ICT Infrastructure Co-Deployment with Transport and Energy Infrastructure in North and Central Asia Prepared by Chuyoung Park, Andrey Yershov and Alexey Kobzev 3 September 2019 1 Table of Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 4 List of Tables ................................................................................................................................................. 5 List of Boxes ................................................................................................................................................. 5 Abbreviations and Acronyms ........................................................................................................................ 6 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. ICT Development in North and Central Asia ............................................................................................ 9 1.1 Global ICT Development Trends ........................................................................................................ 9 1.2 ICT Development Trends in North and Central Asia ........................................................................ 12 1.3 FOC Networks in North and Central Asia ......................................................................................... 14 2. Definition and Background of FOC Co-Deployment ............................................................................. 16 2.1 Background on Facilitating FOC Co-Deployment ............................................................................ 16 2.2 Definition and Scope of FOC Co-Deployment ................................................................................. 18 2.3 Cost Savings from FOC Co-Deployment .......................................................................................... 19 3. Case Studies of FOC Co-Deployment .................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Kazakhstan ........................................................................................................................................ 22 3.1.1 FOC Co-Deployment with Transport Infrastructure ................................................................... 22 3.1.2 FOC Co-Deployment with Energy Infrastructure ....................................................................... 28 3.1.3 FOC Co-Deployment among Telecom Operators ....................................................................... 31 3.2 Kyrgyzstan ......................................................................................................................................... 32 3.2.1 FOC Co-Deployment with Transport Infrastructure ................................................................... 32 3.2.2 FOC Co-Deployment with Energy Infrastructure ....................................................................... 37 3.2.3 FOC Co-Deployment among Telecom Operators ....................................................................... 40 3.3 Mongolia ........................................................................................................................................... 41 3.3.1 FOC Co-Deployment with Transport Infrastructure ................................................................... 41 3.3.2 FOC Co-Deployment with Energy Infrastructure ....................................................................... 45 3.3.3 FOC Co-Deployment among Telecom Operators ....................................................................... 47 3.4 Republic of Korea ............................................................................................................................. 47 2 3.4.1 FOC Co-Deployment with Transport Infrastructure ............................................................... 4849 3.4.2 FOC Co-Deployment with Electricity Infrastructure ................................................................. 55 3.4.3 FOC Co-Deployment among Telecom Operators ................................................................... 6061 3.4.4 FOC Co-Deployment in New Buildings ..................................................................................... 62 3.4.5 Coordination Systems for FOC Co-Deployment ........................................................................ 66 4. The Opportunities and Challenges of FOC Co-Deployment .................................................................. 70 4.1 Opportunities and Motivations for FOC Co-Deployment ................................................................. 70 4.1.1 Infrastructure Management Agencies ......................................................................................... 70 4.1.2 Telecom Operators ...................................................................................................................... 71 4.1.3 Legislators, Policymakers and Regulators .................................................................................. 72 4.2 Challenges and Constraints of FOC Co-Deployment.................................................................... 7372 4.2.1 Infrastructure Management Agencies ..................................................................................... 7473 4.2.2 Telecom Operators .................................................................................................................. 7573 4.2.3 Legislators, Policymakers and Regulators .............................................................................. 7574 5. Major Legal, Regulatory and Policy Considerations and Recommendations ..................................... 7775 5.1 Major Considerations .................................................................................................................... 7775 5.2 Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 7978 5.2.1 Legislations ............................................................................................................................. 8078 5.2.2 Policies .................................................................................................................................... 8078 5.2.3 Regulations ............................................................................................................................. 8179 5.2.4 Governance ............................................................................................................................. 8280 List of References ................................................................................................................................ 8583 3 List of Figures Figure 1: Complementary innovation in advanced ICTs .............................................................................. 9 Figure 2: ICT development trends with emerging new technologies over broadband network ................. 10 Figure 3: Global ICT development trends .................................................................................................. 12 Figure 4: FOC route map of North and Central Asia .............................................................................. 1415 Figure 5: Global trends for mandated infrastructure sharing ...................................................................... 18 Figure 6: General assets scheme for telecom operators .............................................................................. 19 Figure 7: General scheme for infrastructure investment ............................................................................. 20 Figure 8: Separate FOC and highway deployment versus FOC co-deployment with highway construction .................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 9: Cost comparison between separated deployment and co-deployment ........................................ 21 Figure 10: Map of the ICT infrastructure in Kazakhstan ............................................................................ 23 Figure 11: Winding FOC lines around 100kV power transmission lines in Aktau ..................................... 29 Figure 12: Map of the ICT infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan ............................................................................ 32 Figure 13: Overview of the CASA-1000 Project ........................................................................................ 38 Figure 14: Map of gas pipelines in Kyrgyzstan .......................................................................................... 39 Figure 15: Map of the ICT infrastructure in Mongolia ........................................................................... 4142 Figure 16: Energy system of Mongolia ....................................................................................................... 46 Figure 17: Map of expressways in the Republic of Korea .......................................................................... 50 Figure 18: Korean ITS service categories ................................................................................................... 52 Figure 19: Overview of the energy industry’s use of ICT .........................................................................