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Authors:
Seppo Yrjölä
Keywords: business opportunity; mobile network operator; mobile broadband; cognitive radio; Citizens Broadband Radio Service
Abstract:
The paper seeks to identify mobile network operators’ business opportunities in the new Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) shared spectrum access framework. More flexible and scalable use of the 3.5GHz spectrum aims to increase the efficiency of spectrum use in delivering fast growing and converging mobile broadband and media services while paving way to new innovations, e.g., in the area of Internet of Things and 5G. The opportunity analysis indicated that the mobile network operators could benefit significantly from the new, shared CBRS bands enabling to cope with increasing asymmetric media data traffic and to offer differentiation through improved quality and personalization of services. Heterogeneous network assets leveraging 3GPP LTE evolution were found to be the key enabler while regulatory actions may frame the availability of spectrum and limit the economic value for an operator. The concept of co-opetition was found useful to characterize the business environment regarding CBRS spectrum sharing.
Pages: 39 to 44
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016
Publication date: February 21, 2016
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4251
ISBN: 978-1-61208-456-5
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Dates: from February 21, 2016 to February 25, 2016