The Strategic Interplay of Technologies, Business, Regulations and Competitive Forces

About Us

Spectrum Management Consulting (SMC) is a boutique independent consulting firm focused on telecommunications, media, technology, and adjacent sectors including end user devices, digital infrastructure, satellite, the cloud and the internet.  We apply extensive industry knowledge, consulting experience, and rigorous analysis to address challenges and opportunities across networks and infrastructure, regulatory, radio spectrum, economic and business planning, and technology domains.

The company was founded in 2005 based on our deep knowledge and breadth of expertise. Key principals have over 30 years of experience with cross-disciplinary knowledge of and insight into business strategy, technology operations and regulatory matters, and, most importantly, their interrelationships.

Based outside of Washington DC in the technology corridor of Northern Virginia, we are proven and experienced in delivering to diverse needs and approaches globally. Our client base is a diverse who’s who in telecommunications, including spectrum owners, service providers, vendors, professional investors, digital infrastructure providers and legal firms.

Our Approach

Interplay

Spectrum Management Consulting’s unique offering is grounded in our ability to understand the strategic interplay of technologies, business, regulations and competitive forces. This rare perspective, bringing together many elements of a fast-changing industry and understanding how they impact one another, is critical to addressing the most fundamental questions posed by strategic leaders and decision makers.

Lifecycle

Our holistic experience, having worked in all phases of the industry lifecycle over multiple projects and verticals, provides an incomparable capability to help our clients with their own challenges. This includes idealization, planning, design (conceptual, preliminary, detail), implementation, operations, optimization/improvement, transition/upgrade implementation, and even sunsetting and decommissioning.

Value Chain

Our ability to articulate and understand the complete value chain and to pinpoint where clients should focus attention and resources is critical to creating value for our clients. SMC has deep expertise in the service provider’s value chain. This includes, but is not limited to, spectrum, spectrum controllers, hardware OEM, connectivity - radio access networks/transport/core (including technologies & standards), network operations, service enablement, systems integration, network services, devices, management services for network (user/ device mgt, configuration, security, policy, etc) and applications and platforms.

Services Offered

SMC supports our clients’ needs with a range of advisory services:

Management-for-hire services (CTO/CSO/Engineering)
Consulting solutions including strategic & business/financial planning & modeling
Technical & operational strategy
Development and implementation support
Due diligence and transaction, financial and technical modeling
Change & performance
Cost improvement
Engineering services
Regulatory evaluations
Other technical and strategic business services.

For spectrum owners lacking in-house operational expertise, we also offer turnkey outsourced wireless operator lifecycle services including sales of services, operation, and management of networks to fulfill construction buildout requirements.