Why Open Access
than if you market a single service network. In fact, take rates are often up to three times as high – as consumers tend to spend more when given ample choices.
business model because it gives you access to the wholesale revenue streams – it allows you to become a specialist in your field.
as communities can invest in infrastructure and provide their citizens with digital possibilities; without having to compete with commercial consumer services.
What is Open Access?
An open access eco system consists of different parts:
How does it work?
There are three logical layers in an Open Access net:
Service providers can market themselves to customers throuh a digital marketplace supplied by the network operator. End customers can sign up for services via the marketplace (if the operator chooses to provide one) or the service provider’s own sales channel.
Service providers charge their end customer for their services while the network owner and operator charge the service provider a wholesale fee for the used network capacity.
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What does it take?
Open Access is not really a novelty andmost long distance fiber networks (i.e. transporting data between cities, countries and even continents) are already Open Access as it is e the safest way to retrieve the investment. When it comes to FTTH, the business model is widely used overseas and the lesson learned is that there is one absolute reqruirement:
Read Moreyou need end-to-end automation, anchored by a state of the art BSS/OSS-system such as COS Business Engine.
With a system like COS Business Engine you can use the complexity of the Open Access-model to your advantage: take on as many service providers as possible and create a more solid business case.
Do we have to go all-in?
“Swedish” Open Access
In this approach, all the different “logical layers” are separated. The network owner is one entity (usually a community), the network operator another and the service providers are separate from them.
Network owner and operator are the same
This is often the case in larger community networks where it also makes sense to build up operational capacity. There are also examples of private businesses that realize the potential of selling capacity wholesale instead of services.
Network owner, operator and service provider
This is where a network owner/operator also markets a digital service to the public to supplement the wholesale revenue stream.
Open Access Ready
The traditional telco or ISP business model, but supported by a BSS/OSS-system that is built for Open Access. This makes it possible to open up the infrastructure for multiple service providers at any time.
We provide FTTH operators and network owners with software for automating and digitizing every aspect of their FTTH venture. From survey and demand aggregation, to sign up, deployment and billing – to help bridge the digital divide.
