Unbundling thus boosts competition in the short term, but makes it less likely that a competing infrastructure will be built.
For even when competing telecoms infrastructure of some kind or another has at last been built, in some parts of the world former incumbents may still provide the only means of network access, so the need for at least some regulation will remain.So what kind of technology will eventually topple the incumbents' local-loop monopoly?
Combined with its MVNO status, this lets Soracom scale its software quickly, cut costs, and provide lower prices than competing IoT infrastructure providers.
By varying tolls based on the the relative condition of "competing" pieces of infrastructure, municipalities could shift use away from the objects most in need of repair and onto sturdier connections.
From the Baltic states to the Balkans, Chinese companies, flush with money, are buying real estate and competing for public infrastructure contracts, especially as Poland and Ukraine work at breakneck speed to jointly play host to the 2012 European soccer championship.
You're talking about competing with existing infrastructure for technologies like gas turbines, and in some circumstances, diesel..
This paper addresses the problem of allocating residual track capacity among multiple competing carriers where infrastructure ownership and train operations are vertically separated to facilitate delivery by train.
"Issues of poverty, building infrastructure, competing with world class companies along with dealing with people who are poor Brazil, India and China today are more plausible reference points," says Ann Bernstein, founding director, centre for development and enterprise.
Maternal health challenges in the entire health system come with deeply embedded issues of human resources, infrastructure competing priorities and community engagement.
It's part of the company's strategy of providing "open infrastructure to competing service providers" that avoids the duplication of infrastructure investment that more traditional competition entails and is said to offer "a model for the industry that can be rolled-out across the world".
"Instacart charges you extra because they are competing with huge retail infrastructure like Wal-mart, but we think we can improve the infrastructure and deliver at a lower price," says Alim. Chaldal's most popular categories include pet food, since many animal owners usually have to travel out of their neighborhoods to specialty stores, and baby supplies ordered by busy new parents.
