Infrastructure sharing and shared operations for mobile network operators: From a deployment and operations view

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2193-2200

  Frisanco, Thomas ^a,b   Tafertshofer, Paul ^b   Lurin, Pierre ^b   Ang, Rachel ^c  

^a IEEE

^b NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Germany)

^c Ernst and Young   (Romania)

Author keywords

Infrastructure sharing; Managed services; Network management; Network sharing; Outsourcing; RAN sharing

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; OUTSOURCING; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING; MANAGED SERVICE; MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS; NETWORK SHARING; PRINCIPAL-AGENT PROBLEMS; RAN SHARING;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 51249105533     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2008.419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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