What Plum Consulting does

Plum Consulting is a London-headquartered, independent professional services firm founded in 2007 that provides strategy, regulatory, economic, and technical consulting to clients across telecommunications, media, technology, and adjacent sectors. Its service portfolio spans eight lines: telecommunications consulting, broadcasting, digital platforms, spectrum management, radio engineering, technology and infrastructure, legal and transaction services, and strategy and commercial solutions. The firm applies analytical techniques including economic modelling, regulatory and policy analysis, and technical radio/spectrum engineering (propagation modelling, interference analysis, coverage planning, spectrum valuation, and auction design) to address client challenges. Customer segments span national and supranational government and regulatory bodies (Ofcom, Arcep, BEREC, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, NCC Taiwan, Saudi/MENA regulators), fixed and mobile network operators (KPN, GO Malta), equipment vendors, and industry associations.

The firm operates on a project-based, quote-driven consulting revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market relies on thought leadership (regular Insight papers and reports in English and French), conference presence (IIC Annual Conference, European Spectrum Management Conference, TechUK events), and direct enterprise relationships with regulators and operators. Distribution is direct-to-client only, with no resellers or marketplaces. Operating geographies span the UK, continental Europe, Asia-Pacific (Australia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong), the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, MENA), and other markets (Turkey, New Zealand). Strategic partnerships with Stratix and London Economics have supported multi-firm mandates in the Netherlands and Taiwan. The firm maintains a private ownership structure with no disclosed external funding, M&A activity, or parent company.

Name

Plum Consulting

Legal name

Plum Consulting

Website

https://plumconsulting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Plum Consulting is an independent London-based consulting firm founded in 2007, providing strategy, regulatory, economic, and technical advisory services to telecoms regulators, operators, and adjacent sector clients globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telecommunications Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

• Telecommunications consulting
• Spectrum management advisory
• Regulatory policy consulting
• Radio engineering services
• Digital platforms strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Plum Consulting generates revenue through providing strategy, policy, regulatory, and technical consulting services to clients across government, regulators, operators, equipment vendors, and industry associations in telecommunications, media, and technology sectors. Fees are structured as project-based engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Plum Consulting is an independent professional services firm that provides strategy, policy, regulatory, and technical consulting to clients in the telecommunications, media, technology, and adjacent sectors. Its eight service lines — Telecommunications, Broadcasting, Digital Platforms, Spectrum Management, Radio Engineering, Technology and Infrastructure, Legal and Transaction Services, and Strategy and Commercial Solutions — are delivered as project-based engagements to governments, regulators, operators, equipment vendors, and industry associations.

Product overview

Plum Consulting is a professional services firm offering eight distinct consulting service lines rather than a software product portfolio. Their core offerings include Telecommunications Consulting, Broadcasting Consulting, Digital Platforms Consulting, Spectrum Management Consulting, Radio Engineering Consulting, Technology and Infrastructure Consulting, Legal and Transaction Services, and Strategy and Commercial Solutions. These services are applied across regulatory, radio spectrum, economic, commercial, and technology domains for clients in telecommunications, media, and technology sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Fibre take-up and availability in France above standard available elsewhere, driven by symmetric regulatory framework analysed by Plum for Arcep
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• StratixcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlum Consulting partnered with Stratix for a project commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands to analyse and explain the European Commission's White Paper vision for digital infrastructure ('How to Master Europe's Infrastructure Needs'). The partnership combined Plum's telecommunications expertise with Stratix's analytical capabilities for this strategic policy study.
• London EconomicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlum Consulting worked alongside London Economics on a research project for the National Communications Commission (NCC) in Taiwan, supporting the Telecom Technology Center. The project covered regulation of spectrum-related transactions and assessment of competition issues associated with these transactions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Frontier Economics: UK-headquartered economic and regulatory consultancy with strong TMT practice. Direct peer given shared work on competition analysis, spectrum valuation and regulatory economics for telecoms clients and regulators.
• Analysys Mason: UK-based independent consulting firm focused on telecoms, media and technology. Closest direct peer given shared TMT specialism, multi-jurisdictional regulator and operator client base, and emphasis on strategy, regulatory and economic analysis.
• Coleago Consulting: Independent telecom strategy and regulatory consulting firm working with operators and regulators on spectrum, fibre and digital strategy. Direct peer given overlap with Plum's spectrum management and telecom regulatory service lines.
• Oxera Consulting: Independent economic and competition consulting firm with a dedicated telecoms practice. Direct peer given parallel work in regulatory economics, auction design and digital platform regulation for European regulators and operators.

Broad incumbents

• PwC (Strategy& / TMT): Big 4 firm with dedicated global TMT practice spanning regulatory, strategy and technology advisory. Broad incumbent competing with Plum on telecom regulatory and digital transformation mandates.
• NERA Economic Consulting: Global economic consulting firm with established telecoms and competition practice serving regulators and operators. Broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities but with a wider industry portfolio than Plum.
• Charles River Associates: Global consulting firm with an Energy and Telecom practice providing economic and regulatory strategy advice. Broader incumbent across multiple industries but materially overlaps with Plum on spectrum and competition work.
• McKinsey & Company (TMT Practice): Global management consulting firm with a dedicated TMT practice serving operators, regulators and tech companies. Broad incumbent with much larger scale; competes with Plum on strategy and digital transformation mandates.
• Boston Consulting Group (TMT Practice): Global strategy consulting firm with deep TMT specialism serving telecom operators and regulators. Broad incumbent that Plum competes against on transformation, strategy and technology mandates.
• KPMG (TMT Advisory): Big 4 professional services firm with a global TMT advisory practice. Broad incumbent operating in the same telecom regulatory and digital strategy space as Plum across multiple jurisdictions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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