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

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 t...

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Main Authors:	Marino Garcia, Jose, Kelly, Tim
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	broadband service internet infrastructure telecommunications regional infrastructure ICT digital divide
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23643

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description	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.
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author	Marino Garcia, Jose Kelly, Tim
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title	The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa
title_short	The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa
title_full	The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa
title_fullStr	The Economics and Policy Implications of Infrastructure Sharing and Mutualisation in Africa
title_full_unstemmed	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

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