Accelerating Digital Connectivity Through Infrastructure Sharing
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.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2020-02
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| Subjects: | DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY, EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES, DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ICT INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPETITION POLICY, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/393751587022505573/Accelerating-Digital-Connectivity-Through-Infrastructure-Sharing http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33616 |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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