Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing a Remedy for the Reduction of Network Operator Cost and Environmental Pollution

Amadasun, Kennedy; Short, Michael; Crosbie, Tracey

doi:10.1109/eeeic/icpseurope49358.2020.9160661

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“…Previous investigations by the current authors have found some commonly described problems in the Nigerian context [15]. Many operators often complain of incompatibility of equipment and systems employed by other operators as a major setback to infrastructure sharing.…”

Section: Barriers and Enablers Of Mobile Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharingmentioning

confidence: 76%

“…All telecommunication operators generate their own sources of electricity by continuously running diesel generator sets [4,8,20,21,23]. The mobile telecommunication operators are compelled to rely on diesel power for their operations [15,23]. Most of the diesel-powered generators used to power BTSs consume approximately 34 L per day and 12,444 L in a year.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Acknowledgments: A preliminary version of this paper was presented at 20th IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC 2020) in Madrid, Spain, in June 2020 [15].…”

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Transitioning to Society 5.0 in Africa: Tools to Support ICT Infrastructure Sharing

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Society 5.0 represents an opportunity to transform the economy and create a digital society with the goal of long-term sustainable development and economic growth. There is a growing importance of boosting ICT as an effective and efficient means of achieving this transformation, and Target 9c of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is to ‘Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries’. Mobile telecommunication systems have become the most effective and convenient means of communicating in the world, and as such, they are revolutionizing business operations. Nigeria is the fastest growing telecommunication market in Africa, with approximately 298 million subscribers accommodated by over 53,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs) which are largely concentrated in urban areas. As a result of increasing subscribers, all mobile network service providers in Nigeria are building new BTSs, often without considering existing infrastructure. This has led to a proliferation of masts, defacing the environment and causing unnecessary environmental pollution as BTSs are largely powered by diesel generators. It is therefore becoming paramount for the telecommunication regulatory body in Nigeria to enforce principles of infrastructure sharing and the colocation of sites for all mobile network service provider BTSs to improve network availability, reliability, scalability, customer satisfaction and sustainability. This paper argues, through the development of ICT tools and their application to a case study, that infrastructure sharing and colocation of sites is not only feasible if supported correctly but also offers the potential to reduce operational and capital expenditure, reduce the number of BTSs required for the rapidly growing mobile telecoms industry in Nigeria and in doing so reduce environmental pollution.

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“…As reported by the literature, shared telecom infrastructure can generate cost savings for MNOs, ranging from 20 to 30 percent (Kim et al, 2018;Amadasun et al, 2020). These wholesale cost savings in the upstream of the mobile connectivity value chain can benefit end-users by (i) increasing the intensity of competition in downstream markets, and (ii) being passed through to end-users in terms of reduced price, depending on the intensity of competition.…”

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“…According to Amadasun et al (2020) the sharing potential in EMs is bigger than in developed economies and more than 87% of the total CAPEX costs could be shared, with the biggest savings potential in site acquisition and design (41%), power (31%) and BTS/NodeB (15%). In OPEX, 69% of the totals costs in EMs could be shared, with the biggest potential in software support (20%), power (20%), land rent (15%) and backhaul (14%).…”

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Telecommunication Infrastructure Sharing a Remedy for the Reduction of Network Operator Cost and Environmental Pollution

Cited by 6 publications

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Transitioning to Society 5.0 in Africa: Tools to Support ICT Infrastructure Sharing

Transitioning to Society 5.0 in Africa: Tools to Support ICT Infrastructure Sharing

The Impact of Shared Telecom Infrastructure on Digital Connectivity and Inclusion

Achieving sustainable cities: analysis of the factors that influence compliance with telecommunication masts siting standards in Ghana

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