Telecom infrastructure sharing

About: Telecom infrastructure sharing is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 442 publications have been published within this topic receiving 2727 citations.

Measuring Customers’ Satisfaction Regarding Different Services of Mobile Telecom Operator Companies in Bangladesh: An Evaluation

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.

To eat or to be eaten–on the role of entrepreneurship in the Norwegian telecom access sector

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyse mechanisms of evolution by studying a population of firms involved in the provision of telecom access in Norway after the liberation of the telecom sector during the 1990s. The approach is based on a combination of theory on entrepreneurship and theories on sectoral innovation systems, in particular the role of entrepreneurship under different technological regimes. By analysing the role of different actors in the market for telecom access, the relationship between the previous state monopolist Telenor and other companies entering the market is discussed. The main conclusion is that Telenor, in spite of the liberalization of the telecom market, still is in a very dominant position in the markets for access provision. To the extent that Telenor is challenged, it is basically by other existing telecom companies. By the time of finalizing this paper (2006), none of the entrepreneurial firms have survived as independent firms. The main conclusion deriving from this anal...

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

Entry under Subsidy: the Competitive U.S. Local Telephone Industry

Abstract: The 1996 Telecommunication Act introduces entry into an originally monopolistic U.S. local telephone industry. As competitors cherry pick rich, urban markets to enter, the Act calls for an explicit and pro-competitive subsidy policy to narrow the potential divide in telecom infrastructure. To study relevant economic factors in the design of such a policy, we estimate a dynamic oligopoly entry game using data on the competitors' entry decisions into local markets. As we observe the identities of potential entrants and their waiting time before actual entry, we allow these firms to be heterogeneous long-run players who have the option value of waiting. We find that both market- and firm-level heterogeneity plays an important role in a potential entrant's local entry decisions. Moreover, these entry decisions are significantly influenced by the consideration of both current and future competition. Using structural estimates, we evaluate the effectiveness of different subsidy policies.

Understanding the dynamics of broadband markets: A comparative case study of Flanders and the Netherlands

Abstract: The Digital Agenda for Europe sets out clear goals for providing high speed broadband to all its residents, but leaves the implementation of this plan to the individual Member States. Because of large economic, cultural and political differences, the roads to realizing these ambitious goals are varying in between these Member States. This paper investigates the dynamics of fixed broadband markets in two neighboring regions: Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, and the Netherlands. The historical developments in telecom markets in both regions are highly similar and resulted in both areas in a duopoly between the incumbent, operating DSL on the former telephone network, and one or more cable operators, using the DOCSIS technology to offer broadband on the former analogue television network. However, in the race towards realizing the Digital Agenda goals, it comes down to the small differences in between both regions: the existence of housing organizations in the Netherlands has led to quite some Fiber-to-the-Home deployment, whereas in Flanders, the traditional operators use evolutionary upgrades of both DSL and DOCSIS to realize the European targets.