[CAnet - news] ITU Advocates Infrastructure Sharing
"Bill St. Arnaud" <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:13:54 -0500
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This is a multipart message in MIME format. --===============1990346915== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002C_01C953B6.A98C3060" Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C953B6.A98C3060 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit For more information on this item please visit my blog at http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/ or http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------- [It is interesting to see that the last redoubt of the monopoly telco - the ITU - is now advocating infrastructure sharing. Infrastructure sharing has been as fact of life where there is intense competition, as for example with cell phone towers in the USA. Few cellular companies now own cellular towers or the associated transmission gear. Instead they contract with companies like America Tower that specialize in the business of operating and maintaining cellular towers and transmission gear for a number of carriers, while the carriers tehmselves focuses on their core competency of providing cell phone services. Similarly last mile business models, as advocated by Google policy staff such as "Home with Tails" is another example where "condominium" sharing of infrastructure enables new business opportunities and significantly lowers costs for all competitors - large and small. Thanks to Frank Coluccio for this pointer - BSA] ITU Advocates Infrastructure Sharing to Counter Investment Drought In response to the global financial crisis which may make it more difficult for investors to obtain financing for continuing network development, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is advocating infrastructure sharing as a means to continue to rapid rollout of network resources to under-served populations. In its newly published annual report, Trends in Telecommunication <http://www.itu.int/publ/D-REG-TTR.10-2008/en> Reform 2008: Six Degrees of Sharing, the ITU examines the sharing of civil engineering costs in deploying networks, promoting open access to network support infrastructure (poles, ducts, conduits), essential facilities (submarine cable landing stations and international gateways) as well as access to radio-frequency spectrum and end-user devices. Continued: http://www.convergedigest.com/regulatory/regulatoryarticle.asp?ID=26045 Additional papers were commissioned by ITU as discussion papers and were written by various lawyers/regulators. See: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Events/Seminars/GSR/GSR08/discussion_papers/Ov erview_Final_web.pdf . ------------------------------------- To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to [email protected] These news items and comments are mine alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or management. ------ [email protected] [email protected] http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/ ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C953B6.A98C3060 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Consolas; panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.5pt; font-family:Consolas;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:windowtext;} span.PlainTextChar {mso-style-name:"Plain Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Plain Text"; font-family:Consolas;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>For more information on this item please visit = my blog at <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><a = href=3D"http://green-broadband.blogspot.com/">http://green-broadband.blog= spot.com/</a> or <a = href=3D"http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com">http://billstarnaud.blogspot.co= m</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------------<o:p></o:= p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [It is interesting to see that the last redoubt of the monopoly telco = – the ITU - is now advocating infrastructure sharing. Infrastructure = sharing has been as fact of life where there is intense competition, as for = example with cell phone towers in the USA. Few cellular companies now own cellular = towers or the associated transmission gear. Instead they contract with companies = like America Tower that specialize in the business of operating and maintaining = cellular towers and transmission gear for a number of carriers, while the = carriers tehmselves focuses on their core competency of providing cell phone services. Similarly last mile business models, as advocated by = Google policy staff such as “Home with Tails” is another example = where “condominium” sharing of infrastructure enables new business opportunities and = significantly lowers costs for all competitors – large and small. Thanks to Frank = Coluccio for this pointer – BSA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </= o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </= o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span = style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ITU Advocates Infrastructure Sharing to Counter Investment Drought<br> <br> In response to the global financial crisis which may make it more = difficult for investors to obtain financing for continuing network development, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is advocating infrastructure sharing as a means to continue to rapid rollout of network resources to under-served populations. In its newly published annual report, <a href=3D"http://www.itu.int/publ/D-REG-TTR.10-2008/en">Trends in = Telecommunication Reform 2008: Six Degrees of Sharing</a>, the ITU examines the sharing of = civil engineering costs in deploying networks, <b><span = style=3D'color:#993300'>promoting open access to network support infrastructure</span></b> (poles, ducts, conduits), essential facilities (submarine cable landing stations and = international gateways) <b><span style=3D'color:#990000'>as well as access to = radio-frequency spectrum and end-user devices</span>.</b><br> <br> Continued:<br> <a href=3D"http://www.convergedigest.com/regulatory/regulatoryarticle.asp?ID= =3D26045">http://www.convergedigest.com/regulatory/regulatoryarticle.asp?= ID=3D26045</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Additional papers were commissioned by ITU as discussion papers and were written by various lawyers/regulators. See: = <a href=3D"http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Events/Seminars/GSR/GSR08/discussio= n_papers/Overview_Final_web.pdf">http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Events/Sem= inars/GSR/GSR08/discussion_papers/Overview_Final_web.pdf</a> . <o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p = class=3DMsoPlainText>-------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>= <p class=3DMsoPlainText>To subscribe or unsubscribe send e-mail to <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a><o= :p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText>These news items and comments are mine alone and = do not necessarily reflect those of the CANARIE board or = management.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>------<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>[email protected]<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>http://billstarnaud.blogspot.com/<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C953B6.A98C3060-- --===============1990346915== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ news mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canarie.ca/mailman/listinfo/news --===============1990346915==--