Telecommunications

Mather Economics assisted a client to correct the tax status of wireless telephone customers in the billing system of a large telecommunications company. A pending audit with substantial fines required that the work be completed in a very aggressive time frame. A strategy for dealing with customers affected by the tax status change, and who would perceive higher prices for the wireless service as a result, was developed and incorporated into the implementation efforts.

Mather Economics assisted in the development of recommendations for sharing common capital equipment costs across four partners in a satellite broadcasting company. The cost sharing arrangement developed for the initial partnership was no longer relevant given new product offerings and market changes. The existing cost sharing arrangement led to non optimal strategic and pricing decisions, which would be alleviated given a new cost sharing arrangement.