Paroma Sanyal

Dr. Sanyal is a telecommunications industry expert, specializing in telecommunications asset valuation, spectrum policy, auctions, broadband, cost modelling, competition, regulation, consumer protection, and telecom-related intellectual property matters.

She frequently advises clients on telecommunications asset valuation, regulatory issues in fixed and mobile broadband, spectrum auctions, spectrum value, and spectrum availability. Dr. Sanyal has consulted on numerous major Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum and subsidy auctions and has helped clients navigate complex regulatory issues. She also regularly advises clients on telecom-related competition analyses and consults on false advertising cases and various telecom-related litigation matters. In addition to regulatory, policy, and valuation analyses, Dr. Sanyal’s engagements have also focused on a range of issues within the intellectual property, FRAND, privacy regulation, data breach cases, and false advertising.

Prior to joining Brattle, she was the Chief Economist of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. There, Dr. Sanyal led the wireless agenda on economic analysis and policy and worked extensively on the Wireless Competition Reports; several high-profile telecom mergers; Universal Service Fund (USF)-related issues, such as the Mobility Fund; and the Fixed and Mobile Measuring Broadband America agenda.

Earlier in her career, Dr. Sanyal was an Assistant Professor at Brandeis University, where she held a joint position in the economics department and at the International Business School. She regularly speaks at academic and industry conferences and has published in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, The Energy Journal, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, International Review of Economics and Finance, and Review of Development Economics.