Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies

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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Main Authors: Houngbonon, Georges Vivien, Rossotto, Carlo Maria, Strusani, Davide
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. 2021
Subjects:
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
MOBILE PHONE SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL ACCESS
INTERNET ACCESS
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316821626093082445/Enabling-A-Competitive-Mobile-Sector-in-Emerging-Markets-Through-the-Development-of-Tower-Companies
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spelling okr-10986-359592021-07-20T05:10:51Z Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies Houngbonon, Georges Vivien Rossotto, Carlo Maria Strusani, Davide EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES MOBILE PHONE SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL ACCESS INTERNET ACCESS MOBILE CONNECTIVITY 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. 2021-07-19T20:26:21Z 2021-07-19T20:26:21Z 2021-06 Brief 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 English EMCompass Notes;No. 104 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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topic EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
MOBILE PHONE SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL ACCESS
INTERNET ACCESS
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
spellingShingle EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
MOBILE PHONE SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL ACCESS
INTERNET ACCESS
MOBILE CONNECTIVITY
Houngbonon, Georges Vivien
Rossotto, Carlo Maria
Strusani, Davide
Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
relation EMCompass Notes;No. 104
description 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.
format Brief
author Houngbonon, Georges Vivien
Rossotto, Carlo Maria
Strusani, Davide
author_facet Houngbonon, Georges Vivien
Rossotto, Carlo Maria
Strusani, Davide
author_sort Houngbonon, Georges Vivien
title Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
title_short Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
title_full Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
title_fullStr Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
title_full_unstemmed Enabling A Competitive Mobile Sector in Emerging Markets Through the Development of Tower Companies
title_sort enabling a competitive mobile sector in emerging markets through the development of tower companies
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C.
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316821626093082445/Enabling-A-Competitive-Mobile-Sector-in-Emerging-Markets-Through-the-Development-of-Tower-Companies
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