TACTIS provides strategic consulting and assistance in IT projects

• We are a team of 17 senior consultants with skills in ICTs, economics, marketing and law
• We are an independent consultancy company owned by its consultants (capital of €200000)

We offer operational consulting services for the development of broadband market players in France and Europe

• for suppliers
• for broadband service providers (mass market, enterprises)

We have over 12 years of expertise for US and European companies (telcos, suppliers...) and local authorities, as well as linkages with a network of international experts

• TACTIS is a partner of Items International www.ITEMS.fr
• TACTIS is a founder member of FING (Next Generation Internet Foundation) www.FING.org

  Our consulting team has experience in French and the European broadband markets, specifically in :

• regulation aspects
• research of partnerships
• identification of opportunities and time-to-market

  Our core competences include

• Strategy development in the field of telecommunications and the use of ICTs
  • To raise awareness among regional elected representatives and decision-makers
  • To define ICT development plans on a territory
    • audit of the situation
    • analysis of different fields : infrastructure, users’ needs, services’ coverage
    • definition of a scenario for the intervention of the local authority, action plans
  • To study strategic positioning of a territory in the field of ICTs in order to strengthen the development of activities linked to this sector
    • study of the local economy, education and research facilities, training organisations
    • analysis of the territory’s strengths and weaknesses
  • To assist local authorities in Project Management for the development and the positioning of businesses (Business Park, teleport) with a high density of technology and services (digital cities, multimedia poles, e-streams, media building, call centre...)

• Assistance in developing and implementing projects to help local authorities throughout the implementation of an ICT strategy
  • To help local authorities implement regional, metropolitan and broadband local loops networks
    • feasibility studies
    • assistance in legal procedures
    • relations with the regulator
    • assistance in editing special technical specifications
    • assistance in editing call for proposals to service providers and telecom operators
  • To help public and private players develop ICT services using broadband technology...
  • To help set up actions in favour of economic development based around ICTs
    • customer relations and development of tele-activities towards private partnerships
    • analysis of the needs for the telecom infrastructures...

• Developing relationships with key players and sponsors in the broadband market
  • To assist in the setting up of a structure for promoting and developing ICTs on a territory
    • develop local initiatives in ICTs
    • help projects to get started
    • provide the interface between players in the telecom market and ICTs
  • To gather key players in the telecoms market so as to stimulate private investments on a territory,
  • To assist telecoms operators during negotiations as part of network deployment (WLL, LLU and ADSL, GSM and 3rd generation UMTS mobile networks, Internet exchange points...)
  • To assist local authorities in raising resources and support for an ICT project (public and private funding, European Union...)

  Our customers include

• French local authorities
• Cisco
• Corning
• Attrica
• Nortel
• Verizon
• Fujikura

  Our projects include

• large-scale municipal FTTH deployment projects in Europe
  (700000 homes passed in the region of Paris)
• WIFI open network of the city of Paris (400 base stations)