Global Service Provider Strategies and Networking Alternatives

This paper focuses on network planning strategies for the global communications carrier. It discusses strategic planning for the provision of new data and Internet services, and assesses alternative network designs and technologies to provide optimized solutions and service delivery. The discussion covers the regional, metropolitan and local, or last mile, networks and related access technologies. The main objectives of this paper include development of a framework and methodology for network modeling and analysis to support international business development with strategies for metropolitan and local access networks; determination of the network cost drivers for providing voice and IP services to various market segments, including the small & medium enterprise (SME) and multi-dwelling unit (MDU) markets; identification of the market and cost synergies for combining voice and IP services on common carrier facilities; and comparison of leasing versus building alternatives for metropolitan transport and last mile access networks.