Georg Serentschy

EU/Europe

• Advised a mobile challenger on preparatory strategies for the 5G auction and provided advocacy before the regulator.
• Contributing to advisory work for a leading satellite operator in the area of net neutrality and application of the relevant rules across several jurisdictions.
• Contributing to advisory work for a leading satellite operator on regulatory challenges for the deployment of a new in-flight service across several jurisdictions.
• Contributing to advisory work for a leading satellite operator on spectrum and interference challenges across several jurisdictions.
• Contributed to advisory work for a leading European railway company in the area of in-train connectivity.
• Advised two international telecom operators on merger issues under the EU merger rules and provided advocacy work; analyzed different remedy options and retail price development pre- and post-merger.
• Advised a European system integrator on spectrum issues for smart-grid operations.
• Contributed to advisory work for an industry association on regulatory imbalances between traditional telecom operators and over-the-top players; analyzed possible redress measures and areas of regulatory modernization.
• Advised an international telecom group on a new regulatory strategy.
• Contributed to advisory work for auction design and auction strategies for regulators and operators.
• Contributed to advisory work for an industry association on spectrum policies harmonization across Europe.
• Contributed to the development of a mission statement for an industry association in Europe.
• Providing marketing and sales support for software firms acting in the telecom sector.
• Providing ongoing regulatory and competition analysis for several international clients.
• Advised an international quad-play operator on policy issues across several geographies.

Middle East/North Africa

• Advising a leading Middle East telecom operator for developing and implementing a new broadband strategy.
• Advising a government in a large Middle East country on a new ICT and new regulatory strategy.
• Advising a Middle East telecom operator for developing and implementing a new regulatory strategy.
• Advised a Middle East government on functional separation of the incumbent telecom operator.
• Acted as adviser to a North Africa telecom operator on regulatory strategies and provided advocacy work for ongoing proceedings.
• Acted as an advisor in a national telecom act modernization project in the Middle East; provided international benchmarks and best practices.
• Advising a leading Middle East telecom operator for developing and implementing a new wholesale strategy.
• Contributed to a global benchmarking exercise for a leading Middle East telecom operator to identify the impact of different regulatory regimes; delivered the report “Lessons from Europe”.
• Advising a leading Middle East telecom operator on its regulatory strategy; engaged in meetings with ministry and regulator to discuss international lessons learnt.

North America

• Contributing to advisory work for a global digital company on regulatory issues in Europe, with special focus on spectrum and a broad range of regulatory issues and the implementation of the new European Electronic Communications Code (EECC).
• Contributing to advisory work for a global cloud-service provider on regulatory issues in Europe.
• Provided advocacy work for a North America telecom operator for 5G spectrum auction; derived a set of recommendations based on international best practice.
• Providing regulatory advice and advocacy work for an international satellite operator in particular on net neutrality and spectrum issues.
• Provided in-depth analysis and advocacy work for a North America telecom operator on a Wi-Fi roaming regulation proceeding.
• Provided in-depth analysis and advocacy work for a North America telecom operator on the wireline wholesale regulation; derived a set of recommendations based on the European experience.

Postal

• Contributed to a digitalization project for a major postal services operator in Europe, aiming to expand their operation field from the traditional logistics of physical goods to a more universal operator for physical and digital exchanges in the enterprise, B2C and B2B market segments.
• Worked on the dependence of postal operators on the universal service and the impact of the decline of letter post.
• In the capacity as a regulator for the postal sector in Austria, managed expert teams and worked on typical postal related regulatory proceedings (universal service, affordability of services, retail chain related issues).

ICT/Digital Economy

• Served for two years (2017–2018) as chief consultant for national broadband projects for a leading global ICT solution provider addressing governments and regulators on global scale.
• In former capacity as the head of a national ICT think tank and ongoing as a consultant, managed expert teams and worked on several broadband strategies, national ICT and fiber rollout strategies.

Cybersecurity

• Assisting leading telecom operators and equipment suppliers to secure their global supply chain and to collect international best-practice examples in the area of cybersecurity risk mitigation strategies.