Third generation (3G) mobile network market demand and feasibility study for implementation in Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of thi, ,lUdy is 10 lind out Tlurd generation (30) mobile netvmrk market demand and feasibility study for implementation in Bangladesh. This 30 technology is implement~ in so many countries in lhe whole world. There are some sncces~;ful and some unsuccessful cases in adopting this teclmology. In lhis report lhe concentration ISgiven on the new feature of tills technology, survey for the market demand. capital cost and operational COSI.CUSlomersegment and demand analysis, future trend. advantage and disadv"nt"ge with current technology in mobile opemtor, cost effectiveness "nd overall feasibility for Implementation. The market ('fmobile communication is very atrractive as Bangladesh i8 a highly populated counlry, But the inflation rate is very high here and GOP .is comparatively low. So it is a matter of consideration for implementing coslly lechnology because it may 80 much coslly for most oflhe peDple. Technological and economical balance is an important issue in this case. The Return of lnvestment period is impmtant as the technology is quickly changing. The 3G technology i, a solUllOnof l-Lgh speed dala service demand. bUIthe market is not big enough yet to invest extensively be~au,e Ii~~n,~ fee, tIlx is a big issue. Also me recent penalry paid by operalors forced them to cm down their cost. In this situation feasibiliry analysis and forecasting is a big issue. Here in this report the data and trend analysis has heen done with respect 10 the recent growth of lhis teclmo[ogy in different counliies. Also the cost analysis has been done for implementing this technology, From Our sludy It has been found thai implementation of 3G lechnology al existing GP network s>st~m is fe(lsible as because from financial analysis IRR has been found 30%. the NPV positive and Discounted Payback Penod 4.1 years (considering 13% discounting factor). Moreover. 2G is going to be absorbed by 3G all over tbe world and 2G is now at its declining phase. then il wll1 be me nght lime to switch into 3G technology at our network system,