6. Conclusions and Suggestions
6.2 Suggestions
Telecom industry provides the infrastructure for worldwide communications. Therefore, network to network connectivity, network coverage, network reliability and performance and service affordability are important criteria in establishing telecom networks. Because of the unique characteristics of the telecom network, it requires large capital investments and government licenses to conduct business and is, therefore, heavily influenced by government policy and regulation. Telecom deregulation is intended to introduce competition in the telecom carriers. However, without proper government guidance, telecom deregulation and policy (such as the European 3G license auction) could have a long-term negative impact on the local telecom industry. How to balance the forces between market demand and regulation is deemed a delicate issue. Furthermore, the speed and scope of telecom deregulation also impacts the survivability and sustainability of the telecom industry, particularly the carrier industry. A long-term sustainability phase approach for the telecom carrier industry coupled with a user centric strategy to balance supply and demand may be the best guideline for future telecom policy regulation. From a policy perspective, if a majority of the CLECs (Competitive Local Exchange Carriers) are unable to effectively compete with incumbent carriers, then a CLEC consolidation - leading to a well-controlled monopoly - could be a solid option for future local loop networks.
It is important to recognize the qualitative issues while managing emerging MAN and access technologies. Using the fuzzy MCDM method to quantify the qualitative issues while conducting a strategy evaluation is deemed an effective approach. This is may be of particular importance in managing emerging technologies in a complex business environment, since no deployment and proven benefits have been realized yet on these technologies. It is also found that in many cases, technology advantages are only one of the components in making a successful business. Other components, such as marketing and partnership strategies, as well as meeting user’s demands, are equally important in overall technology management. A system view is deemed necessary to manage and capture the trend of the emerging technologies.
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Appendix - Questionnaire
Compatible With existing Network Equipment 設備成本的競爭優勢
填寫範例
敬請兩兩相比，勾選以下各考量項目之相對重要性比例。
以下為例 9:1 表目前「網路服務」相對於「網路設備成本」重要性最強；反之，1:9 表目前「網路運作系統」相對於「網路服務」重要性最強，下量表越靠左，表「網 路服務」相對越強。若置於中間(1:1)則表兩考量項目之重要性相等。
相對重要性比例（9 最大、1 最小）
9:1 8:1 7:1 6:1 5:1 4:1 3:1 2:1 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9
網路服務 V 網路設備成本
網路服務 V 網路運作系統
問卷填寫開始
敬請兩兩相比，勾選以下各考量項目之相對重要性比例。
相對重要性比例（9 最大、1 最小）
9:1 8:1 7:1 6:1 5:1 4:1 3:1 2:1 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9
網路服務 V 網路設備成本
網路服務 V 網路運作系統
網路設備成本 V 網路運作系統
針對「網路服務」下之第二層構面敬請兩兩相比，勾選以下各考量項目之相對重要 性比例。
相對重要性比例（9 最大、1 最小）
9:1 8:1 7:1 6:1 5:1 4:1 3:1 2:1 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9
提供品質服務 V 可成長的頻寬
針對「網路設備成本」下之第二層構面敬請兩兩相比，勾選以下各考量項目之相對 重要性比例。
相對重要性比例（9 最大、1 最小）
9:1 8:1 7:1 6:1 5:1 4:1 3:1 2:1 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9
與目前網路設備相容 V 設備成本的競爭優勢
與目前網路設備相容 V 簡易化的網路架構
設備成本的競爭優勢 V 簡易化的網路架構
針對「網路運作系統」下之第二層構面敬請兩兩相比，勾選以下各考量項目之相對 重要性比例。
相對重要性比例（9 最大、1 最小）
9:1 8:1 7:1 6:1 5:1 4:1 3:1 2:1 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:7 1:8 1:9
容易提供服務 V 低營運成本
容易提供服務 V 提供網路管理資訊
低營運成本 V 提供網路管理資訊
二、效用值設定
請給以下各種程度的效用區間一個評分，自 0 至 100 指示之低、中、高三個分 數。例如您可能認為「效用很大」低、中、高評分各為(85, 90, 100)，但「效用大」
的低、中、高評分各為(70, 80, 90)，其中低和高的分數可以重疊。
低 中 高
1.「效用很大」 80 90 100 2.「效用大」 60 70 80 3.「效用中」 40 50 60 4.「效用小」 20 30 40 5.「效用很小」 0 10 20
三、評估準則及都會區網路寬頻網路架構政策間之效用值勾選