Sector:  Telecommunication
Sub-Sector / Technically Autonomous Unit (Network, basin, ..):
  Component Present Situation Target Situation Projects Characteristics Priority
                Technical Constraints Cost Impact Uncertainty  
Sector Sub-sector Geographic area   Sp St ∆S   Description Min. delay to start Min. constr. period Investment Million US$ Land value / expro (a') Yearly maintenance cost (b) Major rehab/replac. cost (c ) Span for rehab/replc (d) Yearly operation cost (e) Uncertainty   (High, Medium, Low)  
                  (Year) (Year)     % %   %        
      Physical Stock                                  
        60 Main Switching Exchanges for 600K connected subscribers High running cost switch exchanges nodes reduced to 6 or 8  1- Consolidation of the local Main exchange network
2- introduction of softswitches 		   Revision and re-design of the routing network 2 1 30 0 12 0   10 30% 1- positive impact on running and maintenance cost
2- introduction of differentiated services
3- evolution toward the new IP based telephony network		 M 2
                                         
        TDM-Based transmission network - most of equipment out of production and out of support packet trunking transmission network implmented for efficient IP traffic forecast Upgrading and updating of Transmission SDH-multiplexer in main cities to Packet-based equipment     1 2 15 0 5 0   2 20% Transmission transport bandwidth capable for the expected increase of internet traffic  M 2
                                         
                                         
        Restricted (almost in-existant) Broadband connection for residential users Mass deployment for an affordable broadband IP residential- connection  installation of wirline DSL network and DSL services through existing copper network.
Latest Memorandum between MoT and ISP: DSL Access equipment will be provided by ISP.
Still MoT have to provide real IP backbone and Internet Gateway		   Recheck the availability of the dark fiber network for interconnection between different core- aggregation-access Data sites -

Additional fibers could be needed.		 0 1 7 0 10 0   15 20%   H 1
                                         
                                       
        Internet connectivity saturated provision of additional connection to global Internet network provision of at least 100 Mbits/s connection for internet External connectivity     0.5 1 6 0 0   0 0 20% Expanding e-business H 1
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                       
        Billing System - Inadequate old system to charge and bill for added value services to PSTN Network multi-service and evolving billing platform provided, installed and in service 1- installation of new billing system
2- Put in service purchased value added services to PSTN (Intelligent Network)
3- putting in service differentiated services (Broadband and narrowband services)		     0.5 1.5 7   10 0 0 2 25% increasing wireline penetration factor that results in the increase of revenue from the copper network.  H 1
                                         
                                         
                                         
        Two Mobile Network (almost 900K subscribers) owned by MoT but managed by two private Operator. network expanded and upgraded to serve 2 Million subscribers by end of 2010 Third network owner/operator introduced for competion purposes.                       increase in net income and decrease in Average Revenue per User (ARU). M 2
                                         
                                         
                                       
                                         
                                       
      Institutional Setup                              
        MoT is the owner and operator of the network- Fixed and mobile.                            
        Lack of professional and new blod stuff.  Employment was stopped during the last 6 years at OGERO and  during the last decade in MoT. Telecom sector liberized paving the way to open market.  Creation of the telecommunication regulatory body and Liban Telecom as service Operator/Provider                         
        Employment was driven by political interest. Diffrentiated services offered to different class of subscribers Application of Telecom act no. Act 431                          
                                         
      Economic values:                              
      Investment Million US$ (a) 520 520                          
      Land value / expropriation Million US$ (a') 15                            
      Yearly maintenance cost % (b) 1% 1%                          
      Major rehab/replac. cost (c )                              
      Span for rehab/replc (d)                              
      Yearly operation cost % (e) 4% 4%                          
                                         
      Performance Indicators:                                  
                                         
      Results                                  
        Despite the high internet penetration factor, the wireline penetration factor is not progressing and is kept almost stagnant.                                
        Private providers are big players in the broadband network for residential and business market and have the biggest stake of marketshare for such services.                                 
                                         
                                         
                                         
      Means                                  
                                         
        lack of regulations and strategy for open market and economy of scale for internet and e-business.                                
                                         
        Network elements are reliable but neither efficient nor upgraded for evolving service offerings.