EQUIPMENT CO-LOCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS IN ENUGU STATE NIGERIA.
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The study focused on the impact of equipment co-location and infrastructure sharing on the performance of mobile network operators in Enugu state, Nigeria. The study was guided by three objectives thus, to examine the effect of passive sharing on the operation of mobile network operators in Enugu state Nigeria, to evaluate the effect of active sharing on the capacity expansion of mobile network operators in Enugu state Nigeria, and to ascertain the effect of spectrum sharing on the efficiency of mobile network operators in Enugu state Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey in which quantitative analysis was used to analyse the data from 52 respondents sampled from MTN, Globacom, Airtel and 9Mobile, using the Yamane sampling method and Bourley’s sample proportion allocation technique. Inferential statistics was also used to test the formulated hypotheses. The results were presented in forms of mean and standard deviation. The result showed that the MNOs under study have embraced passive sharing in Enugu state, not only as regulatory requirement but also as an innovative means of enhancing their operations. Similarly, it was found that active sharing has significant effect on the capacity expansion of the MNOs. This result was arrived through a quantitative analysis that gave an average mean response of the respondents as 4.24 out of possible 5.0 with a standard deviation of 0.90. The study further revealed that spectrum sharing by the MNOs improve their efficiency, despite the challenges associated with the practice. This result was arrived at through a descriptive statistic that showed that the average mean response of the respondents is 4.40 with a standard deviation of 0.73. This result means that the MNOs almost strongly agree that equipment co-location and infrastructure sharing improve their efficiency. The study therefore concluded that co-location and infrastructure sharing is vital in deepening mobile network penetration in Enugu state. Given this, it was recommended that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should further encourage the MNOs to co-locate more of their equipment and share more infrastructures.
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