Comments on: Verizon Rents Out Its Fiber for LTE Backhaul

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Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:25:02 +0000

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By: Ashu Joshi

Ashu Joshi — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:09:46 +0000

In my travels over the past 24 months selling to the Telcos (Wireline and Wireless) all over the world, all of them were on the quest to monetize any investments they have made or were going to make in their networks/backhaul. They talked of IPTV/Video as one of the ‘applications’ on their network to utilize and hence monetize their network and the other equally important one was the Wireless traffic. One operator in India was particularly very serious and in fact structured organizationally to do this. However they (i.e. Operator in India) were not thinking as far out as renting out the network!

By: Michael Yokitis

Michael Yokitis — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:30:36 +0000

My take on it is that sure, “that new wireless company is simply funding their competitor’s expansion and capital funding needs of the wireless business units of AT&T and Verizon.”

But I think the converse is also true, that by providing high-bandwidth backhaul for next-gen w’less data services, VZ & T are helping enable startups who are trying to take their customers.

Works both ways. Quite interesting in that regard.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:19:45 +0000

Provacative question….

If Verizon and AT&T own a majority (oh, let’s say 90% of access to the towers) of the landline connections to the towers (except for some Sprint access), aren’t all wireless carriers simply a wholesale purchaser of AT&T or Verizon?

Meaning, if this duopoly owns the access and have wireless business units and someone is trying to build a new wireless company, that new wireless company is simply funding their competitor’s expansion and capital funding needs of the wireless business units of AT&T and Verizon.

ahh, the heck with it…seems too complicated to me…making my head hurt.

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:27:51 +0000

Cable companies do this with their fiber networks, as well. Advantage of Verizon though is that they are already selling backhaul to all the carriers via their copper plant, so major business relationships are already in place.

By: jg

jg — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:36:56 +0000

Thanks for posting. Backhaul is such an important comment and everyone ignores. Elephant in the room. Exactly.