Title :
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
fDate :
23 Feb.-1 March 2003
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;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications, 2003. ICT 2003. 10th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7661-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICTEL.2003.1191156
