The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa

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The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa

dc.contributor.author	Marino Garcia, Jose
dc.contributor.author	Kelly, Tim
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-14T17:36:53Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-14T17:36:53Z
dc.date.issued	2015-11
dc.description.abstract	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 mutualisation 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, are the two most popular designs.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/23643
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23643
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	WDR 2016 Background Paper;
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	broadband service
dc.subject	internet infrastructure
dc.subject	telecommunications
dc.subject	regional infrastructure
dc.subject	ICT
dc.subject	digital divide
dc.title	The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2016-01-14
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-05T12:40:27.845214Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.identifier.report	102959
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.geographical	Africa
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Economics
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Telecommunications Infrastructure
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::Poverty Reduction & ICT
okr.topic	Information and Communication Technologies::ICT Policy and Strategies
okr.unit	DECWD
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