Asset management
Telecommunications
Initial situation
A state-owned telecommunications service provider in the Middle East wanted to replace its copper cable with fiber optic cable.
The challenge
The company did not know exactly what value the previously used copper cables represented and how these assets could be marketed to the highest bidder.
Objective
Best possible marketing of the assets held
Approach
Recording the specifications of the copper cables procured and installed:
Dimensions
Degree of purity
Calculation of the copper mass
Determining the market value
Researching potential customers
Results
the current market value was calculated
several potential buyers were identified
the assets were sold on the international market to the highest bidder