Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing

• Tác giả: Davide Strusani
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 004.6 Interfacing and communications
• Thông tin xuất bản: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 306479
• Chủ đề: 1. DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY; 2. DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE; 3. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY; 4. EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES; 5. ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

Tóm tắt

 Digital connectivity has enormous potential to support development. Yet today some four billion people in emerging economies remain offline, partly due to a lack of affordable Internet access. Sharing infrastructure among operators and across sectors is a potential solution. It can accelerate digital connectivity at lower cost, especially in the least developed markets where returns to investment can be limited. It can also reduce investment costs and operating expenses for investors and operators and increase their balance sheet sustainability. Sharing models can also benefit consumers by increasing competition, lowering prices, and raising service quality. The private sector has already embraced this model
  further expansion requires targeted policies that promote competition and facilitate sharing.