Municipal and Community Broadband Feasibility Studies and Business Case Analyses
- City of San Bruno Fiber to the Home upgrade analysis, 6 April 2018
- City of West Sacramento Broadband Infrastructure Assessment and Action Plan, 30 March 2017
- City of Salinas broadband development plan, 1 September 2015
- City of Berkeley Broadband Development Assessment, broadband infrastructure analysis and policy recommendations for development, adopted by the Berkeley City Council on 23 June 2015
- Broadband infrastructure analysis and strategic development plan for northeastern California, 21 June 2015
- Broadband infrastructure, service and access analysis for Taft, California, 27 February 2015
- California infrastructure development policy recommendations, prepared for the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, 28 May 2014
- East Bay Broadband Report Card, final report prepared for the East Bay Broadband Consortium, 28 January 2014
- High resolution version of the East Bay Broadband Report Card (81 MB)
- Benicia industrial broadband assessment, presentation to the Benicia City Council, 2 July 2013
- Benicia industrial broadband assessment, report prepared for the City of Benicia, 24 June 2013
- East Bay Broadband Report Card, initial presentation to the East Bay Broadband Consortium, 28 January 2013
- Commercial broadband strategy and master plan for City of San Leandro, July 2012
- Financial analysis of user-financed residential broadband service in Palo Alto, June 2012
- User-financed residential broadband presentation to the Palo Alto Utilities Advisory Commission, June 2012
- City of Palo Alto fiber market research report, May 2011
- Case study: $12 million raised for regional fiber optic network on California’s central coast, March 2010
- Wireless broadband feasibility study for the City of Oakland, August 2009
- Research companion, volume 2 of the City of Oakland study, July 2009
- Case study: best practices highlight wireless broadband feasibility study for the City of Oakland, August 2009
- Economics of WiFi-based Metropolitan Internet Service: A Postmortem on the Wireless Internet Utility, November 2008
- Municipal Wireless Economics, European Wireless and Digital Cities Congress, Barcelona, 13 November 2008
- Wireless Oakland Town Hall Meeting Presentation, 22 September 2008
- State of the Municipal Wireless Broadband Industry, Municipal Wireless Summit, Vancouver, BC, 24 June 2008
- Business case success presentation to ISPCON 2006, Santa Clara, 9 November 2006
- Return on investment presentation to MuniWireless conference, Minneapolis, 24 October 2006
- Tellus Venture Associates white paper on Financial Analysis of FTTH System Proposals: An Operations-Based Approach, October 2005
- WiMAX feasibility study for the City of Folsom, 2005
- Lompoc Broadband Services Feasibility Study, December 2003
International DBS/DTH Market and System Reports
- International DTH/DBS: Market Status and System Assessment, Volume Four, The Americas.
- International DTH/DBS: Market Status and System Assessment, Volume Three, East Asia and the Pacific.
- International DTH/DBS: Market Status and System Assessment, Volume Two, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
- International DTH/DBS: Market Status and System Assessment, Volume One, Europe.
International DBS/DTH Opportunity Briefings
- Advanced Services and New Business Models
- Technology Prospects, Trends and Rankings
- Global Groups and Alliances
- Regional Analysis: Europe
- Regional Analysis: The Americas
- Regional Analysis: Africa, Middle East and South Asia
- Regional Analysis: Asia and the Pacific
- Executive Summary: Systems, Technologies and Opportunities
Tellus Venture Associates Opportunity Briefings are available for presentation on a customized basis at your offices or events.
Published Studies and White Papers
- Economics of WiFi-based Metropolitan Internet Service: A Postmortem on the Wireless Internet Utility, November 2008
- Financial Analysis of FTTH System Proposals: An Operations-Based Approach, October 2005
- DBS Convergence and Competition, July 2001
- Venture Development Models: Satellite versus Silicon Valley, August 1999
- Internet Delivery Via Satellite, June 1999 (co-authored)
- U.S. Digital Television Report, April 1999
- Satellite Radio Broadcasting Report, November 1998
- Satellite Broadband Ventures Strategic Analysis, November 1998
- World Digital DBS Forecasts, July 1998
- Asia Multichannel Television Groups, Systems and Services, May 1998
- U.S. Digital DBS Industry Report, May 1998
- Data Service Via DBS/DTH, May 1997
Market Forecasts
- U.S. satellite radio sales and subscribers, 5-year forecasts, June 2005
- U.S. DBS television subscribers, 10-year forecasts, March 2005
- U.S. second-generation DBS television 5-year outlook, April 2003
- Latin American DTH television subscribers, 10-year forecasts, April 2003
- European satellite radio subscriber outlook, August 2002
- Application service provider and corporate IT forecasts, March 2001
- Internet radio appliance sales, 6-year forecasts, October 1999
- Internet use of global satellite capacity, 5-year forecasts, June 1999
- Direct to user satellite data service subscribers, 5 year forecasts, June 1999
- China regional DBS television subscribers, 5 year forecasts, March 1999
- Africa/Middle East, Asia, Latin America satellite radio sales, 6-year forecasts, Nov. 1998
- Narrowband satellite data broadcasting users, 5 year forecasts, August 1998
- Asia DBS television subscribers, 10-year forecasts, May 1998
- Japan DBS television subscribers, 10-year forecasts, January 1998