Investigation of Cost Reductions through Synergy Effects when Deploying Commercial WANs

Author

Nielsen, Rasmus Hjorth ; Jensen, Michael ; Madsen, Ole Brun

Author_Institution

Center for TeleInFrastruktur, Aalborg Univ.

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

20-22 Feb. 2006

Firstpage

2164

Lastpage

2167

Abstract

The incitement for this paper is the increasing considerations related to ICT´s growing role in society. This paper contributes with an investigation of the cost reductions possible because of synergy effects in the deployment of WANs for commercial companies. An analysis of the current utilization and development in the use of ICT determines the need for a new ICT-infrastructure. A sample of usage groups and scenarios is used to estimate the cost of the deployment. From the results it is concluded that a substantial cost reduction is possible if obtaining the full effect of the synergies. Redundancy is briefly discussed and it is concluded that the relative reduction in cost is increased

Keywords

business communication; computer network reliability; cost reduction; redundancy; telecommunication network planning; wide area networks; WAN; commercial companies; cost reductions; redundancy; synergy effects; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Business; Communication cables; Companies; Costs; Electric breakdown; Internet; Technology planning; Wide area networks; Communication Network Planning; Deployment Cost & Synergies; ICT-infrastructure; Next Generation Network Technologies; Redundancy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference

Conference_Location

Phoenix Park

Print_ISBN

89-5519-129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2006.206428

Filename

1626033