Open Access via Mobile Wholesale Network: A New Approach to Broadband Deployment: The Case of Mexico

Ulrike Eberhard () and Arnulf Heuermann ()
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Ulrike Eberhard: Detecon International GmbH
Arnulf Heuermann: Detecon International GmbH

A chapter in Future Telco, 2019, pp 263-271 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract There is evidence that the availability of affordable high speed broadband networks has positive direct and indirect impact on the growth of economies. However, for private investors the roll out of broadband networks especially into less densely populated regions is financially not viable. Governments worldwide are addressing the need to close the digital divide by different approaches. Mexico has chosen a unique approach by establishing a Mobile Open Access Wholesale Network in the 700 MHz band; the so called Red Compartida (Spanish for “Shared Network”), project which has been implemented as an auto-financed public-private-partnership. Worldwide several national open access projects exist, based on optical fiber networks (e.g. Australia, Qatar, Singapore), but the adoption of the concept via a mobile network is new. This article describes the details of the Mexican case and the process of its implementation by the Mexican Government. A discussion from a technical, economic and regulatory perspective helps other Governments and investors to evaluate the relevance and transferability to their country markets and projects.

Keywords: Broadband network access; Open access; Infrastructure sharing; Telecom regulations; National broadband plans; Mobile broadband; 700 MHz band; Digital dividend; Spectrum sharing long term evolution (LTE); Wholesale services; Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO); National roaming; Public-Private-Partnership (PPP); Latin America; Mexico; Red Compartida; Public tendering; Altán Redes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77724-5_23

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