The sharing of network infrastructures reshapes the rules of the game in the telecom world. By mutualizing their infrastructures, operators gain efficiency, reduce costs, and accelerate network coverage, all with a controlled environmental impact. With TOTEM at the forefront, infrastructure sharing becomes a powerful lever to support digital transformation and meet the challenges of tomorrow.

What is network infrastructure sharing?

In a world where connectivity has become essential, network infrastructure sharing redefines how telecom operators deploy their services. Thanks to players like TOTEM, several operators can now mutualize strategic infrastructures – towers, antennas, rooftops – to maximize their performance while limiting construction costs. This approach transforms not only network management but also the competitiveness of operators in the market.

Definition and principles of infrastructure sharing

Infrastructure sharing is based on a simple principle: doing more with less. By sharing the same infrastructures, telecom operators reduce their investment costs (CAPEX) while deploying networks more quickly to meet their customers’ connectivity needs. This approach allows them to respond to the growing demand for mobile networks while minimizing environmental impact.
With the support of infrastructure operators like TOTEM, this model promotes a more reasonable use of resources, whether in urban areas or in more isolated and hard-to-reach territories.
But beyond the simple definition, what are the concrete benefits for telecom operators?

The benefits of infrastructure sharing for telecom operators

Infrastructure sharing is not just a trend; it is a true strategic lever for telecom operators. By collaborating with players like TOTEM, operators can transform their business models while meeting the growing connectivity needs.

Cost reduction and resource optimization

Mutualizing infrastructures means significantly reducing costs. Instead of multiplying sites and equipment, operators share existing resources, which decreases expenses related to construction and maintenance. TOTEM thus enables operators to optimize their CAPEX and OPEX while benefiting from a modern, efficient, and scalable infrastructure. This mutualization model frees up financial resources to focus on innovation and improving services for their customers.

Improved connectivity for users

Infrasharing not only benefits operators but also enhances the experience of end users. By mutualizing networks, operators can extend their mobile coverage more quickly, even in traditionally hard-to-serve areas. The result: better connectivity, increased reliability, and optimized network performance for users, whether in urban or rural settings. TOTEM plays a key role in facilitating this extension of mobile coverage, ensuring that every user enjoys an efficient network, wherever they are.
To make these benefits accessible, players like TOTEM are on the front line.

TOTEM: A key player in the transformation of network infrastructures

In a context where the demand for connectivity continues to grow, TOTEM stands out as an essential player in the transformation of network infrastructures. By facilitating infrastructure sharing, TOTEM allows operators to remain competitive while addressing current technological challenges.

TOTEM’s initiatives in France and Europe

TOTEM is at the forefront of innovation, whether in France or Spain. Through ambitious initiatives, TOTEM supports operators in deploying shared networks. By facilitating the implementation of shared infrastructures, TOTEM helps operators cover high-density areas like major cities, as well as more isolated territories where connectivity is a challenge. In France, TOTEM supports projects that improve mobile coverage in white and rural areas while meeting the expectations of local authorities and businesses.

But infrastructure sharing does not only benefit operators. Local communities also benefit from this mutualization dynamic.

How infrastructure sharing supports local communities

Infrasharing does not only benefit telecom operators. It also plays an important role in supporting local communities by accelerating the digital transformation of territories and ensuring equitable access to connectivity for all citizens.

A lever for the digital transformation of territories

Thanks to the mutualization of infrastructures, even the most remote or least populated areas can benefit from efficient telecommunications networks. By collaborating with players like TOTEM, local communities can accelerate the deployment of 5G, IoT (Internet of Things) services, or smart city solutions. This allows them to enhance the attractiveness of the territory, boost the local economy, improve the quality of life for citizens, and facilitate access to digitized public services.

Shared infrastructures for equitable access

Equitable access to connectivity while reducing disparities between urban and rural areas is the challenge that TOTEM faces!
By mutualizing resources, TOTEM enables operators to cover hard-to-serve areas while optimizing the cost of this coverage. The model of infrastructure mutualization promotes digital inclusion and allows every territory, regardless of its density, to enjoy a telecommunications infrastructure that meets modern expectations.

Why is infrastructure sharing the future of telecom networks?

The future of telecommunications lies in mutualization. By sharing their infrastructures, operators pave the way for more agile, faster, and, above all, more sustainable networks. Infrastructure sharing transforms a challenge into an opportunity: reducing costs while improving performance, optimizing resources while accelerating coverage.
With TOTEM, mobile operators can do more with less. It is a win-win model, where connectivity is strengthened, territories are transformed, and users enjoy an optimal network experience. More than a trend, infrastructure sharing is the solution to build the networks of tomorrow, smarter, more accessible, and more responsible.

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