Due to the high costs associated with the deployment of the passive infrastructure of FTTH networks, a few alternative operators have pondered the possibility of making co-investments based on a network sharing model. The purpose of this article is to explore economic aspects of a co-investment...

5G networks are envisioned to provide consumers and industry with improved transmission performance and advanced communication possibilities. To deliver the promises on ushering fast downloads and low latency, the mobile network operators are called upon for formidable investment in network...

Due to the high costs associated with the deployment of the passive infrastructure of FTTH networks, operators ponder the possibility of making co-investments based on a network sharing model. This article describes the strategic and economic aspects of network sharing in FTTH/PON architectures....

Due to the high costs associated with the deployment of the passive infrastructure of FTTH networks, operators ponder the possibility of making co-investments based on a network sharing model. This article describes the strategic and economic aspects of network sharing in FTTH/PON architectures....

Due to the high costs associated with the deployment of the passive infrastructure of FTTH networks, operators ponder the possibility of making co-investments based on a network sharing model. This article describes the strategic and economic aspects of network sharing in FTTH/PON architectures....

This article examines the cost implications of a network-sharing scheme for different fiber to the home/passive optical network (FTTH/PON) architectures. Varied metrics are employed to understand the effect of a network-sharing arrangement on costs. The results show that for the majority of...

5G networks are envisioned to provide consumers and industry with improved transmission performance and advanced communication possibilities. To deliver the promises on ushering fast downloads and low latency, the mobile network operators are called upon for formidable investment in network...

Several network operators have been deploying Quality of Service (QoS) techniques that help improve customer satisfaction and can have an impact on the cost of telecommunications services. As Long-Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) models are used in various jurisdictions to derive the cost of...

A wireless heterogeneous network can help increase the access transmission speed and contribute thereby to the broadband deployment policies of administrations and telecommunications operators. Given the technical particularities of wireless heterogeneous networks, the deployment of wireless...