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posted by janrinok on Friday July 24 2015, @03:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the its-a-start dept.

Researchers from the Group of Information Technology and Communications at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have carried out a techno-economic assessment to define the most cost-efficient technology to supply 30 Megabit per second broadband to municipalities with less than 5000 inhabitants. By using this so-called "rocket model," the research group has found that LTE (a standard for wireless communication) is the most suitable technology to ensure the investment return of rural areas in Spain.

The new goals of Digital Agenda for Europe regarding fast and ultra-fast broadband have led to search for the best strategy to achieve them. However, there is not a general consensus about what is the best technology to achieve the aim of providing 30 Mbps broadband to 100% of population.

The difficulty in rural areas lies both in socio-demographic characteristics of the population (low population density, low average income, elderly residents and low digital literacy) and geographical characteristics. The geographical issues involve technical problems with major economic consequences.

There are two strategies to confront these difficulties: the development of fixed networks or using mobile networks. Spain chose the second option by linking the coverage obligations on operators that were licensees of two blocks. This obligation fell on Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange, which are bound to jointly provide 30 Mbps broadband to municipalities with less than 5000 inhabitants.
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The study has shown that LTE technology is the most cost-effective solution for 75% to 98.5% of population, since it is not expected that VDSL technology covers that region. In addition, satellite broadband is recommended to cover the last 1.5% of population.


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