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

Marino Garcia, Jose ; Kelly, Tim

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: broadband service;    internet infrastructure;    telecommunications;    regional infrastructure;    ICT;   

RP-ID  :  102959

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Infrastructure sharing is one of the main trends in broadband infrastructure deployment. Indeveloping countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a trend for governments to backinfrastructure 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 tonew designs. The mutualisation model, where a common facility is operated by all marketparticipants, and the cooperative model, where the telecommunication infrastructure is housed orjointly constructed with other linear infrastructures, are the two most popular designs.