LEADER 05215nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910819590703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-08508-8 010 $a9786610085088 010 $a0-585-49516-5 024 7 $a10.1596/0-8213-5671-2 035 $a(CKB)111087027997108 035 $a(OCoLC)55664136 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10048620 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000333536 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11242055 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333536 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10357587 035 $a(PQKB)10226074 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3050649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3050649 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10048620 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL8508 035 $a(OCoLC)495528405 035 $a(The World Bank)2003067270 035 $a(US-djbf)13397758 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027997108 100 $a20031107d2004 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA model for calculating interconnection costs in telecommunications /$fedited by ... [Paul Noumba Um] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, DC $cWorld Bank$d2004 215 $ax, 67 pages $cillustrations ;$d28 cm. +$e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8213-5671-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- About the Authors -- 1. Introduction -- Preliminary Results Provided by the Cost Model -- The Limits of the Model -- 2. Guidebook Overview -- Cost Modeling Principles -- User Guide -- The Model -- 3. Cost Modeling Principles -- Regulation of Interconnection -- Essential Facilities -- Cost Determination Methodologies -- Economic Criteria for Assessing Costs -- The LRIC Concept -- Advantages and Drawbacks of LRIC -- Definition of Interconnection Services -- Definition of the Increment -- Application to African Telecommunications Networks -- The Average Size of an African Telecommunications Network -- Nodes and Links -- Transit -- 4. Modeling Principles -- The Modeling Principles -- A Long-Run Approach -- A Forward-Looking Approach -- An Efficient Approach -- An Economic Approach, Not an Accounting Approach -- A Bottom-Up Approach -- The Working Units -- The Model Structure -- Applications of the Cost Model -- 5. User Guide -- Filling in the Assumptions -- Demand Assumptions -- Main Technical Assumptions -- Main Assumptions on Routing Factors -- Main Cost Allocation Assumptions -- Assumptions for the Mobile Network -- The Results Sheets -- The Results -- Printing Reports -- Testing the Sensitivity of the Results -- Managing the Model -- 6. Operations of the Cost Model -- Basic Principles -- Logic of the Intermediary Spreadsheets -- Capacities (Capa Sheet) -- Transmission Capacities (Capa ElTr Sheet) -- Infrastructure Capacities (Capa Infra Sheet) -- Costs -- The Mobile Network Calculations -- Capacity of the Mobile Network (CapaMob Sheet) -- Cost of the Mobile Network (Costs Mob Sheet) -- Total Costs of the Mobile Network (Tot Mob Sheet) -- Appendixes -- Appendix 1: Economic Cost Approach -- Appendix 2: Capital Cost Approach -- Appendix 3: Radio Concentrator Solutions -- Bibliography. 327 $aTables -- 1.1 A Sample of Interconnection Rates -- 1.2 Overview of the Telecommunications Sectors in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Zambia -- 1.3 A Sample of Interconnection Rates Calculated by the Cost Model -- 2.1 Typology of Nodes and Links in a Telecommunications Network -- 3.1 Correlation Matrix between Retail Services and Elementary Services -- 3.2 Matrix of Inputs Needed to Provide Retail Services -- 3.3 Snapshot of Telecommunications Development in Africa in 1999 -- 3.4 Matrix of Transmission Links -- A3.1 Number of Subscribers Depending on the Traffic per Subscriber (in mE) -- Figures -- 1.1 Comparison between Interconnection Prices: Côte d'Ivoire -- 1.2 Comparison between Interconnection Prices: Cameroon -- 2.1 Cost Model Architecture -- 3.1 The Costs of a Multiproduct Firm: An Example for Five Products -- 3.2 Transition from Historical Accounting Costs to Economic Costs (LRIC) -- 3.3 Cost Structure -- 3.4 Entry Points of Interconnection Service -- 4.1 Cost Model Architecture -- 6.1 Cost Model Architecture -- A3.1 Example of the Architecture of an IRT (TRT-Lucent Network) -- Boxes -- 3.1 Different Definitions Selected for Cross-Subsidization -- 5.1 Erlang -- 6.1 Sizing of the SDH Network (example of RCU-LS routes). 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aTelecommunication$xRates$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xMathematical models 606 $aTelecommunication$zAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xCosts$xMathematical models 615 0$aTelecommunication$xRates$xMathematical models. 615 0$aTelecommunication$xCosts$xMathematical models. 676 $a384.6/4 701 $aNoumba Um$b Paul$01687726 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819590703321 996 $aA model for calculating interconnection costs in telecommunications$94061427 997 $aUNINA