CostQuest is unsurpassed in its combined knowledge of the design, development, and implementation of Network Cost Models.
Should you need a simple model to determine the conversion of capital investment to monthly costs or the ability to determine
the necessary loop plant in an area, CostQuest brings years of experience to the table.
As a demonstration of this experience, the following list details projects that members of the CostQuest team have worked on.
Providing: Cost Analysis and Management Solutions
CostProLoop is currently used by four companies operating in 30 states. It has been accepted by U.S. state regulatory commissions
and adopted in eight states to set UNE rates for incumbent telecommunication carriers.
CostProNZ (a version of CostProCore) has been adopted by the New Zealand Commerce Commission to help determine
funding for universal service and set prices for call services.
Broadband cost analysis for Cable, Wireless and Wireline deployment to each resident in the state of Wyoming.
Cost analysis and models have been used internally for business decisions and externally for universal service and
unbundled element proceedings in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, and Hong Kong.
An Activitiy Based Costing (ABC) analysis combined with asset analysis was developed for a triple play
telecommunications provider so they could understand their cost of service and improve profitability.
Providing: Profit Management Solutions
Profitability of flexible service bundles was deployed to multiple regions, and markets
determined for a national cable and telecom carrier.
Flexible, multi-dimensional product contribution analysis systems that forecast and
decompose revenues and costs prospectively across products, markets, and geographic dimensions have been deployed in the U. S., Colombia, and Hong Kong.
Corporate value acquisition analysis to support negotiations with potential equity
investors was developed for a major Colombian carrier.
Build/buy scenarios were developed to help a large U.S. financial institution evaluate
alternative solutions for telecom service.
Providing: GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Spatial Analysis
State-of-the-art optimized network routing routine following road paths by using
“minimum spanning road tree” (MSRT) approach has been adopted by eight U.S. state public utility commissions.
The entire customer base of ILECs and physical plant from ILECs’ outside plant database was geocoded.
Geocoded all U. S. businesses locations and appended tele-demographic data to
each record for a major consulting firm.
Geocoding process of a major wireless carrier was audited, streamlined, and improved.
Providing: Business Intelligence
Comprehensive business case tool to analyze Competitive Local Exchange Carriers’
(CLECs) ability to enter a variety of markets was developed.
International benchmarking study of interconnection and wholesale price was performed.
Pricing plans of large U.S. inter-exchange carrier was audited, which identified
many “grandfathered” plans with little traffic, leading to elimination of many plans and restructuring of others.
Internal transfer pricing mechanisms for an Australian telecommunications firm were developed.
Providing: Resource Augmentation
CostQuest provided expert witness testimony in state regulatory proceedings to
support economic and cost analysis of client.
Targeted training programs covering cost, contribution, pricing, and management were developed and delivered.
Cost analysis of interconnection rates was performed for U.S. ILECs.
Incremental cost model methodology and cost model user training sessions were
developed for telecom providers in the U.S., Hong Kong, Australian, and New Zealand.