Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing

Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing

Digital connectivity has enormous potential to support development. Yet today some four billion people in emerging economies remain offline, partly due to a lack of affordable Internet access. Sharing infrastructure among operators and across secto...

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Main Authors: Strusani, Davide, Houngbonon, Georges V.
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPETITION POLICY
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393751587022505573/Accelerating-Digital-Connectivity-Through-Infrastructure-Sharing
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spelling okr-10986-336162021-05-25T10:54:43Z Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing Strusani, Davide Houngbonon, Georges V. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ICT INFRASTRUCTURE COMPETITION POLICY PRIVATE INVESTMENT Digital connectivity has enormous potential to support development. Yet today some four billion people in emerging economies remain offline, partly due to a lack of affordable Internet access. Sharing infrastructure among operators and across sectors is a potential solution. It can accelerate digital connectivity at lower cost, especially in the least developed markets where returns to investment can be limited. It can also reduce investment costs and operating expenses for investors and operators and increase their balance sheet sustainability. Sharing models can also benefit consumers by increasing competition, lowering prices, and raising service quality. The private sector has already embraced this model; further expansion requires targeted policies that promote competition and facilitate sharing. 2020-04-17T16:07:42Z 2020-04-17T16:07:42Z 2020-02 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393751587022505573/Accelerating-Digital-Connectivity-Through-Infrastructure-Sharing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33616 English EMCompass,no. 79; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPETITION POLICY
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
spellingShingle DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ICT INFRASTRUCTURE
COMPETITION POLICY
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
Strusani, Davide
Houngbonon, Georges V.
Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
relation EMCompass,no. 79;
description Digital connectivity has enormous potential to support development. Yet today some four billion people in emerging economies remain offline, partly due to a lack of affordable Internet access. Sharing infrastructure among operators and across sectors is a potential solution. It can accelerate digital connectivity at lower cost, especially in the least developed markets where returns to investment can be limited. It can also reduce investment costs and operating expenses for investors and operators and increase their balance sheet sustainability. Sharing models can also benefit consumers by increasing competition, lowering prices, and raising service quality. The private sector has already embraced this model; further expansion requires targeted policies that promote competition and facilitate sharing.
format Brief
author Strusani, Davide
Houngbonon, Georges V.
author_facet Strusani, Davide
Houngbonon, Georges V.
author_sort Strusani, Davide
title Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
title_short Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
title_full Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
title_fullStr Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
title_full_unstemmed Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
title_sort accelerating digital connectivity through infrastructure sharing
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393751587022505573/Accelerating-Digital-Connectivity-Through-Infrastructure-Sharing
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