Reportlinker Adds Mobile Network Sharing: A Post-Recession Reality

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Mobile network sharing: a post-recession reality

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Mobile network sharing – whether it is sharing tower sites or radio access network (RAN) components – is not a new concept in the industry. Despite the challenges associated, its merit as a cost-effective way to deploy or operate a mobile network has been evident for years. As operators look for ways to cut costs following the recession, they are showing increased interest in some form of network sharing, and as interest increases, the scale of announced network sharing deals is becoming larger. This report updates Ovum's previous report on network sharing, and explores how the concept is gradually changing the structure of the industry.

Executive summary

In a nutshell

Ovum view

Network sharing is the logical thing to do

It's time to rethink the structure of the mobile industry

Key messages

Network sharing deals

Network sharing is on the rise

Types of network sharing

Passive sharing

Active sharing

Situations for network sharing

Greenfield network

Fill-the-gap

Full consolidation

What is driving network sharing?

Reducing total cost of ownership (TCO)

Replace capex with opex

Outsource risks

Environmental benefits

Faster network deployments

Move competition to services

Challenges remain

Ideological obstacles

Regulatory obstacles

Loss of independence

Added complexity

The future of network sharing

Lessons from the recession

Coping with LTE network rollout

The need for clear guidelines

A "shared network" future for the industry

A hypothetical new industry structure

Arqiva's "neutral host" concept

Five key questions for the future

Who owns the mobile network?

Who funds mobile network rollout?

What is the role of governments in new network rollouts?

What are the regulatory challenges?

What about spectrum auctions?

Role of vendors in network sharing

Cellular network infrastructure vendors

Nokia Siemens Networks

Huawei

The managed services viewpoint

Ericsson

Mobile Broadband Network Ltd (MBNL)

The infrastructure owner viewpoint

India – Indus Tower and GTL

UK and Ireland – Arqiva

Africa – Helios Towers

The small vendor viewpoint

Radio Design

Appendix

Methodology

Further reading

List of Tables

Table 1: Hypothetical cost savings from network sharing in Europe

Table 2: benefit analysis of network sharing in India

Table 3: asset sharing business model

List of Figures

Figure 1: Types of network sharing and cost savings

Figure 2: Situations for network sharing

Figure 3: Neutral host cost savings for existing 2G and 3G networks

Figure 4: Neutral host cost savings for future 4G networks

Figure 5: RAN sharing

Figure 6: Radio Design's network sharing product tree

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