John has provided his telecommunications expertise to business in fields such as,


Strategy
– provided telco view on future of payments system to a major bank (2007)
– provided training on interconnection strategy to a major Asian incumbent (2006)
– advised a utility on regulatory aspects of deploying a fibre-based network (2005)


Pricing
– provided advice and wrote submissions on broadband pricing for varous ISPs (2007)
– provided go-to-market pricing advice on VoIP for a major Australian carrier (2005)
– provided advice on the Australian internet market and capacity pricing (2004)


Regulation
– wrote a submission to Australian Government on broadband access regulation (2008)
– conducted a cost-benefit study of mobile number portabilty options for Bahrain (2007)
– assisted some New Zealand ISPs on a wholesale unbundled bitstream pricing (2006-07)
– wrote chapter on regulation in NZ for ABN AMRO Equities Australia (2006)
– assisted a major Australian carrier critique Telstra’s interconnection model (2003)
– special Editor for the Global Telecommunications Reform issue of the Telecommunications Journal of Australia, April 1997

“John was a key member of TransACT’s bid team for the NBN Proposal. His strategic input, knowledge and contacts within the industry were an essential part of TransACT’s industry leading Proposal.”
- Ivan Slavich, CEO, TransACT

“Batelco is grateful to John for his clear and tightly argued analysis of the costs and benefits of different approaches to implementing number portability in Bahrain.”
- Imme Bodammer, drs, MA, Principal Economics Advisor, Bahrain Telecommunications Company

“We were looking for a creative approach to access pricing and John exceeded our expectations”
- Louise Bolger, General Counsel, PIPE Networks Limited

“We required robust economic analysis as part of an ACCC dispute about access pricing. John provided this in a timely and very useful report”
- Tony Dooley, Special Counsel, herbertgeer

Details of the above assignments are not public. However, the reports prepared for governments and their agencies which are public are referenced on the Government Clients page.