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7 APPENDICES

Appendix 1: An overview of telecommunication industry in Sri Lanka

Appendix 2: Operator Questionnaire

Appendix 3: Vendor Questionnaire

Appendix 4: TRC Questionnaire

Appendix 5: Operationalization table - Operator

Appendix 6: Operationalization table - Vendor

Appendix 7: Operationalization table - TRC

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2 APPENDIX 1: AN OVERVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATION

INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA

Cumulative Number of Licenses granted under Section 17 of the Sri Lanka

Telecommunications Act No 25 of 1991 as amended.

Category of Service Licensed under Section 17

of the Act. 2011 June

Fixed Access Telephone service 4

Cellular Mobile phones 5

Data Communications (Facility based) 6

Data Communications (Non-facility based) & ISP’s 08

Trunk Mobile Radio 2

Leased Circuit Providers 1

Licensed Payphone Service Providers 1

External Gateway Operators 33

Direct-to-Home Satellite Broadcasting Service 02

Cable TV Distribution Network 02

Sub Total 64

SLTL, Suntel, Lanka Bell, Dialog Broadband are entitled to provide Pay phone and

Data services according to their licenses.

Statistical Overview of the Telecommunication Sector as at end of 2nd Quarter

2011

Number of System Licenses 64

Total number of Fixed phones 3,599,250

Teledensity (Fixed Phones per 100 inhabitants) 17.1

Teledensity (Fixed) in Colombo District – 2009 Dec 38.5

Total Switching Capacity of Fixed Operators 4,200,000*

Number of Cellular Mobile Subscribers 18,176,030

Mobile Subscription per 100 people 86.5

Internet & Email Subscribers - fixed 323,000*

Mobile Broadband Subscribers 367,764*

Number of Public Pay Phone Booths 6986*

Number of Paging Subscribers N/A

Trunk Mobile Radio Subscribers 206*

* - Provisional

Source : Telecommunication Regulatory Commission

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Performance of Fixed Access Telephone Operators

Year Cumulative

1990 121,388

1991 125,834

1992 135,504

1993 157,774

1994 180,724

1995 204,350

1996 255,049

1997 341,622

1998 523,529

1999 669,113

2000 767,411

2001 827,195

2002 883,108

2003 939,013

2004 991,239

2005 1,243,994

2006 1,884,076

2007 2,742,059

2008 3,446,411

2009 3,435,958

2010 3,578,463

June 2011 3,599,250

Province

Cumulative

Subscriber base

as at 2011 June

Central 380,641

East 154,598

North 105,396

North Central 232,840

North West 342,506

Sabaragamuwa 292,763

Southern 407,487

Uva 242,480

Western 1,440,539

Total 3,599,250


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Mobile Subscribers (1992 – 2011 June)

Year

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011 J

un

e

Subscribers 51,3

16

71,0

29

114,8

88

174,2

02

256,6

55

430,2

02

667,6

62

931,4

03

1,3

93,4

03

2,2

11,1

58

3,3

61,7

75

5,4

12,4

96

7,9

83,4

89

11,0

82,4

54

14,2

64,4

42

17,2

67,4

07

18,1

76,0

30

Internet & Email Subscribers (Fixed)

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

Cum

ula

tive N

o. o

f Subscrib

ers

Year

E-mail & Internet Growth (1996 - 2011 June)

Cumulative No. of E-mail & Internet

Year Cumulative

1996 2,504

1997 10,195

1998 18,984

1999 25,535

2000 40,497

2001 61,532

2002 73,468

2003 85,500*

2004 93,444*

2005 115,000*

2006 130,000*

2007 202,348*

2008 234,000*

2009 249,756*

2010 297,774*

2011 June 323,000*


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Employment Opportunities in Telecommunication Sector

Category of

Service

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2009 2010

Fixed Access

Telephony – SLTL

8,802

9,126

8,681

8,411

7,303

7,211

7,295

7,172

7,033

6,983

6,557

6,297

WLL

740

783

810

822

833

814

1,053

2,154

2,852

2,532

2,388+

d

2275

Cellular

852

1,016

1,124

1,063

1,699

2,207

2,360

3,525

4,985

5,716

4,969

4,595

Radio Paging

148

108

57

30

32

21

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

DATA

Communication

337

337

437

277

285*

285*

242*

275*

275*

275*

275*

275*

Public Payphones

250

353

337

290*

236*

275*

295*

299*

299*

299*

299*

299*

Total 11,129 11,386 11,446 10,893 10,388 10,813 11,245 13,425 15,444 15,805

14,488

**

13,741

*. – Provisional ** - Dialog Broadband not included


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3 APPENDIX 2: OPERATOR QUESTIONNAIRE

Questionnaire on Feasibility of Implementing Active Network Sharing

in Sri Lankan Telecommunication Industry

Dear Respondent,

I’m Suresh Wijekoon, following Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in

Management of Technology in University of Moratuwa. As a part fulfillment of my

MBA, I am conducting a research on Feasibility of implementing Active Network

Sharing in Sri Lankan telecommunication industry.

You are kindly invited to participate in this survey. Your survey responses will be

strictly confidential and data from the research will be presented in an aggregated

manner. This study is entirely for academic purposes and your responses to the

questionnaire will be used only for this study.

I sincerely request to spend few minutes from your valuable time to fill this

questionnaire and be kind enough to e-mail to [email protected].

Thank you.

Suresh Wijekoon

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There are multiple possible options of infrastructure sharing among telecom service

providers. Basically it can be divided into two components.

1. Passive infrastructure sharing :- This includes sharing of passive network

components such as towers, shelters, cooling systems, AC and DC power supply,

diesel generators, air conditioning, site leases and other electrical & civil works.

Each telecom service provider would install its own active network infrastructure on

top of this shared passive infrastructure

2. Active infrastructure sharing :- This includes sharing of active network

components such as base terminal station (BTS), antennas, feeder cables, radio

access network (RAN), spectrum, transmission systems and core network, among

multiple telecom service providers.

Q1 Did you know about “Active network sharing” concept before?

Yes No

Q2 If “Yes”, identify the source which you gained knowledge about “Active network

sharing”. (You can select multiple options)

1) From my colleagues

2) From an academic body

3) From an equipment supplier presentation

4) From an Internet source

5) Other (Please specify)

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Q3 Please fill the following table, which request details regarding the available

telecommunication systems in your organization.

System Availability The present coverage

(percentage)

Approximate

target coverage for

next three years

2G

3G

LTE

CDMA

Wimax

Broad band

systems

Other

Q4 What is the proposed strategy for above mentioned target?

1. Individual expansion

2. Using Individual expansion & Passive sharing

3. Using Individual expansion, Active & passive sharing

4. Not decided yet

Q5 Do you have any plan to introduce new systems?

Yes No

Q6 If “yes”, what are the proposed new systems?

1. 3G

2. LTE

3. Wimax

4. Other(Please specify)

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Q7 What is the proposed strategy for introduction of new systems?

1. Individual expansion

2. Using individual expansion & passive sharing

3. Using individual expansion, Active sharing & passive sharing

4. Not decided yet

Q8 Do you share any passive components in your telecommunication network?

Yes No

Q9 If “yes”, what are the components that you are sharing? (You can select multiple

answers)

1. Towers

2. Shelters

3. AC or DC power supply

4. Generators

5. Land space


Q10 What is the Passive site sharing criteria? (You can select multiple answers)

1. For monthly rental

2. One to one basis


Q11 Do you share any Active components in your telecommunication network?

Yes No

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Q12 If “yes”, what are the components that you are sharing? (You can select multiple

answers)

1. Radio Access Network (RAN)

2. Spectrum

3. Transmission system

4. Core network


Q13 What is the Active site sharing criteria? (You can select multiple answers)

1. For monthly rental

2. One to one basis


Q14 Does your company hope to implement/expand Active network sharing in future?

Yes No

Q15 If “yes”, how will it be implemented?

1. For already implemented systems only

2. For new systems only

3. For both

Q16 What is the most influencing factor for Active sharing?

1. Operator’s own decision

2. Force by vendors

3. Force by TRC


Q17 What type of Active sharing do you want to have (Put 1-4 according to the priority, 1 as

the highest priority and 4 as the least priority)

1. Radio Access Network (RAN)

2. Spectrum

3. Transmission network

4. Core network

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Q18 Please indicate your level of agreement by selecting the most appropriate option for

the following statements related to “Active network sharing process”.

No Action

Strategy for action execution

By operators

Individually

By joining

both shared

operators

By the

vendor

By joining

operators &

vendors

By

outsourcing

to a third

party

18.1 Equipment receiving &

warehousing

18.2 Equipment installation

18.3 Service delivery process

18.4 Marketing & Sales process

18.5 O & M procedure

18.6 Equipment purchasing

18.7 Employment recruiting &

training

18.8 Planning & quality control

Q19 Do you satisfy with the financial gain you have already achieved with Active sharing?

Yes No Not relevant

Q20 What is the percentage cost advantage you have already achieved?

1. 0

2. 1 – 10

3. 11 – 20

4. 21 – 30

5. 31 – 40

6. 41 – 50

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Q21 What is the expected cost advantage of Active sharing in your future investments?

Sharing Type (0) % (1-10) % (11-20) % (21-30) % (31-40) % (41-50) %

Radio Access

Network

Spectrum

Transmission

Network

Core network

Q22 Do you satisfy with your current market share?

Yes No

Q23 How are you going to expand the current market share?

Action

Strategy for Action execution

Ind

ivid

ua

l

exp

an

sio

n

Usi

ng

In

div

idu

al

exp

an

sio

n &

Pa

ssiv

e s

ha

rin

g

Usi

ng

in

div

idu

al

exp

an

sio

n,

Act

ive

& p

ass

ive

sha

rin

g

No

t d

eci

de

d y

et

Oth

er

Introducing new systems

Enhancing the coverage

Other -

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Q24 What type of customer complaints do you usually get? (You can select multiple

answers)

1. Low quality of service

2. Low quality of network

3. Low coverage

4. Low technology enhancement


Q25 What is the current “Operation & Maintenance” strategy of the company?

1. Completely done by the company staff

2. Completely done by the vendor

3. Completely out sourced to a third party company

4. Combination of company staff & vendor

5. Combination of company staff & third party company

6. Combination of third party company & vendor

7. Combination of company staff, vendor & third party company

Q26 Is there any force from the regulator for sharing?

Yes No

Q27 If yes, what components do they encourage to share? (you can select multiple

answers)

1. Towers

2. Shelters

3. AC & DC power

4. Radio Access Network

5. Spectrum

6. Transmission system

7. Core network


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Q28 Does TRC have a “Policy & Legal framework” for network sharing?

Yes No

Q29 Does TRC allow you to share following Active network components?

1. Spectrum

2. Radio Access network

3. Transmission network

4. Core network


the following statements, related to available Active network sharing technologies.

No Question

Str

on

gly

Ag

ree

Ag

ree

Ne

utr

al

Dis

agr

ee

Str

on

gly

Dis

agr

ee

30.1 I satisfy with the currently available

technologies for Active network sharing

30.2 It is possible to implement Active sharing with

existing system equipment

30.3

I satisfy with the individual independence, I

can experience in an Active component shared

network

30.4 I satisfy with the availability to develop

dedicated network features

30.5 I satisfy with company controllability over

shared network

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Q31 What are the available practically viable Active sharing options under current

technologies? (You can select multiple answers)

1. Radio Access Network sharing

2. Spectrum sharing

3. Transmission network sharing

4. Core Network sharing

5. No idea


Q32 There should have enough Passive infrastructures in order to share the Active

infrastructures. Do you think the available passive infrastructures can be managed for

Active infrastructure sharing requirements?

Yes No

Q33 If “Not”, what are the required developments? (You can select multiple answers)

1. Towers

2. Shelters

3. Power systems

4. AC systems


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the following statements related to Active sharing investment, O & M and Competition.

No Question

Str

on

gly

Ag

ree

Ag

ree

Ne

utr

al

Dis

ag

ree

Str

on

gly

Dis

ag

ree

34.1

I think that the Active sharing gives more

financial gain than the initial investment cost

for already implemented system expansion

34.2

I think that the Active sharing gives more

financial gain than the initial investment cost

for newly introducing systems

34.3 I can satisfy with the support given for

individual Operation & Maintenance (O & M)

34.4 The current competition is a barrier to realize

Active infrastructure sharing

34.5 Active sharing will limit the competition

34.6 The larger operators will influence negatively

for Active sharing

34.7 It will create a job risk for employees

34.8 It will reduce my job autonomy

Q35 If you do not agree with, Q34.3, how are you going to do the O & M in a shared Active

network?

1. Combination of company staff & vendor

2. Combination of company staff & third party company

3. Combination of company staff, vendor & third party company

4. Completely by the vendor

5. Completely outsourced to a third party company

6. Combination of vendor & third party company


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the following statements related to target benefits from Active sharing.

No Question

Str

on

gly

Ag

ree

Ag

ree

Ne

utr

al

Dis

agr

ee

Str

on

gly

Dis

agr

ee

36.1 The investment risk can be shared between

operators

36.2 Considerable Capex saving can be acheived

36.3 Considerable Opex saving can be acheived

36.4 Network O & M will become much easier

36.5 Network quality can be enhanced

36.6 Resource can be managed more effectively

36.7 Business focus can be improved

36.8 It is an environmental healthy approach

Q37 Do you have required skills, in order to implement Active network sharing in your

company?

Yes No

Q38 Do you believe that the Active network sharing is a practically viable solution for

current problems in the Sri Lankan telecommunication industry?

Yes No

Please give any reasons for your suggestion

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

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Please state below general information about you and your company.

Q39 Age (years)

1. <21

2. 22 – 30

3. 31 – 40

4. 41 – 50

5. 50 >

Q40 Gender

Male Female

Q41 Highest Educational Level:

1. A/L

2. Diploma

3. Graduate

4. Post Graduate


Q42 Number of years your organization has been in business operation:

Q43 Number of years of experiences you have in the current organization:

Q44 Number of years of experiences you have in the Telecommunication industry:

Q45 Your position in the organization:

1. Field Operation

2. First level

3. Middle management

4. Senior management

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8 APPENDIX 3 : VENDOR QUESTIONNAIRE

Please place “X” against the correct option.

Q1 Do you think Sri Lankan telecom industry has a good awareness about “Active network

sharing” concept?

Yes No

Q2 Please select the available solutions in your organization, for Active network sharing

pertaining to following categories. (You can select multiple options)


2. Spectrum

3. Transmission Network

4. Core Network

Q3 in terms of technologies, please select the available solutions for Active network sharing

in your organization. (You can select multiple options)

1. 2G

2. 3G

3. LTE

4. CDMA

5. Wimax

6. Other Broadband systems

Q4 Did your organization execute any Active sharing project?

Yes No

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Q5 If “Yes”, identify types of Active sharing activities that you have executed. (You can

select multiple options)


2. Spectrum

3. Transmission Network

4. Core Network


Q6 What is the percentage cost advantage that you can give to the operators with Active

infrastructure sharing?

1. 0 – 10

2. 11 – 20

3. 21 – 30

4. 31 – 40

5. 41 – 50

Q7 Is it possible to use existing equipment for Active sharing?

Yes No

Q8 If “yes”, what are the equipment that can be used?

1. Antenna sub system

2. Transceiver sub system

3. Back haul

4. Spectrum

5. NGN

6. Data Network


Q9 By your systems, is it possible to merge dedicated & shared networks?

Yes No

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Q10 Please rank the following possible drivers for Active network sharing according to the

importance (put 11 for the most driver etc.).

No Possible Drivers Priority No.

10.1 The risk can be shared between operators

10.2 Considerable Capex saving can be acheived

10.3 Considerable Opex saving can be acheived

10.4 Network O & M becomes much easier with Active

sharing

10.5 Network quality can be enhanced

10.6 Available resources can be managed more effectively

10.7 Business focus can be improved

10.8 Regulatory force has become a driver for Active sharing

10.9 Customer demand for new solutions/technologies has

become a driver for Active sharing

10.10 Coverage expansion necessity has become a driver for

Active sharing

10.11 It is an environmental healthy approach

Q11 If there are any other possible drivers other than above mentioned ones please state.

1.

2.

3.

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Q12 Please rank the following possible barriers for Active sharing according to the

criticalness (put 13 for the most critical barrier etc.).

No Possible Barriers Priority No.

12.1 Lack of Technical skills

12.2 Lack of proper policy & legal framework

12.3 Lack of control & independence in an Active component

shared network

12.4 Minimum availability to maintain dedicated network

features & control

12.5 The available passive infrastructure is not sufficient for

Active infrastructure sharing

12.6 Need to invest for already implemented systems also

12.7 Active sharing systems does not support individual O & M

12.8 Current competition is a barrier to implement Active

sharing

12.9 The larger operators will influence negatively for Active

sharing

12.10 It will lose confidentiality of operators

12.11 It will create job risk for employees

12.12 It will reduce job autonomy of employees

12.13 It will degrade the network quality

Q13 Please state your actions regarding the following operator side concerns.

13.1 O & M procedure –

13.2 Confidentiality issue –

13.3 Quality of network –

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Q14 Do you suggest any Policy and Legal alternation requirements in following aspects.

14.1 Equipment import & custom clearance -

14.2 New Active sharing system implementation -

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4 APPENDIX 4 : TRC QUESTIONNAIRE

Please place “X” against the correct option.

Q1 Did you know about “Active network sharing” concept before?

Yes No

Q2 TRCSL has published 2006-2016 ten years development plan. The plan has mentioned,

“Reluctance to share infrastructure facilities among operators (national backbone,

switching capacity, last mile connections) and between sectors (Sri Lanka Railways,

Ceylon Electricity Board, Road Development Authority etc.)” as a main issue in the Sri

Lankan Telecommunications Sector.

Do you have taken any action to rectify this issue?

Yes No

Q3 If “yes”, briefly explain the actions you have already taken.

It is essential to establish a Legal and Policy framework, in order to control the sharing

process. Briefly explain the necessary components that should be included in that

framework considering following sharing aspects.

Q4 Passive component sharing -

Q5 Spectrum sharing -

Q6 Active component sharing -

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Q7 “The national policy on antenna structure erection” includes policies for antenna

sharing.

Even in draft status the policies are valid to the operators.

Yes No

Until approval from government policies will not impact on operators.

Yes No

Q8 Do you plan to implement “The national policy on Active Network sharing” in future?

Yes No

Q9 What are the existing regulatory barriers for active sharing?


the following possible regulatory drivers related to Active sharing.

No Question

Str

on

gly

Ag

ree

Ag

ree

Ne

utr

al

Dis

agr

ee

Str

on

gly

Dis

agr

ee

10.1 Possibility of efficient use of scarce

resources like, spectrum

10.2 Force for coverage enhancement by

the regulatory body

10.3 Force for environmental protection

by the regulatory body

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Q11 Who should influence mostly for Active sharing to be initiated in Sri Lanka?

1. Operator

2. Equipment vendor

3. TRC

Q12 Do you believe that the Active network sharing is a practically viable solution for

current problems in the Sri Lankan telecommunication industry?

Yes No

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5 APPENDIX 5: OPERATIONALIZATION TABLE - OPERATOR

Variable Indicator 1 Weight Indicator 2 Weight STOF

Category Source Measure Question

1) Awareness Awareness

Knowledge about the Active sharing concept

General Researcher Nominal Q1

Awareness Source for the information General Researcher Nominal Q2

2) Company

Strategy

Present Coverage

Available systems Technology Researcher Nominal Q3

Present coverage Technology Literature Nominal Q3

Strategy for expansion

Target coverage Technology Literature Nominal Q3

Proposed strategy for the target Technology Literature Nominal Q4

Introduction of new systems

Proposed new systems Technology Researcher Nominal Q5 & Q6

Proposed strategy for implementation

Technology Literature Nominal Q7

3) Current

infrastructure

sharing

Passive sharing state

Passive sharing availability General Researcher Nominal Q8

Passive sharing components General Researcher Nominal Q9

Sharing criteria General Researcher Nominal Q10

Active sharing state

Active sharing availability General Researcher Nominal Q11

Active sharing components General Researcher Nominal Q12

Active Sharing criteria General Researcher Nominal Q13

4) Future

Active

network

sharing plans

Initiation

Future implementation Technology Researcher Nominal Q14

Procedure Technology Researcher/ Literature

Nominal Q15

Influence Technology Researcher Nominal Q16

Type of sharing Sharing types Technology Literature Nominal Q17

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Variable Indicator 1 Weight Indicator 2 Weight STOF Category Source Measure Question

5) Influence to

the Value

Chain

Inbound logistics

Equipment receiving & warehousing

Organization Literature Ordinal Q18.1

Operations

Equipment installation Organization Literature Ordinal Q18.2

Outbound logistics

Service delivery Organization/Service Literature Ordinal Q18.3

Marketing & Sales

Marketing & sales Organization/Service Literature Ordinal Q18.4

Service

O & M procedure – separate/joint/by vendor

Organization/Service Literature Ordinal Q18.5

Procurement

Equipment purchasing Organization/Financial Literature Ordinal Q18.6

HRM aspects

Employment recruiting & training

Organization Literature Ordinal Q18.7

Infrastructure

Planning & quality control Organization/Financial Literature Ordinal Q18.8

6) Drivers for

Active

infrastructure

sharing

Financial

Satisfaction Financial Researcher/ Literature

Nominal Q19

Achieved advantage Financial Researcher/ Literature

Ordinal Q20

Expected advantage Financial Researcher/ Literature

Ordinal Q21

Market

Satisfaction Service Researcher/ Literature

Nominal Q22

Plan Service Researcher/ Literature

Ordinal Q23

Methodology Service Researcher/ Literature

Ordinal Q23

Customer

Complaints Service Researcher Nominal Q24

Operational

Current O & M strategy Organization Researcher Nominal Q25

Regulatory

Influence Organization Literature Nominal Q26

Network components Organization Researcher/ Literature

Nominal Q27

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Variable Indicator 1 Wgt Indicator 2 Wgt STOF

Category Source Measure Question

7) Barriers for

Active

infrastructure

sharing

Regulatory

Policy & legal framework availability Organization Researcher Nominal Q28

Spectrum Organization Resear./Lite. Nominal Q29

RAN Organization Resear./Lite. Nominal Q29

Txm network Organization Resear./Lite. Nominal Q29

Core network Organization Resear./Lite. Nominal Q29

Technological

Satisfaction 0.6 Technology Resear./Lite. Likert Q30.1

Existing equipment usage 0.4 Technology Resear./Lite. Likert Q30.2

Knowledge Technology Resear./Lite. Nominal Q31

Independence

Individual independence 0.4 Organization Literature Likert Q30.3

Dedicated features 0.2 Organization Literature Likert Q30.4

Controllability 0.4 Organization Literature Likert Q30.5

Investment

Passive network development Financial Researcher Nominal Q32

Required passive developments Financial Researcher Nominal Q33

Active sharing investment for existing systems expansion

0.4 Financial Resear./Lite. Likert Q34.1

Active sharing investment for new systems

0.6 Financial Resear./Lite. Likert Q34.2

O & M issues

System support for O & M 1 Organization Resear./Lite. Likert Q34.3

O & M strategy Organization Resear./Lite. Nominal Q35

Competition

Limit the realization of Active sharing 0.3 Service Literature Likert Q34.4

Limit the expansion of Active sharing 0.3 Service Literature Likert Q34.5

Influence from larger operators 0.4 Service Literature Likert Q34.6

Human

Job risk 0.6 Organization Researcher Likert Q34.7

Autonomy 0.4 Organization Researcher Likert Q34.8

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Variable Indicator 1 Weight Indicator 2 Weight STOF Category Source Measure Question

8) Benefits

from active

infrastructure

sharing

Risk sharing

Risk sharing 0.2 Organization/Financial Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.1

Capex

Capex 0.1 Financial Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.2

Opex

Opex 0.1 Financial Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.3

Maintenance

Maintenance 0.1 Organization/Service Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.4

Network quality

Network quality 0.1 Service Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.5

Resource management

Resource management 0.1 Financial Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.6

Business focus

Business focus 0.1 Service Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.7

Environment protection

Environment protection 0.2 Service Researcher/ Literature

Likert Q36.8

9) Employees

Skills availability

Skills availability Technology Researcher Nominal Q37

Employee perception

Employee perception Organization Researcher Content analysis

Q38

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Variable Indicator 1 Indicator 2 STOF Category Source Measure Question

1)Awareness Awareness Knowledge about the Active sharing concept

General Researcher Nominal Q1

2) Solutions

availability Solutions availability

Available categories (RAN, Spectrum, Transmission systems, Core network)

Technology Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q2

Available Systems Technology Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q3

3) Current Active

sharing status

Projects Availability General Researcher Nominal Q4

Solutions General Researcher Nominal Q5

Benefits

Cost Financial Literature Nominal Q6

Existing equipment utilization Technology Researcher Nominal Q7

Relevant components Technology Researcher Nominal Q8

Merging dedicated & shared networks

Technology Literature Nominal Q9

4) Drivers

Drivers for Active infra sharing in the current Sri Lankan telecom industry

Risk sharing Financial/Service Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.1

Capex Financial Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.2

Opex Financial Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.3

O & M Technology Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.4

Network quality Service Literature Nominal Q10.5

Resource management Financial Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.6

Business focus Service Literature Nominal Q10.7

Regulatory force Organization Literature Nominal Q10.8

Customer demand Service Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.9

Coverage Technology Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q10.10

Environment protection Service Researcher Nominal Q10.11

Other Researcher Content analysis

Q11

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Variable Indicator 1 Indicator 2 STOF Category Source Measure Question

5) Barriers

Barriers for Active infra sharing in the current Sri Lankan telecom industry

Technical Knowledge Technology Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.1

Policy & legal framework Organization Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.2

Control & indepandence Service Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.3

Maintain dedicated features Service Literature Nominal Q12.4

Passive infrastructure availability Financial Researcher Nominal Q12.5

Investment for already implement systems

Financial Researcher Nominal Q12.6

O & M Organization Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.7

Competition Service Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.8

Larger operator influence Service Literature Nominal Q12.9

Confidentiality Service Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.10

Job risk Organization Researcher Nominal Q12.11

Job autonomy Organization Rsearcher Nominal Q12.12

Network quality Service Researcher/ Literature Nominal Q12.13

6) Responses for

operator side

concerns

O & M O & M Organization/Service Researcher/ Literature

Content analysis

Q13.1

Confidentiality Confidentiality Researcher/ Literature

Content analysis

Q13.2

Quality Quality Organization/Service Researcher/ Literature

Content analysis

Q13.3

7) Policy & legal

framework

alteration

requirements

Equipment import aspects Equipment import aspects Organization/Service Researcher

Content analysis

Q14.1

New system implementation New system implementation Organization/Service Researcher

Content analysis

Q14.2

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Variable Indicator 1 Weight Indicator 2 Weight Source Measure Question

1) Awareness Awareness Knowledge about the Active

network sharing concept Researcher Nominal Q1

2) Policy & legal

framework

Current status Ten year development plan Literature Nominal Q2

Already take actions Researcher Content analysis Q3

Requirements

Passive sharing Researcher Content analysis Q4

Spectrum sharing Researcher Content analysis Q5

Active component sharing Researcher Content analysis Q6

The national policy on antenna structure erection - Current status

Researcher Nominal Q7

Plans for "The national policy on Active Network sharing"

Researcher Nominal Q8

3) Regulatory

Barriers

Regulatory Barriers

Regulatory Barriers for Active infra sharing

Researcher/ Literature

Content analysis Q9

4) Regulatory

Drivers

Regulatory Barriers

TRC resource management


Likert Q10.1

Coverage enhancement


Likert Q10.2

Environmental concerns


Likert Q10.3

5) Initiation Initiation

Force by TRC or by operators Researcher/ Literature

Nominal Q11

6) Perception Perception

Viability of the solution Researcher/ Literature

Nominal Q12

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