Showing papers on "Telecom infrastructure sharing published in 2015"
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TL;DR: In the context of the sharing economy, the need for participation comes to some extent from its strength to further economic undertaking among individuals with restricted earning capacity in the formal economy as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: 1. IntroductionThe need for participation comes to some extent from its strength to further economic undertaking among individuals with restricted earning capacity in the formal economy. The sharing economy generates novel manners of supplying products and services (Lazaroiu, 2015a, b, c), and chances for connected consumption, being dependent on peer-to-peer connections. Involvement in the sharing economy is driven by economic and ecological interests, in addition to an inclination to boost social relationships. The market tendency and administration of sharing economy platforms are pivotal features configuring them and their capacity to supply genuinely complementary economic agreements. The novel sharing economy is differentiated from former kinds of sharing by its capacity to further sharing between strangers. The social duty of sharing signifies that exchange collaborators do not associate as paradigmatic egotistical, self-governing participants. Participation among relatives and community guarantees that exchange collaborators have a foundation for confidence established on pre-existing social connections (Lazaroiu, 2013), and guarantees the kinds of informal social controls required to bring about detached trust. The capacity to further participation between strangers is a decisive characteristic of organizations and practices (Popescu, 2013) that are component of the rising sharing economy. (Schor and Fitzmaurice, 2015)2. The Platforms and Practices of the Sharing EconomyThe sharing economy requires the involvement of physical assets and services among individuals: technological systems, platforms, and marketplaces back the exchange of belongings and services in the sharing economy. Individuals are distributing assets to augment their income and employing others' goods to make economies. Sharing economy platforms enable individuals within and across communities to link with people to supply and gain from fundamental skills and services. Numerous utilizations of the sharing economy necessitate some confidence between strangers to function. People having resources with declining capacity during some period of time and being able to optimize the usefulness of the declining resources assist the sharing economy function. Participation is an ordinary method in which especially lowincome groups make economies (the sharing economy provides a chance to save resources via sharing). There is a demand for unbiased mutual exchange, concerted effectiveness and income generation for the sharing economy to function most beneficially among marginalized communities. (Dillahunt and Malone, 2015) The rising sharing economy is notably appealing in the circumstances of cities that have problems with population growth and increasing density. In a sharing framework, the private sphere has advanced business patterns to aim at a market deficiency (Nica, 2013), in the private and public mobility marketplace, emerged because of the enlarged overcrowding in cities, the absence of adequate access to quality transit choices in addition to the insufficiency of inexpensive private and clean vehicles for users (the private sphere has established an excess of various business patterns in the collective mobility marketplace). The sharing economy may be the subsequent phase in the development of essentially reconstituting how economies function, and may make a significant difference in facilitating a wide-ranging change in international and local economies toward sustainability (it has seen competitors from startups and multinational companies). (Cohen and Kietzmann, 2014)An emerging sharing economy has brought collaborative utilization as a real likelihood (Lazaroiu, 2014) to people. From an economic perspective, and in the unavailability of reputational considerations, distributing a resource is tempting when the anticipated advantages of the transaction eclipse the antic- ipated expenses. An essential obstacle to participation is a lender's worry concerning harm because of unnoticeable operations by a renter, commonly generating mora l hazard. …
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TL;DR: The growing telecom access and statistics, investment opportunities in the sector, modern applications and the broadband developments in line with the changing orientation of the telecom industry of Pakistan are presented.
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TL;DR: Based on a new proposed framework called EPIC (Economy-Policy-Infrastructure-Content) and cross-sectional data, the world's Internet penetration was found to be determined by the literacy rate, telecom infrastructure and the availability of Internet content.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present three alternative incentive structures for PPP contracts that can potentially benefit both public sector sponsors, by delivering higher quality per dollar, and private investors, by generating attractive returns.
Abstract: Realizing the potential taxpayer benefits of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure investment, including higher quality per dollar and faster project delivery, depends on allocating project risks to the party best able to manage them. Arguably, demand risk is the most important source of uncertainty affecting an infrastructure project’s financial viability, particularly in the case of new build, or “greenfield” projects in which the private partner’s compensation is determined by user volume, but for which no history of use exists. PPPs have typically used the basic user fee or availability payments models to allocate all demand risk and (therefore revenue risk) to either the private partner or the government, limiting the number of PPP deals that investors and project sponsors may find attractive. However, recent deals have migrated away from the basic user fee arrangement after several prominent PPPs using it encountered financial difficulty.This paper presents three alternative incentive structures for PPP contracts that can potentially benefit both public sector sponsors, by delivering higher quality per dollar, and private investors, by generating attractive returns. The rate of return model, price cap model, and “sharing” model all apply principles from the regulation of privately-owned energy and telecom infrastructure to PPP projects that generate user fees. In addition, these alternative risk- and profit-sharing approaches may create choices that are attractive to investors and sponsors with risk preferences and return expectations not accommodated by more commonly used models. By expanding the options for sponsors and investors to consider in PPP negotiations, these incentive structures have the potential to increase the number of PPP deals and improve the odds of the projects’ long-term success.
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01 Dec 2015TL;DR: A weather monitoring system which is a confluence of embedded systems, crowdsourcing and telecom infrastructure is proposed which can be coupled with wireless weather stations to provide real-time weather data.
Abstract: Weather monitoring has become a quintessential aspect in a variety of fields. Often the challenge lies in fetching accurate information from the site. Having weather information regarding just a particular city isn't sufficient as the weather changes are brisk. In a large city, weather conditions vary from region-to-region. Zone-specific information is needed during such scenarios. Crowdsourcing can be largely influential in such cases. By acquiring resources from a group of service providers, it can aid in the easy retrieval of weather parameters. The most significant players in this approach are the Telecom Service Providers, who have a pool of infrastructure in the form of towers and grids. This infrastructure can be coupled with wireless weather stations to provide real-time weather data. In this paper, we propose a weather monitoring system which is a confluence of embedded systems, crowdsourcing and telecom infrastructure.
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23 Apr 2015TL;DR: This work evaluates the new challenges and opportunities that are offered by the adoption of cloud and virtualization technologies in telecom sector and its impact on industry value chain and the operational model and indicates that security is still considered as the primary concern that forces cloud into back foot.
Abstract: Cloud computing and virtualization are two key technology priorities for telecom service providers. Besides total cost reduction, there are many strategic objectives while adopting cloud technology into the telecom sector. Telecom service providers core assets and strength lies in their communication networks, but these alone are not enough to maintain the industry in the higher level that it once enjoyed. Combining cloud computing technology and networks, telecom service providers can become a significant force in the cloud providers domain and more importantly to return to the growth path. This work evaluates the new challenges and opportunities that are offered by the adoption of cloud and virtualization technologies in telecom sector and its impact on industry value chain and the operational model. Results indicate that even though there are many technical and non-technical challenges still existing, security is still considered as the primary concern that forces cloud into back foot. This study also brings out the fact that, like all other technologies involving in business, cloud technology also brings in many new advantages as well as few disadvantages. Whilst several studies and research works have been done on cloud computing for IT sector, limited research work has been found on cloud computing for telecommunication. Also, majority of the research done in this area is based on industrial research perspective. The significance of our work comes in this context.
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TL;DR: The evolution of the competitive telecom industry provides an instructive analogy with respect to the way that monopoly providers responded to the opening up of their infrastructure to competitors and the rapid development of intermodal competition as discussed by the authors.
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TL;DR: The empirical literature revealed that Open ICT Infrastructure sharing can substantially reduce capital and operational expenditure thereby increasing the speed of network rollouts, improve coverage and help meet the capacity demands of increased data traffic.
Abstract: The study sought to investigate the effects of network infrastructure challenges on open ICT infrastructure sharing by Mobile Service Providers in Kenya. Specifically, the study investigated network sharing challenges as the main determinants to open ICT infrastructure sharing by Mobile Service Providers in Kenya. The empirical literature revealed that Open ICT Infrastructure sharing can substantially reduce capital and operational expenditure thereby increasing the speed of network rollouts, improve coverage and help meet the capacity demands of increased data traffic. Other reviews revealed that each sharing environment is different and may have pressures and priorities that change throughout the process of establishing a partnership between two operators with a view to developing a framework for Open ICT infrastructure sharing. Data was collected from employees from Safaricom, Airtel and Orange in order to study the population. A target population of 800 employees from the three Mobile Service Providers in Kenya was considered. Both Stratified and purposive sampling techniques were used to identify the respondents. A sample size of 86 respondents was used in this study using both structured questionnaires and scheduled interviews. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse data collected from respondents in this study. Network service control and Coverage, Network growth and Experience and Resources were identified as the main challenges facing Network sharing by Mobile Service Providers. It is hoped that the results obtained from this study will be beneficial to stakeholders in Mobile Service industry formulate policies that promote ICT Infrastructure sharing with a view to promoting universal access and saving on expenditures.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have looked at regulatory status, core services figures, followed by financial overview for incumbent operators in the past decade, as well as mobile users' attitudes in carrier section.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new integrated hybrid power supply system suitable for the site sharing requirements is introduced, which perfectly combines many functions together, such as energy generation, conversion, control, distribution and metering, which support multiple energy access including solar, grid, many kinds of battery storage, −48V DC power output directly with multi-channel distribution for different operators loads and common platform management and control for smooth upgrading of site sharing.
Abstract: Site infrastructure sharing is the trend of future base station construction. Telecom infrastructure operators require for smooth upgrading and low TCO when sharing sites power supply, spaces and operation management. This paper introduces a new integrated hybrid power supply system suitable for the site sharing requirements. It perfectly combines many functions together, such as energy generation, conversion, control, distribution and metering, which support multiple energy access including solar, grid, many kinds of battery storage, −48V DC power output directly with multi-channel distribution for different operators loads and common platform management and control for smooth upgrading of site sharing. With the integrated variable speed generator inside, the system can maximize the fuel efficiency based on the actual load capacity; accordingly, fuel consumption could be reduced sharply at low load capacity. Two systems can work in parallel with a total power output, making the expansion of energy generation easily, which could be applied to meet the increasing electricity requirements when more operators add in. This solution is much better than that has been applied before. The system is designed in the way that both power conversion modules and intelligent power distribution units can be smoothly expanded. AC/DC and DC/DC conversion modules can be exchanged freely in the same slot position to shrink the volume of the system. Besides, different battery storage group also can be expanded by HBTS (hybrid battery transfer system, embedded structure). The electricity used by different operators could be metered by central supervising unit or intelligent electric meter. The system combines multiple hybrid energy solutions to cope with different site sharing scenarios to comprehensively reduce site sharing TCO. It helps telecom infrastructure operators invest capital step by step and maximize the ROI.
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TL;DR: The paper attempts to come up with new key performance indicators which will help the telecom managers' scale the usage and revenue generated by data services more accurately.
Abstract: The telecom industry is phasing towards a business model which is more data centric, as the industry sees a decline in its legacy services. As a result of this shift, the legacy metrics and KPIs which were once used to scale and understand respectively the performance of the industry need to evolve as per needs of the new environment to provide a more accurate picture of the industry as it undergoes a business transformation. As a result of shift from voice to data there is a change in the business trends in the telecom industry which in turn necessitates the need for new Key Perfomance Indicators to measure the performance of the telecom industry. So the objective of the paper is to study the changes happening in the telecom industry due to the shift of voice from data and the effect of this shift on the telecom business trends. The paper attempts to come up with new key performance indicators which will help the telecom managers' scale the usage and revenue generated by data services more accurately.
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06 Aug 2015TL;DR: The results show that under a moderate user density, the total investment on the infrastructures can be significantly reduced and the market can converge to equilibriums with desirable properties which cannot be achieved without the joint venture.
Abstract: The fast development of 4G LTE networks calls for a huge amount of investment on infrastructure that mobile operators could no longer make it alone in building and maintaining their own network infrastructures. How to cut the cost by forming a joint venture responsible for building and maintaining a common infrastructure raises new challenging problems of pricing and coordination in the market making. In this paper, we propose a market solution where the joint venture decouples from the behaviors of share-holding mobile operators. We are interested in the pros and cons in economic benefits for such a joint operation. We set to study the best pricing and sharing strategies that maximizes the aggregate profit of members within the joint venture, each of which follows an individually rational and optimal strategy. Our technical analysis reveals a prisoner's dilemma structure embedded within such a game, which is the main factor leading to important game theoretical properties of such joint ventures. How to avoid the trap of the prisoner's dilemma to agree on the global optimum solution is a subtle challenge here. We develop game theoretical solutions to make such a dream cooperation possible as a Nash equilibrium. We also present experimental studies to verify our results numerically.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how addressing the challenges and opportunities of Indian telecom sector can lead to its holistic improvement and propose a framework to improve the operational aspect of telecom business.
Abstract: The rapid change in technology in Indian telecom sector has significantly impacted the operational aspect of telecom business. Coupled with increased competition and emergence of rural market, the telecom sector is faltering in its evolution. In this work we discuss, how addressing the challenges and opportunities of Indian telecom sector can lead to its holistic improvement.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the interaction between the sharing or peer-to-peer economy and new forms of housing, particularly micro-units, and suggested that as cities revise existing regulations to respond to both the growing demand for micro-unit and the expanding role of the sharing economy in urban areas, they should more carefully consider the potential synergies between these phenomena.
Abstract: This article, written for the Fordham Urban Law Journal’s symposium entitled Sharing Economy, Sharing City: Urban Law and the New Economy, explores the interaction between the sharing or peer-to-peer economy and new forms of housing, particularly micro-units. Certain components of the sharing economy, such as car sharing and co-working, rely on sufficient demand, typically produced by residents within close proximity to an asset-hub. Trade in the idle capacity of privately-owned goods frequently depends upon potential users sufficiently nearby to render sharing convenient. Land use regulations that permit development of micro-units may increase density to levels that better support a sharing economy infrastructure. The sharing economy is also frequently invoked to explain consumer demand for such units – as potential residents choose to forego space and rely on shared resources. Developers have sought to make micro-units more attractive to potential residents by providing access, sometimes on-site, to car and bicycle sharing. Such resources also may ease worries of neighbors concerned about increased density and some local governments have begun to consider the provision of sharing economy infrastructure in the land use approval process. In addition, certain new forms of residential development more expressly incorporate a culture of sharing and at times explicitly identify as a component of the sharing economy. This article sketches out some of the theoretical and practical implications of the relationship between micro-units and housing more generally and the sharing economy. Even as many micro-unit residents embrace the sharing economy to complement their small living spaces, these units provide residents with an alternative to perhaps the simplest form of contemporary property sharing – living with roommates. They represent a turn away from certain informal sharing of property (kitchen items and food, living room furniture, music and book collections) towards more formal sharing through the peer-to-peer economy. The new exchanges of personal property facilitated by the sharing economy thereby simultaneously enable the increased privatization of an individual’s residence. As the sharing economy reshapes cities it is also changing the types of housing demanded by urban residents. This article suggests that as cities revise existing regulations to respond to both the growing demand for micro-units and the expanding role of the sharing economy in urban areas, they should more carefully consider the potential synergies between these phenomena.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an economic explanation for why big telecom operators are inclined to involve in anti-competitive behaviour, using concentration ratios, Herfindahl-Hirschman Index and a unique measure of excess profits of individual firms.
Abstract: Anti-competitive behaviour, despite helping its practitioners reap rich benefits, is generally believed to have adverse effects on the consumers and the economy as a whole. This paper studies anti-competitive behaviour with specific focus on the Indian Telecom Industry. With an extensive coverage of tacit collusion, predatory pricing and competition structures, this paper attempts to provide a strong economic explanation for why big telecom operators are inclined to involve in anti-competitive behaviour. Using concentration ratios, Herfindahl–Hirschman Index (HHI) and a unique measure of excess profits of individual firms, the paper tries to identify which firms have the potential to exhibit anti-competitive behaviour. Real cases of anti-competitive behaviour by firms are also documented. It is hoped that telecom regulatory and competition authorities will be more vigilant and use concrete information to act decisively and impartially.
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01 Oct 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present and discuss a proposal for how to meet the increasing bandwidth demand with a remote power concept for reduced CAPEX and/or reduced energy losses for fixed line xDSL networks.
Abstract: The communication infrastructure is facing an increasing demand for higher bandwidth with larger coverage, both for fixed line xDSL networks and for wireless equipment. Such expansions in bandwidth and coverage introduce higher demand for power at an increasing number of sites. This paper presents and discusses a proposal for how to meet the increasing bandwidth demand with a remote power concept for reduced CAPEX and/or reduced energy losses.
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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an integration architecture for Mobile Information Communications Technologies (M-ICT) in Telecom Namibia (TN) to assess the risk posed by the usage of mobile technologies.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze Mobile Information Communications Technologies (M-ICT) usage and recommend an integration architecture to Telecom Namibia (TN). The major problem of the research was the current usage of mobile technologies and the benefits of integration M-ICT in TN. The specific objectives are to assess the risk posed by the usage of mobile technologies to TN and to recommend suitable integration architecture for M-ICT in TN. The study is a quantitative research which investigates the current usage levels and possible use cases of M-ICT by TN employees. The positivist research strategy was used for the quantitative non-experimental research survey that includes the gathering and analysis of quantitative data for the study. The data received from respondents was captured in Survey Tracker software, extracted in .SAV file format and imported into SPSS for further analysis. The responses to all items was classified and tabulated in different categories using the IBM SPSS 20 software. The coded data was analyzed by means of One-Way Anova at significance level of .05 in order to determine the relationship of the variables. Significant variables to the study were identified and interpreted accordingly and where possible linked to literature review to gain a full understanding from both primary research data and secondary research. The finding of the study showed that there is a high risk of sensitive information leaking from the company due to corporate data being accessed from mobile device. It is
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15 Sep 2015TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a study to measure the customer satisfaction regarding the different services of the mobile telecom operator companies inBangladesh and found that most of the respondents opined that they are moderately satisfied with getting different services.
Abstract: The purpose of the present research study is to measure the customer satisfaction regarding the different services of the mobile telecom operator companies inBangladesh. The mobile telecom sectors are growing rapidly and the contribution of this sector to economic development is very significant. The study surveyed 150 users’ opinions to determine the satisfaction level regarding the different services of the mobile telecom operator companies inBangladesh. On the basis of findings it is evident that the most of the respondents opined that they are moderately satisfied of getting the different services of the mobile telecom operator companies inBangladesh. This study also revels that there is no significant difference of opinions among the respondent regarding getting the different services of the mobile telecom operator companies in the most of the cases.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the potentials of current telecom offerings in the Product Service Systems (PSS) paradigm and compare them with PSS characteristics found in literature, in order to understand how modern telecom services, using personal mobile phones and other objects, really fit with the PSS philosophy.
01 Nov 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the consequences of a particular regulatory intervention to encourage or prevent infrastructure sharing in a case-by-case basis taking into account dynamic aspects such as innovation and future investment incentives.
Abstract: In developing countries, governments know the importance of broadband for development and promoting broadband as a way to boost knowledge in society has now entered the political agenda. Infrastructure sharing is one of the main trends in broadband infrastructure deployment. In developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a trend for governments to back infrastructure sharing projects as a way to reduce costs in network deployments, expand coverage, reduce the rural-urban digital divide, and accelerate broadband take-up. Traditional infrastructure sharing models, such as regulated access to the so-called last-mile network or site sharing agreements among mobile operators, have given way in recent times to new designs. The mutualization model, where a common facility is operated by all market participants, and the cooperative model, where the telecommunication infrastructure is housed or jointly constructed with other linear infrastructures, is the two most popular designs. A regulatory intervention that favors infrastructure sharing can lessen a specific market problem - such as the existence of entry barriers in the access network - but it can create complications to the future market development or distort the functioning of an adjacent one. The consequences of a particular regulatory intervention to encourage or prevent sharing must be analyzed on a case by case basis taking into account dynamic aspects such as innovation and future investment incentives.
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TL;DR: The paper describes the current scenario of Indian telecom sector and uncovers the importance of telecom sector in India and the various factors that have played a major role in facilitating the growth of telecomsector in India.
Abstract: Society today has made itself so used to telecommunication that the world would collapse if it was taken away. The reason for the tremendous growth of telecommunications is because we needed a better way to relay messages to each other. Globalisation has made telecommunication an integral part of the infrastructure of the Indian economy. India's telecommunication network is the second largest in the world based on the total number of telephone users (both fixed and mobile phone). It has one of the lowest call tariffs in the world enabled by the mega telephone networks and hyper-competition among them. It has the world's third-largest Internet user-base. According to the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), the Internet user base in the country stood at 190 million at the end of June, 2013. Major sectors of the Indian telecommunication industry are telephony, internet and television broadcasting. In this research paper, main emphasis has been placed to bring to light the history and development of telecommunication sector in India. It also uncovers the importance of telecom sector in India and the various factors that have played a major role in facilitating the growth of telecom sector in India. Data has been collected from multiple sources including books, journals, websites, newspapers etc. The paper describes the current scenario of Indian telecom sector.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the performance of public and private cellular service providers in terms of market penetration effectiveness, their subscribers' base, revenue earned by them etc. in Assam Telecom Circle.
Abstract: Indian Telecom Sector is one of the fastest growing domains compared to other sectors of development, which has received extensive investments, both by government as well as private players in the recent years. The prime purpose of this study was to compare the performance of Public and Private Telecommunication sector with reference to wireless services in Assam Telecom Circle. The paper tried to explore and understand the major similarities and differences existing between the public and private cellular service providers in terms of market penetration effectiveness, their subscribers’ base, revenue earned by them etc. in the above mentioned Circle. National and State level data of Telecom Sector was collected on a periodic basis over time. A critical evaluation had been done with the help of Applied Analytical Research, by using facts and information already available. The result showed that there were few common factors applicable to both Public and Private Telecom Sector; however significant differences in performance are there in these sectors in Assam Circle. The key findings from this study describe that visibly the Private Sector had better performance than Public Sector in terms of few parameters considered in this study, which might indicate a possible development direction for the effectiveness of Public Sector in this Circle. Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-3: 188-192 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i3.12570
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the possible effects of the termination of international roaming charges on Telecom operators and set the ground based on which strategic changes can be made in order to compensate for the loss of this revenue stream.
Abstract: The telecommunication sector within the European Union is facing fundamental changes, both because of global developments such as the introduction of OTT services and because of the hurdles along the way towards the transition to a European Digital Single Market. In this unified market many European operators possibly won’t survive in their current form but it is expected that the resulting ones be more resilient and strong. This leads to extended interactions between technology, market and regulation and the possible outcome scenarios, deriving from these interactions, shape to a great extent the developments in the European Telecommunications market, bringing changes in the strategies of OTT and Telecom operators and leading the evolution of their surrounding ecosystem. In a unified market in the telecom sector, mandated by EU regulation and developments in the field of communications, there is potential for fundamental changes that will ensure that the market evolves and adjusts successfully to this new frame and that the consumers’ needs are fully met. On the one hand, it is important that the EU regulatory frameworks are clear and well thought, but in return Telecoms need to make their own strategic adjustments to survive within those frameworks. This paper explores the possible effects of the termination of international roaming charges on Telecom operators and sets the ground based on which strategic changes can be made in order to compensate for the loss of this revenue stream. Inside the European Union several voices have been raised about the economic gains of a Single Market of telecommunications. The scale of these gains are difficult to predict but the transition to a more unified telecommunications market is a vision that the EU attempts to complete gradually, demanding that Telecom operators eventually comply and adjust. There is a big sea of possibilities for corporate strategies that telecom operators can follow to grow in revenue and profitability and some companies are already showing signs of what they plan to do. Also there are already trends observed in terms of capital for concentration and consolidation in this sector which leads to a basic conclusion that companies are trying to get ready even in adverse financial times. This paper aims at identifying the players in the roaming market and making clearer which strategic trends are being popularized and have more chances of resulting in a successful strategy for telecom operators.
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TL;DR: The SWOT Analysis were carried to predict the potentials of renewable in establishing the Green Networks in Indian scenario and the several parameters were taken into account for giving the final verdict for implementing the concept.
Abstract: The telecom industry in India traditionally use grid power as the primary source and diesel generators as the secondary source, or as backup to grid power. The average load at a telecom site usually varies from 0.75 kW to 20 kW. Green Network Initiative may be a comprehensive energy-efficiency and alternate-energy program covering high impact initiatives, which are aimed at reducing the carbon footprint through lower and optimized diesel usage. These initiatives broadly comprise Alternate energy sources, Energy efficiency measures, Demand side management. Passive telecom infrastructure in India is dependent on diesel generators as the primary source of backup power, due to (a) poor grid supply, (b) no grid connectivity in rural areas and (c) low quality grid power. Recent developments in renewable energies might overthrow the diesel generator as the technology of choice for off-grid mobile base stations. Renewable energy has evolved considerably over the last couple of years so much. In this research article we explored the potential of impacts to tilt the balance in favor of telecom towers powered by renewable energy. SWOT Analysis were carried to predict the potentials of renewable in establishing the Green Networks in Indian scenario. The several parameters were taken into account for giving the final verdict for implementing the concept. Although the work was done on the secondary data (i.e. collected from different reports, online sources and surveys) to inspect the applicability of Green Networks concept in Indian context, but the method still needs to be refined with in situ data for the upcoming studies.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the changing scenario of the Indian Telecom sector over a period of ten years (2004-05 to 2013-2014) and find that there are no huge fluctuations in the cash positions ratios, return on equity and return on assets.
Abstract: Telecom sector is developing at a rapid speed, with the auctioning of spectrum the central government is able to raise thousands of revenue. More and more private players are entering this competitive sector, which once upon a time was ruled by the public sector undertaking BSNL. One of the fastest developing industry in the service sector is telecom, India is the second largest market for telecom industry, it is been estimated that the mobile industry would contribute approximately US$ 400 billion to GDP during the year 2014. According to GSMA the sector will expected to create more than 4.1 million jobs by 2020 Introduction India is the second most populous country in the world. India is having the credit of second largest communication network based on the number of users. The added advantage in Indian telecom sectors the affordability at lesser cost when compared to other developing countries. India is the world’s third largest internet user market as it is having a good number of young generations. Telecom sector is developing at a rapid speed, with the auctioning of spectrum the central government is able to raise thousands of revenue. More and more private players are entering this competitive sector, which once upon a time was ruled by the public sector undertaking BSNL. During the year 1850, the first telegraph was started by the British East India Company and it is been one of the world’s oldest. Again during 1880, the Oriental Telephone Company and Anglo-Indian Telephone Company Ltd approached the Government to start telephone exchanges until then as it was the government monopoly. Overview of Indian Telecom Industry One of the fastest developing industry in the service sector is telecom, India is the second largest market for telecom industry, it is been estimated that the mobile industry would contribute approximately US$ 400 billion to GDP during the year 2014. According to GSMA the sector will expected to create more than 4.1 million jobs by 2020. The major players in the sector are Bharati Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, Idea Cellular, Aircel, Reliance Telecom, Tata Docomo etc. Source: http://www.telecomcircle.com/2009/06/india-telecom/ The chart depicts the operator share in the Indian Telecom sector, where Bharti Airtel has a market share of 23% and is a market leader for years, followed by Vodafone 19%, Idea Cellular with a market share of 15%. The public sector undertaking BSNL/MTNL is with a combined market share of 10%. MTNL operates in two major metros New Delhi and Mumbai and BSNL operate all over the country except these two cities. Review of literature The study conducted by Velnampy T & Kajananthan (2013) in Srilanka for two telecom companies such as dialog telecom plc and Srilanka telecom plc has found that there are no huge fluctuations in the cash positions ratios, return on equity and return on assets. Subramaniam Velu et al (2014) in their research article studied the development of telecommunication in Malaysia and found out that due rapid change in technology, the telecom companies have to more pro active in their approach in adaptation new technology so that they can survive in the market. They found that telecom in Malaysia has reached saturation level. A study conducted by Dr. B Vijayalakshmi & M. N. Sailaja has found that even though the telecom companies in India are having ill financial health in spite of well established, their study also find the difficulty faced by public sector undertaking BSNL from major private players. Bernardo Bortolotti et al have find out that operating efficiency and capital investment spending increase significantly after privatization, while employment and leverage decline significantly. Methodology Objective of the study: as a fastest growing sector in Indian service industries telecom industries has been gaining lot of importance and its contribution to Indian economy growth. The study aims at evaluating the changing scenario of Telecom sector over a period of ten years (2004-05 to 2013-2014). More specifically the emphasis will be on the following issues such as total number of subscribers for both wire and wireless, revenue, investment on fixed assets etc,
02 Sep 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the main aim of this paper is to promote the introduction of renewable energy into the telecom industry as an intervention of finding reliable alternative energy source of electric power, which is essential that decentralized source of power generation such as solar power is given much attention by policy makers and mobile telecom operators.
Abstract: Through examination of telecom operations, there are clear signs indicating that Africa offers a huge market and investment opportunities. Mobile telephone and ICT facilities are spreading very fast as millions of Africans yearn for this innovation. Until the advent of mobile phone, many Africans never had access to telephone facilities. The influx of mobile technology brought unprecedented growth, significant investment and business opportunities in the booming telecom and IT sectors. However, the provision of reliable electricity to support the telecom and IT industry currently poses a challenge to the continent. The demand for electricity is expected to increase due to population growth rate and the increasing desire for telecom and ICT gadgets as well as the expansion in the industrialization. To overcome these challenges and also to improve the economic and social standards of people, it is essential that decentralized source of power generation such as solar power is given much attention by policy makers and mobile telecom operators. Solar power generation in Africa has a high potential and promises to be a more reliable alternative since there is enough sunshine in every part of the continent. The main aim of this paper is to promote the introduction of renewable energy into the telecom industry as an intervention of finding reliable alternative energy source of electric power. The paper outlines the economic and technical advantages of solar photovoltaic electricity. However, the challenge is how this renewable energy should be used in order to be beneficial to the continent and other developing countries as we move towards the next generation network. Keywords : ICT, Africa, sustainable development, solar energy.
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01 Oct 2015
TL;DR: This white paper identifies the critical advantages of a comprehensive monitoring system across the telecom network - from the IT to the facility - in reducing cost and improving processes, as well as to the overall network structure.
Abstract: Demand for reliable, efficient mobile network services is increasing, as customers seek for more value-added services (VAS) from telecom operators. However, many operators still suffer from network outages as they do not have solutions in place that will detect and alert them of a problem even before it escalates. Network outages can be prevented through a comprehensive, intelligent monitoring system within the telecom network. This white paper identifies the critical advantages of a comprehensive monitoring system across the telecom network — from the IT to the facility — in reducing cost and improving processes, as well as to the overall network structure.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors have reviewed the current supply chain dynamics of Indian telecom industry and identified key factors of telecom industry's supply chain and their relationship with either revenue or cost of organisation.
Abstract: Telecom sector plays a crucial role in infrastructure development of a country and its economy. The study was set out to review supply chain of telecom sector and its impact of revenue or cost of organisation of the sector. The study has sought to review the current supply chain dynamics of Indian telecom industry and to identify key factors of telecom industry’s supply chain and their relationship with either revenue or cost of organisation. Further on study has sought to establish that supply chain management impacts not only cost but revenue also equally in fact more than the cost in telecom sector. The study propose to establish linkages of supply chain operations with financial performance parameters of revenue and cost for organisation of the sector so that relationship equation can be established by individual organisation and performance can be improved. Once linkages are clearly established in organisation, it helps organisation to align supply chain strategies with overall business strategy of organisation and help organisation to be agile by bringing flexibility in supply chain.
Keywords: India, Telecom Sector, Supply Chain, Revenue, Cost, Impact
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TL;DR: In this paper, a business case was prepared for this problem using the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) methodology, a Six-Sigma approach was arrived at for this project.
Abstract: For a major telecom infrastructure company operating pan India including the state of Haryana, over 400 of their telecom infrastructure operation sites in Haryana had connected running power load more than the load sanctioned by the Haryana State Electricity Board (HSEB). As per the Standard Operating Procedure of this telecom infrastructure company (SOP), these 400 plus sites did not qualify under load upgrade category since the load had been increased without attracting any new tenancy i.e. Base Transceiver Station (BTS) of other telecom operators (service providers). Power load at these 400 sites had increased because of additional load due to sector expansion, cabinet expansion and 3G additions.Since running power load for a BTS cannot be more than the sanctioned load, these 400 sites were non compliant as per HSEB norms. If these sites were to be inspected by State Electricity Board inspectors and identified for non-conformity, it would have lead to heavy commercial penalties and even permanent disconnection of electricity to these sites. This inturn would entail using 24x7 diesel generators to keep sites active, increasing the operation cost manifold and also threatening environment pollution.A business case was prepared for this problem using the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) methodology, a Six-Sigma approach. Cause of power overload and its effect was detailed out using root cause analysis and possible optimal remedial solution was arrived at for this project. The total penalties calculated as per the HSEB guidelines came out to be Rs.35 million whereas the total expenditure being involved in complying and coming out of this issue came out to be Rs.12 million approximately, thus making it a net saving of Rs.23 million for the telecom company. It was also observed that for the sites where the sanctioned load was 35%-50% of the required load, net saving potential was more compared to the sites where the sanctioned load was 55%-80% of the required load. A similar business case was carried out by the same company in the state of Himachal Pradesh and found that net saving potential was more compared to the state of Haryana.This was practically achieved by calling different partners (vendors) to discuss this project in an open forum. Non compliant site allocation was carried out on the basis of partner's confidence, band width and operational capabilities to deliver these sites. A reward per site was declared to motivate the partners for quick achievement of the desired results (compliance) with a gate criterion of ≥80% of the total site allocation done. The partners provided power usage receipts from HSEB as a proof of job done and payments were released accordingly. The change in power load was reflected in the subsequent electricity bills. The target set for the change over to the HSEB compliance was three months during which rigorous monitoring and review mechanism was put in place including circulation of Daily Progress Report to all internal and external stakeholders. To ensure that this issue does not repeat in future, the technical guidelines (SOP) was amended in terms of the power load to be upgraded for every new asset being deployed at site.