Research Article

Infrastructure Sharing as an Opportunity to Promote Competition in Local Access Networks

Table 8

CAPEX costs.

Component nameCost valueInstallation costSource

Equipment costs per unit
Fiber modem80 €100 €CSMG
Fiber splitter100 €50 €CSMG
Fiber OLT card (Ports32)60000 €20 €CSMG
OLT Chassis cards 325000 €150 €CSMG
Fiber Optical repeater10000 €60 €Optilab
Fiber_ONU106 €50 €CSMG
LTE_CPE75 €100 €LUCENT
LTE ENodeB34000 €WiROI LTE
LTE TRX5000 €1000 €WiROI LTE

Housing (structure)
FNode Cab. 512user2450 €CSMG
FNode Cab. 2048user3200 €CSMG
LTE Site BuildOut17000 €WiMAX Forum

Civil works costs
Digging/ducting costs: urban (per km)60000 € (urban)CSMG
40000 € (rural)
LTE_BS_CivilWorks1000 €WiMAX Forum

Cable costs (per km)
OpticalCable24Fiber1220 €900 €Analysys Mason
OpticalCable96Fiber2934 €900 €Analysys Mason