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Articles tagged with: Infrastructure Sharing
BSNL Seeks $207 Million from Renting Out Tower Assets
India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) says that it expects to earn at least Rs. 1,000 crore (US$207 million) in the first year of opening its network up for infrastructure sharing. However, some of the income will be offset by higher costs as the operator seeks to rent capacity on towers belonging to other operators as it expands its network in rural areas. more
Related Tags: bsnl, base, towers, India
Reliance Inks Indian Network Sharing Deal with Etisalat
India's Reliance Communications has agreed to a passive infrastructure sharing deal with greenfield operator, Etisalat DB. Under the terms of the agreements, Etisalat and its local subsidiary would outsource their telecom infrastructure requirements for the 15 telecom circles, encompassing end-to-end tower and transmission infrastructure to Reliance Infratel and Reliance Communications, respectively. more
Related Tags: reliance-communications, rcom, etisalat, etisalat-db, swan-telecom, passive-infrastructure, reliance-infratel, India
UAE Networks in Network Sharing Talks
The UAE's two mobile networks, Du and Etisalat are reported to be in talks that could lead to network infrastructure sharing in an effort to cut operating costs. more
Related Tags: du, etisalat, emirates, United Arab Emirates
Mobile Infrastructure Sharing Will Change Company Relationships
Infrastructure sharing, though risky, will create new opportunities, allowing mobile network operators to focus on developing and selling services and content, according to the latest report from Unstrung Insider. more
Related Tags: passive-infrastructure
Tower Sharing Could Save $8 Billion Over 5 Years in MEA Region
Delta Partners has published a white paper about the potential of network sharing in the MEA region. The paper notes that there are currently over 200,000 mobile network towers in operation across the Middle East and Africa, in which operators invest annually between 10-20% of their revenues to rollout new sites or upgrade existing sites. Operators continue to make large investments in order to upgrade technologies and capacity as well as population coverage, especially in rural Africa. more
Related Tags: eu, ict, rural, vodafone, capex, telefonica, opex, towers
Active RAN Sharing Could Save Operators $60 Billion
A new study from ABI Research finds that the worldwide combined OPEX and CAPEX savings from active infrastructure sharing could amount to as much as $60 billion over the next five year period. The study finds that operators could enjoy at least 40% cost savings in addition to those available from passive site sharing. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, base-station, eu, rural, vodafone, o2, lte, abi-research, capex, telenor, 3, backhaul, tele2, opex
Ericsson Expands 3G Netowork Management Contract in the UK
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by 3 UK and T-Mobile UK to integrate and manage their 3G radio access networks (RAN), has selected Ericsson to provide managed services to complete the consolidation of their 3G infrastructure. Under the terms of the contract, about 220 T-Mobile staff have transferred to Ericsson. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, 3g, nokia, base-station, 3-uk, rsa, ericsson, t-mobile-uk, mobile-broadband, ran, 3, backhaul, play, UK
First Commercially Available vBTS for use in Shared Active Infrastructure RAN Solutions
Vanu has announced the commercial launch of MultiRAN - which the firm says is the first commercially available RAN solution that enables active infrastructure sharing through the utilization of virtual BTS platforms. more
Related Tags: base-station, arpu, rsa, rural, core-network, ran, base-stations, bts, gsm
Fitch Affirms China Mobile's Ratings at A+
Fitch Ratings has today affirmed China Mobile's (CML) Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+'. Meanwhile the agency has assigned CML an 'A+' Long-term local currency IDR. The Outlook is Stable. more
Related Tags: base-station, arpu, china-unicom, w-cdma, rural, edge, fitch-ratings, 3g-license, driving, capex, china-mobile, china-telecom, td-scdma, cdma, fitch, mobile-content, iptv, China
Ericsson to manage 3G RAN operations for T-Mobile and 3 UK
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by Hutchison 3G UK (3UK) and T-Mobile UK to manage the integration of both operators' 3G radio access networks (RAN), has awarded Ericsson a four-year managed services contract for the operation and maintenance of the consolidated network. more
Related Tags: ethernet, t-mobile, nokia, base-station, 3-uk, hutchison-3g-uk, hutchison-3g, ericsson, t-mobile-uk, mobile-broadband, ran, 3, backhaul, UK