Economics of local loop competition by radio access

Author

Clarkson-Short, C.

Author_Institution

Touche Ross, London, UK

fYear

1993

fDate

11-14 Oct 1993

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Describes the economics of radio access in the local loop, compares the attractiveness of competing technologies and concludes that there are no general solutions. Each potential service area must be analysed separately in order to determine the optimum mix of technologies. In general radio based technologies appear best suited to low population density areas with GSM solutions appropriate for widespread rural areas and DCS1800 suited to village and small town environments, DECT based systems become more attractive with increasing traffic density. However, fully cabled solutions can be cheaper than radio-based ones in areas of high population density, particularly where mobility is not required

Keywords

cellular radio; cordless telephone systems; economics; radio networks; subscriber loops; DCS1800; DECT based systems; GSM; cellular radio; cordless telephone systems; economics; fully cabled solutions; high population density; local loop competition; low population density areas; mobility; radio access; radio based technologies; small town environments; subscriber loops; traffic density; village; widespread rural areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Radio Relay Systems, 1993., Fourth European Conference on

Conference_Location

Edinburgh

Print_ISBN

0-85296-594-X

Type

conf

Filename

264056