameworks and market prospects in Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and UK

Our consultants have also completed numerous M&A- and finance-related cases dealing with cable TV, fixed and mobile telecom services, and video programming networks, including in Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and United Kingdom.  In addition, they have held operating roles at telecommunications companies in Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain.

Within the region our consultants are based in Brussels, Bucharest, London, and Tel Aviv.  We also have working relations with consulting firms and professionals in Berlin, Bonn, Budapest, Geneva, Istanbul, Kyiv, Lisbon, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Tbilisi, Vienna, and Zurich.