Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
Sharing mobile network infrastructure through specialized companies called towercos is a business model with the potential to accelerate access to quality mobile connectivity for individuals and businesses in emerging markets. A significant number...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316821626093082445/Enabling-A-Competitive-Mobile-Sector-in-Emerging-Markets-Through-the-Development-of-Tower-Companies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35959 |
| Summary: | Sharing mobile network infrastructure
through specialized companies called towercos is a business
model with the potential to accelerate access to quality
mobile connectivity for individuals and businesses in
emerging markets. A significant number of developing
countries have yet to adopt this model, however, and many
others continue to struggle with competition issues within
their tower markets. This note provides the rationale and
policy options for a light regulatory regime that can enable
the entry and sustainable development of a dynamic market
for towercos in emerging markets. The note also discusses
the evolution of the towerco model into small cells and
distributed antenna systems, both of which help enable
high-speed mobile connectivity technologies like 4G and 5G. |
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