Table of Contents 1. Executive summary
2. Methodology & definitions
3. Network sharing is a real trend, not a buzz 3.1. The context and short history of network sharing 3.2. The various forms of sharing 3.2.1. National roaming 3.2.2. Multi-Operator Radio Access Network 3.2.3. Multiple Operator Core Network 3.2.4. Gateway Core Network 3.3. Network-sharing technology developments 3.3.1. LTE and network sharing 3.3.2. Improvements to LTE Releases 12 and 13 3.3.3. Congestion management 3.3.4. Performance monitoring 3.3.5. Benefits of virtualisation to RAN sharing
4. Overview of network-sharing market 4.1. Overview of network-sharing deals 4.1.1. What is the content of a network-sharing deal? 4.1.2. Which savings to expect? 4.1.3. Case studies 4.2. Network-sharing regulation 4.2.1. Benefits and risks of network sharing 4.2.2. Network sharing in the EU
5. The future of network sharing: towards the end of network centricity? 5.1. Capacity needs & spectrum crunch will fuel network sharing 5.1.1. Small cell as a service 5.1.2. LTE in the unlicensed band 5.1.3. From coverage-based competition to service-based competition 5.2. New players in the sharing industry: value chain is recomposed 5.2.1. MNO & MVNO players 5.2.2. RAN-outsourcing players 5.2.3. IoT/MTC players 5.3. Will 5G completely change the value chain? 5.3.1. Network slicing and virtualisation as a game changer 5.3.2. In-band full-duplex operation: towards more evolved spectrum sharing 5.3.3. Hybrid fixed and mobile networks: is this the future of network sharing? Tables and Figures Tables Table 1: The sharing of elements, by each network-sharing architecture Table 2: Capex and OpEx saving resulting from network sharing Table 3: Market share and network coverage of Belgian MNOs Table 4: Wireless market share of Orange, by geographical scope Table 5: Significant Orange network-sharing deals â¢æ¡° details and impacts Table 6: First results from the creation of NetWorkS! (as of 2014) Table 7: Mobile operators & MVNO positioning Table 8: RAN-outsourcing players role Table 9: IoT/MTC players positioning
Figures Figure 1: Passive sharing Figure 2: MORAN scenario Figure 3: Multiple Operator Core Network scenario Figure 4: GWCN scenario Figure 5: Comparison of MOCN and GWCN in LTE Figure 6: Static reservation versus NEC Network Virtualization Substrate solution Figure 7: Standard vs hierarchical backhaul QoS management Figure 8: Third-party managed performance reporting Figure 9: General presentation of a C-RAN architecture Figure 10: Repartition of passive and active sharing deals by region Figure 11: Evolution of network-sharing deals by nature (2009-2014) Figure 12: MNO network-sharing deals by region (2001-2014) Figure 13: Countries where regulatory obligations to share sites apply (2013) Figure 14: Type of network-sharing agreements Figure 15: Orange global view on network sharing Figure 16: Creation of the NetWorkS! joint venture In Poland between Orange and T-Mobile Figure 17: Mobile market shares in Sweden Figure 18: Joint ventures between Swedish operators Figure 19: 3G network coverage Figure 20: Telenor results from active sharing agreements Figure 21: ARCEP's proposed timeline for terminating national roaming Figure 22: Ofcom spectrum-sharing framework Figure 23: Small cell as a service as a means of sharing small cells among carriers Figure 24: The licensed-assisted access principles Figure 25: Comparison between LTE-U/LAA and LWA Figure 26: Examples of 5G network slices [NGM15] Figure 27: Roadmap for applications leveraging self-interference cancellation List of Players • 3 • 3GPP • Accedian Network • Alcatel-Lucent • ARCEP • AT&T • Base • Belgacom • BEREC • BlackBerry • Bouygues Télécom • Broadcom • CableLab • CATT • China Unicom • Cisco • ClearSky • Cloudberry Mobile • Cosmote • Deutsche Telekom • Eaton Towers • Ericsson • Everything Everywhere • Free Mobile • Fujitsu • H3G • Hitachi • Huawei • IHS • Intel • Inter-American Development Bank • InterDigital • KDDI • KPN • KT • Kumu Networks • Legia Warszawa • LG • Mobistar • Net4Mobility • NetWorkS! • Nokia • NTT DOCOMO • Numericable • O2 • Orange • Ozone Networks • Proximus • Qualcomm • Samsung • SFR • SK Telekom • Sony • Sprint • Stanford University • SUNAB • Swisscom • Tele2 • Telecom Italia • Telefónica • Telenet • Telenor • TeliaSonera • Three (Sweden) • T-Mobile • Verizon • VimpelCom • Virgin Media Business • Vodafone • World Bank • Yoigo • ZTE Slideshow Contents • Coverage requirements and cost savings, the main drivers for network sharing • Active sharing progressing not everywhere, passive sharing still prevalent • Technology development brings more flexibility to build new business cases • Towards new forms of network sharing
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