Showing papers on "Telecom infrastructure sharing published in 2009"

Telecom Infrastructure Sharing as a Strategy for Cost Optimization and Revenue Generation : A Case Study of MTN Nigeria/Zain Nigeria Collocation

Abstract: There is a growing need for operators and providers in the Nigerian telecoms industry to drive down cost of capital assets or infrastructure deployed for telecom services. This has been expressed i ...

Measuring Effectiveness of Telecom Regulation Using Perception Surveys

Abstract: The Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) survey presented in this paper is a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of the Telecom Regulatory and Policy Environment of a country. It asks senior stakeholders to assess the effectiveness (efficacy) of the regulatory and policy environment in the telecom sector of a country along seven dimensions. The dimensions are based on the General Agreement for Trade in Services (GATS) regulatory reference paper on telecommunications, with some additions. Three telecom subsectors of fixed, mobile and broadband are evaluated separately. The evaluation is done on a Likert scale of one to five. The stakeholders are selected to represent in a balanced manner those directly affected by regulation and policy (such as operators and equipment manufacturers), those observing the sector with broader interest and affected by its overall performance (such as lawyers, consultants, investment analysts) and those representing consumer interests (such as civil society organizations, other government institutions). Equal weight is given to each sub-group of stakeholders in order to ensure that a range of views are represented in the final score. The results can be used to diagnose the positives and negatives of a country’s regulatory environment. When multiple countries are surveyed, resulting comparisons can give insight into best or worst practices and act as tool for leaning. For investors who are evaluating investment options in multiple countries, the TRE scores can act as a proxy indicator for regulatory risk. The paper surveys the literature on measuring regulatory performance in infrastructure sectors, describes the TRE methodology and discusses the results from implementing the survey in 2006 and 2008 in a number of South and South East Asian countries.

Municipalities as a Driver for Wireless Broadband Access

Abstract: Municipalities can form a driving force behind the deployment of new telecom infrastructure. While a telecom operator focuses on direct (financial) profits, a municipality is mainly interested in the social benefits for its inhabitants. In this paper, we evaluate a wireless municipality network from both a technical and an economic point of view. WiFi and WiMAX are considered as the most suited technologies for this purpose. A detailed techno-economic study has been performed including forecasting of the user adoption, dimensioning of the wireless network and modelling the related costs and revenues. The trade-off between installing a high number of relatively cheap WiFi access points, and a smaller number of more expensive WiMAX base stations for delivering full coverage is investigated in several scenarios.

Analysis on Vertical Integration of Telecom Operators

Abstract: In resent years, there have been significant changes in China’s telecom VAS industrial chain. The telecom operators have been taking steps to develop their own VASs and bypass the independent VAS providers. This article analyzed the reasons and motivation of telecom operators’ vertical expansion from the perspectives of neoclassical economics, new institutional economics and enterprise competence theory. And this article also tried to build a game model to analyze the influence of operators’ vertical expansion on industrial chain and social welfare. Based on the above studies, this article arrived at a conclusion that the regulator should correctly guide the telecom operators’ vertical expansion, because this strategy of telecom operators is economical and efficient for the industry, and will bring considerable benefits to the industrial chain and social welfare in China.

SandStone: A DHT Based Carrier Grade Distributed Storage System

Abstract: Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems have drawn a lot of attention from telecom research communities, due to their advantages such as high scalability and cost-effectiveness. Many P2P inspired architectures have been proposed to implement the traditional telecom functionalities such as rendezvous service and even wireless networking. Although DHT is always adopted as the major element of such architectures, it’s seldom discussed how to make DHT to meet the telecom infra-structure performance requirements, so-called the “Carrier Grade”. In this paper, we discuss the main design aspects and benchmark measurements of SandStone, a DHT based key-value storage system with traffic localization, strong consistency, high availability and scalability, so as to fill the performance gap between telecom infrastructure and general DHT.

Telecom infrastructure and economic development of pakistan: an empirical analysis

Abstract: This study empirically examines the impact of telecommunication infrastructure on economic development of Pakistan by using time series Data has been taken for the period from 1968-2007 Economic development was taken as predictand While teledensity and investment in telecommunication sector were taken as predictors By using the multiple regression model in log-linear form, we obtained the results (co-efficient given in the text) in which both variables eledensity (6227788) and investment in telecommunication sector (7966789) showed their positive and significant impact on economic development This study helps to conclude the importance of telecommunication infrastructure in economic growth

The Impact of Macroeconomic Factors and Policy Issues on Telecom Sector Performance in Pakistan: An Econometric Analysis

Abstract: Using a time-series data, the paper appraises allocative efficiency of the telecom sector in Pakistan through some of the macroeconomic and policy variables. Results of the study reveal that the openness of the telecom sector to foreign firms and the existing size of population have led to an improvement in efficiency of both the fixed and cellular networks. However, findings on the impact of real per capita GDP and the existence of a separate regulator remain mixed. The study also discloses that cellular networks appear to be benefiting from slow growth of fixed-line networks. The paper suggests that the attractiveness of Pakistan’s telecom sector to foreign firms needs to be maintained so that the country could benefit from the latest technological developments and could attract essential finance needed for development of the country.

The communication model for real-time web service in telecom domain

Abstract: Development of services that span over the Internet and Telecom networks is driving significant efforts towards the integration of services offered by Telecom operators. The telecommunications R&D community also starts adapting and developing similar service delivery platforms to offer a wide range of new value-added services faster and more cost efficiently inspired by the success of Web service technologies for the development and deployment of IT services. In this paper, we have an analysis for Telecom Web services communication requirements and also propose Telecom Web services communication model considering the specific characteristics as state, asynchronous, event-driven communications in Telecom domain. We focus on the design and implementation details for real-time Web service communication model in Telecom domain, and as the framework of communication model for Telecom Web services, the enhanced state machine design and implementation, and the messages dispatching design and implementation for Telecom Web services communication model, and also illustrate the third party end call control scenarios. Finally, we give the conclusion and future essential work. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Application and Development Trend of Geographic Information System in Telecom Industry

Abstract: This paper analyses Geographic Information System applications in Telecom Operation System,combining Telecom Applications Map Related theory.GIS application development trend in ICT business in telecom industry is analyzed.At the end,it discusses the main problems in application of Telecom industry and it's prospective.

Do We Need Policy 3.0 for Telecom 3.0? The Case of the Netherlands

Abstract: In a 2008 Discussion Paper Prof. Noam asserts that the new generation of fiber-based access networks, which he denotes as Telecom 3.0, requires significant upgrades. When the current economic context is taken into account, the financial crisis and international competitiveness, he infers that these upgrades will require a shift in regulatory priorities towards incentives for investments. He concludes that the economies of scale of next generation access and their use as media platforms, will lead to regulatory approaches that are different from those prevailing for the current generation of telecom networks, denoted as Telecom 2.0. In the discussion paper he poses a provocative question: 'Is Telecom 3.0 merely a high speed version of Telecom 1.0, extended across borders of countries and media, supplemented by oligopoly at best? Hence, have we come full circle?' (Noam, 2008).

Game Analysis of Price Competition and Cooperation of Telecom Operators

Abstract: Telecom industry plays an important role in national economic development because of its extensive external economic advantages; thus, it is very important to discuss price competition and cooperation of the telecom operators. According to the game model built by us, this study shows that the reason for the price wars among telecom operators is because when one telecom operator reduces the current prices, its market share will be larger, and even its profits will increase. In the repeated price game, the price equilibrium point in a rational competition is the cost of the telecom operator whose output is lower; and the price equilibrium point in a vicious competition is the marginal cost of telecom operators; and the more the number of the telecom operators, the more difficult to maintain monopolistic price. In the repeated price competition and cooperation game of telecom operators, in order to increase social welfare and avoid vicious price competition, price cap regulation is a preferable control mode, which provides a preferable pricing flexibility for telecom operators.

A study on the value network of telecom service and the organization change of Chinese telecom operator

Abstract: Since China joined the WTO, the Chinese telecom market has been transformed from a seller's to a buyer's market due to the new competition pattern and booming telecom technology. Therefore, the telecom industry must transform their production centered operations to custom service centered operations. During this process, it is very important to develop new business models and lower operational costs. Facing such complexities both inside and outside day by day, the Chinese telecom operators must change to adapt to the business environment, whose change is even greater and faster than their own operational changes. In this paper, we discuss the impact of these changes on the Chinese telecommunications service industry, from value chain to value network; analyze the environmental changes for the telecom operators, from linearity to complexity; and lay out the procedures for the telecom organizational change. Based upon the statistical data collected in 1999–2008 with respect to the Chinese telecom industry, we perform analysis on the features of telecommunications industry, particularly in terms of the evolutionary procedures for the organizational change in the Chinese telecommunications industry, and the structural formation of the Chinese telecommunications market as well. Furthermore, we specifically study on the evolution of the complex adaptive organization and conclude that the telecom organizational change under the complex environment is overall well-regulated and continuous.

Indian Telecom: Regulation, Spectrum Allocation and Dispute Management

Abstract: Legal disputes have stymied the progressof the Indian telecom industry. This paperuses a contest theory model, where legalbattles are a form of contest, to show thatthere can be equilibrium without legalbattle. But this needs the policy makers tohave dispute management as a prime areaof focus. In that context the paper suggestssuitable policy design against the backdropof major telecom disputes. Subhasish M Chowdhury University of East Anglia Debabrata Datta Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad T he privatisation of the telecom industry, the advent of cellulartelephony and the concomitant scarcity of spectrum haveburdened governments worldwide with the task of allocatingthe scarce spectrum among incumbent firms and potential entrants.These developments also throw open a challenge to economicresearchers—that of modelling a market where firms compete, subjectto availability of a scarce natural resource allocated by the government.Given that spectrum is in short supply and acquiring a larger share ofthe spectrum means more profit, it can be concluded that there will beconflict over spectrum acquisition and firms will engage in rent seekingactivities. Unless the government (or the appointed regulating body)manages this task of spectrum distribution and regulation efficiently,disputes will surface and firms are likely to take recourse to legal redressalprocedures. What the nature of equilibrium will be in this kind of marketis an open question. In this paper we address this issue, using the Indiantelecom industry as a case study.Before 1984, the telecom sector in India was operated exclusively bythe government. In 1985 the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)was created as a separate department to serve as the primary policy-maker and regulator for the telecom industry. The telecom sector wasopened to private firms in 1991 to bring in value added teleservicesother than fixed telephony. The Government of India released the National

Future Telecom Markets and Strategy to Cope with the Change

Abstract: This paper aims to give an insight into structure of future telecom markets and provide a strategy for the present day telecom operators to operate efficiently in the rapidly transforming telecom world. Multimedia intensive (converging video, voice and data) and peer to peer applications have increased the number of services running on same infrastructure. Internet Protocol (IP) has revolutionized the telecom network providing uniform interface and a separation between infrastructure and services. Present day telecom markets around the world consist of operators organized as vertically integrated silos because the local telephone industry was always thought to be naturally prone to monopoly due to scale and scope economies. The evolution of multiple services on same network is changing the whole buildup of telecom markets. This paper intends to observe the effects of this evolution on market structure and propose strategy for telecom operators to cope with new market structure.The target of the paper is to apply Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) to study the effects of above said factor. TCE has been applied to study issues relating vertical integration in many fields. IP and the Internet create a large variety of services. Earlier the bandwidth was used only for voice so its specificity was high. Introduction of multiple services using the same bandwidth has lowered bandwidth specificity. Basic transaction cost model presented by Williamson is extended to observe the effects of aforementioned factor to the organization structure of telecommunication firms.The decrease in bandwidth specificity will increase the market procurement range. A mathematical model is developed to observe this effect. It has been observed that this effect favor market procurement to internal supply. Hence future telecommunication markets will be gradually divided into two groups. One group will consist of bandwidth providers and the other will consist of service providers.To get maximum benefit from this theory, the bigger company has to disintegrate or at least divide into two sub companies. One that is only concerned with selling bandwidth and access to others and second that is concerned with service creation, management and marketing

Strategy Coordination and Management Innovation of Telecom Industrial Group Under Transition Environment

Abstract: Based on the introduction of the mechanism and connotation of synergy,combined with the development process and the current practice of telecom industrial group,opinions are given:1) Coordination force should be the main source of current competitiveness of telecom industrial group; 2) Sustained competitive advantages of telecom industrial enterprises could come from promoting coordination force; 3) No coordination force,no core competitiveness. Then,new frames of strategy coordination and management innovation are brought out and analyzed in detail. So the new diversification strategy of telecom industrial group should be coordination-focused and relative core capability-based. Finally,it makes an empirical study and analysis.

Challenges Concerning the Energy-Dependency of the Telecom Infrastructure

Abstract: Industry worldwide depends on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Through large-scale blackouts of the public electricity supply telephone services and Internet connections are massively reduced in their functions, leading to cascading effects Following analysis of selected, typical failure situations counter-measures to re-establish the public electricity supply in Austria to consumers are identified This can serve also as an example for other countries Based on the existing public electricity supply system, a sensitivity analysis both in power and in the ICT sector for the mobile and the fixed network is carried out As a new possible solution "smart grid" or "microgrids" and the controlled operation of decentralized stable islands are investigated

Effects of liberalization of telecom markets in developing countries: Armenia 1998–2008 case study

Abstract: This paper discusses the path of telecom market development in Armenia since its wider opening to private participation in 1998 and the recent fast development in the sector due to elimination of monopoly in providing main telecom services. Investigation covers Internet and mobile markets and draws comparatives with other countries of the region, covering telecom market development (penetration) indicators and technical characteristics. Prospects of telecom market further development are presented in the light of overall Information and Communication technology sector development policy and strategy adopted by the Republic of Armenia. It is argued that small economies lacking natural resources cannot maintain their competitiveness and sustain steady economic growth in the long run without ensuring free and effective Telecom market functioning. Expansion of telecommunication market is an important precondition for carrying out “second generation” market reforms and this paper sheds light on policy perspectives the country has got on the way of telecom market development. The paper also includes telecom market growth forecasts, based on the framework of Sustainable development program adopted by the Government.

Public Procurement as a Change Agent : The Case of the Swedish Telecommunications Market Development

Abstract: This thesis describes and analyses public procurement and its processes in general against the framework of industrial marketing and purchasing. In particular, it focuses on the public procurement of telecommunications (“telecom”) and its effects on the de-monopolization and development of the Swedish telecom market based on empirical material from three case studies, interviews and publicly available written sources.Public procurement is a significant part of any country’s economy. There is a plenitude of publicly available data due to Sweden’s and other public administrations’ transparency policies. Despite this fact, public procurement has been poorly covered in business administration literature when compared with the private sector’s purchasing and selling activities. This thesis tries to bridge the theoretical gap between knowledge of purchasing in business-to-business (“B2B”) and public procurement.Public procurement can be considered as a special type of B2B transaction and, particularly in the case of bigger procurements, of project purchasing. The important difference is that public procurement must follow specific and stricter legislation compared with the private sector’s purchasing activities. Among other things, public procurement law restricts contact between the procuring organisation and tenderers in some phases of the procurement process, allows no changes after the publishing of the Request for Proposal and opens the possibility to appeal to the court if any party considers that the procuring organisation has not acted in accordance with the public procurement rules.The telecom market has, over a period of thirty years, been transformed from a monopoly with practically no choice to a fully competitive market with several service and equipment providers as well as different pricing schemes and competing technical solutions. The development of the Swedish telecom market can be divided into four stages: Full monopoly, partial de-monopolization, full competition and system integration. The main driving forces behind this development have been the political decision to liberate the telecom market and achieve full competition as well as rapid and diverse technical development, which includes the introduction of mobile communication, broadband and Internet.At the same time, the dependency on well functioning telecom in the public sector is constantly increasing due to political agendas such as agencies availability 24 hours 365 days (“24/7 agency”), use of telecom as a means of rationalization and increased internal efficiency as well as new usages in areas that previously were not using telecom in their daily routines. The public procurement of telecom has changed from being a relatively simple administrative issue through being of technical concern to becoming more and more of strategic importance, especially in case of outsourcing and/or procuring system integration from a prime contractor.

Implementing Project Portfolio Management in a Telecom Company

Abstract: As one of the most dynamic industrial area, the telecommunication industry requires huge investments to align the market needs with the technology, especially in the newly accessed European countries. The paper presents the first implementation of Success Driven Project Management Methodology at the portfolio level in a Romanian telecom company.

The study of service innovations model for Chinese telecom operators

Abstract: This paper choose Chinese telecom operators as the research objects, based on the driving force of service innovations models to explore the internal and external driving forces that promote service innovations for telecom operators, based on this and the four-dimensional model of services innovation, find out the system of service innovations model for telecom enterprise, and China Mobile Ltd as an example to explain.

Economic Analysis of Pricing Methods of Telecom Services

Abstract: Telecom industry plays an important role in national economic development because of its extensive external economic advantages; thus, it is very important to discuss the pricing methods of the telecom services. According to the economic analysis of the two circumstances of the telecommunications businesses, which is based on realizing the maximum of social welfare (from the standpoint of consumers) and realizing the maximum of profits (from the standpoint of telecom operators), this paper discusses the cost characteristics of the telecommunications businesses, and points out that the telecom operators pursuing the maximum of profit set higher prices than they do when pursuing the maximum of social welfare. This study shows that regulated, flexible discriminatory pricing based on two-part tariff is the development trend of telecom services, which is determined by the characteristics of the telecom services, competition, demand-price elasticity and other factors.

Understanding Danger to Critical Telecom Infrastructure: A Risky Business

Abstract: Malicious acts aimed directly against humans, or indirectly at their critical infrastructures is a real and present danger. However, how does society quantify danger levels? And is danger different from risk? Classic risk assessments require probability assessments, a highly speculative task for rare events. A “Danger Index”, proposed by Randall Larsen in a recent book, is investigated here. In this exploratory research paper, this metric is examined in the context of current views of risk, and investigates its potential application to telecommunication settings. The danger index is deemed to have potential for assessing critical telecommunication infrastructure protection, avoiding difficult, and often impractical, probability assessments.

Implementing Context Aware Services in a Telecom SOA Infrastructure - An Approach to use context for implementing call flows in an NGN Telecom Environment

Abstract: As telecom carriers migrate their networks to a common IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based infrastructure, they face a challenge of providing services to their customers based on the current need or situation of the customer. We have seen how Web 2.0 allows a user to build situational applications or mashups. We have used the concept of Context to provide a framework to service providers for providing such services. Context can be defined with attributes such as presence and location. A SOA based services infrastructure would help Telecom service providers to use context in providing composite services to their customers. This paper focuses on how to use context in defining call flows within a Telecom services infrastructure. We assume a Next Generation Network (NGN) infrastructure for the Telecom Services Provider, which would ensure a common IP backbone for all services. Based on our industry implementations, we will describe a generic call flow for one of the context attributes.

Air travel and telecom industries synergy

Abstract: The Airline Industry has undergone major disruption but recovered by transforming procedures, pricing and user interaction. Telecom is following a similar path. By analysing the similarities and observing further evolution, we can chart future evolution of Telecom, in particular the effect of the web on the value chain and the changing consumer attitudes. Telecom is yet to adopt web technologies and implement web style procedures.

The study of service innovations model for Chinese telecom operators —China Mobile Ltd as an example

Abstract: This paper choose Chinese telecom operators as the research objects, based on the driving force of service innovations models to explore the internal and external driving forces that promote service innovations for telecom operators, based on this and the four-dimensional model of services innovation, find out the system of service innovations model for telecom enterprise, and China Mobile Ltd as an example to explain.

Counting the Casualties of Telecom: The Adoption of Part 6 of the Telecommunications ACT 1997 (CTH):

Abstract: The development of self-regulation and the role of the States with regard to the adoption of Part 6 of the Australian 'Telecommunications Act 1997' are discussed. It is suggested that the adoption of Part 6 was a result of the 'Casualties of Telecom' issue, where consumers distrusted Telecom's working methods and policies. The role of regulatory culture and adverse publicity in the development of self-regulation in Australia's telecommunications industry is discussed.

Strategic Alliances in China Telecomm Industry Based on B2B Procurement Platform

Abstract: In view of the emerging trend of business process reengineering, and tense competition in China Telecom Industry, in this paper, we study the strategic alliance with background of China Telecom Industry. First, we analyze the necessary of strategic alliance in China Telecom Industry. Second, we present the procurement model in telecom industry. Finally, we put forward a purchasing framework based on B2B platform, which is going to be applied among China telecom operators.

Implementing Context Aware Services in a Telecom SOA Infrastructure

Abstract: As telecom carriers migrate their networks to a common IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) based infrastructure, they face a challenge of providing services to their customers based on the current need or situation of the customer. We have seen how Web 2.0 allows a user to build situational applications or mashups. We have used the concept of Context to provide a framework to service providers for providing such services. Context can be defined with attributes such as presence and location. A SOA based services infrastructure would help Telecom service providers to use context in providing composite services to their customers. This paper focuses on how to use context in defining call flows within a Telecom services infrastructure. We assume a Next Generation Network (NGN) infrastructure for the Telecom Services Provider, which would ensure a common IP backbone for all services. Based on our industry implementations, we will describe a generic call flow for one of the context attributes.

Research on cooperation mechanism in China telecom supply chain

Abstract: With the blooming emergence of value-added service in China telecom industry, the cooperation mechanism between mobile operator and service provider is urgently needed. In this paper, we propose a coordination mechanism based on quantitative analysis. First, we present the structure of one value-added service chain in China telecom industry. Then, we formulate the coordination mechanism between mobile operator and service provider by using game theory. Finally, a numerical example of cooperation mechanism based on real data is given.

Study on Re-Positioning Telecom Industry in Information Society

Abstract: Based on the ITU-defined framework of information society, this paper will deeply analyze the supporting role of industrial part in information society, then discuss the potential opportunities of telecom industry and try to define its new position in information society combined with its existing capacity, providing theoretic support for transformation of telecom industry.