JasonBlechman,8March2017

CROSS-SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING TOOLKIT:

THE CASE STUDIES

BusinessandprojectcasestudiesCountrycasestudiesOtherexamplesdiscussedinthetoolkit

Sourceofunderlyingmap:www.outline-world-map.com

15businessandprojectcasestudies,3countrycasestudiesandmanyotherexamplesofrealcross-sectorinfrastructuresharinginthetoolkit

15Business&projectcasestudies

• LEC(Lesotho)• RailTel (India)• CECLiquidTelecom(Zambia)• BON(Estonia)• KennedyInterchange(USA)• BombayGas• ESCOM(Malawi)• Adif (Spain)• Tokyosewers• Ghanaelectricitytransmissionlines• TunisianRailways• SOGEM(Mali,Mauritania,Senegal)• SIIS(Poland)• KOSTT(Kosovo)• FiberdeploymentinPortugal

3Countrycasestudies

• Lithuania• SouthAfrica• USA

Otherexamplesdiscussedintoolkit

• LebanonTRA• ISA(Colombia)• Eugene,Oregondarkfiber(USA)• AbuDhabiUrbanPlanningCouncil• SouthernTelecom(SoutheastUSA)

Breakdownbytypeofcasestudy

Businessandprojectcasestudiesbysector/subject

LesothoElectricityCompanyCECLiquidTelecom(Zambia)BalticOpticalNetwork(Estonia)Ghanaelectricitytransmission

RailTel (India)Adif (Spain)TunisianRailways

BombayGasTokyoSewers

KennedyInterchange(USA)

SIIS(Poland)FiberdeploymentinPortugal

SOGEM(Mali,Mauritania,Senegal)ESCOM(Malawi)KOSTT(Kosovo)

Electricity

Railways

Pipes/sewers

Roads

Policies/interventions

RailTel:Flavorofacasestudy(1of2)

• IndianRailways(IR)isthestate-ownedrailwaycompanyofIndiawithover65,000route-kmoftrack.

• In1988,IRbeganconstructingitsfiberopticnetworkfortrainoperationandcontrol• In1999,theNewTelecomPolicyallowedIRandotherutilitiestoprovide

telecommunicationsservicesUsageoftheexistingbackbonenetworkofpublicandprivatepowertransmissioncompanies/[Indian]Railways/GAIL,ONGCetc.shallbeallowedimmediatelyfornationallongdistancedatacommunicationandfromJanuary1,2000fornationallongdistancevoicecommunications.

• In2001,RailTel wasformedasanindependent,wholly-ownedsubsidiaryofIR:• GoalwastomodernizeandexpandthecurrentIRnetworkandcommercializeit• AllowedIRtofocusonrailoperations• Onformation,IRassignedanirrevocablerighttouserightsofwayfor

telecommunications• RailTel isviewedasasuccessduelargelytotheGovernment’sactionstoencourage

infrastructuresharing.

Governmentpoliciesspurredcross-sectorinfrastructuresharing

RailTel:Flavorofacasestudy(2of2)

• Bymid-2015,fiberwasdeployedinductsonover45,000routekm,reaching4,300townsandcities.

• RailTel initiallyleaseddarkfiberbutmovedtoleasedlineservicesbecausemorelucrativeandpreventscustomersfromcompeting.

• Bytheendof2015,allmajormobileoperatorsinIndiawerecustomersofRailTel.

• Startingin2005,RailTel beganofferingservicestoothercustomers,suchas:• virtualprivatenetworkservices• darkfiberleasingtocabletelevisionoperators• datacenterandconsultancyservicestoenterprises

• RailTel creditsitssuccessinparttoitsindependencefromIR,allowingittofocusentirelyonitstelecommunicationsbusinesswithitsownsalesandmarketingefforts.

Source:RailTel

RailTel’s separationfromIRallowedittothriveasanindependentbusiness