Techno-economic evaluation of 3G & WLAN business case feasibility under varying conditions

Author

Welling, Ilari ; Harno, Jarmo ; Loizillon, François ; Stordahl, Kjell ; Varoutas, Dimitris

Author_Institution

Nokia Res. Center, Helsinki, Finland

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

23 Feb.-1 March 2003

Firstpage

33

Abstract

This paper presents a techno-economic evaluation of combined UMTS and WLAN operator business case spanning years 2002-2011. The study is based on the work by the TONIC project under the European Union IST (Information Society Technologies) programme. The study provides a framework to compare all the main factors affecting the UMTS operator´s business case and evaluation of the WLAN profitability impact as complementary access technology. The example cases differ in country demographics and rollout plans relating to competition and demand situation and regulatory requirements.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; commerce; economics; legislation; radio access networks; research initiatives; wireless LAN; European Union IST programme; Information Society Technologies programme; TONIC project; UMTS operator business; WLAN operator business; WLAN profitability; access technology; competition; demand; demand estimations; pricing forecasts; regulatory requirements; rollout plans; techno-economic evaluation; 3G mobile communication; Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Demography; Economic forecasting; Predictive models; Pricing; Profitability; Telecommunications; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications, 2003. ICT 2003. 10th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7661-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTEL.2003.1191156

Filename

1191156