A guidebook on public-private partnership in infrastructure

Sector specific issues/physical and natural characteristics of sectors 
Some of the physical, natural and technological characteristics of a sector that 
may have to be considered in the planning and design of a project are suggested 
below by sub-sector. 
(a) Transport 
• System integration, network expansion (urban transport) 
• Service integration between different operators and across different 
modes, common ticketing system, public service obligation (PSO) 
(especially for urban transport) 
• Interconnection between systems, access to common infrastructure 
facilities by service operators, passenger and cargo traffic rights (road and 
rail) 
• Lateral access control, safety and parting of communities on two sides of 
right-of-way (road and rail) 
• Intermodal 
transport 
development and operation (for all modes) 
• Traffic rights, safety and security, further expansion (port, airport and other 
facilities such as ICDs and freight villages, etc.) 
(b) Power/Energy 
• Market 
structure 
• Unbundling of the sector (generation, transmission, distribution and sales) 
• Access to common energy power/energy transmission lines 
• Imposition of security, and quality and reliability standards on the common 
energy/power transmission lines 
• Facilitative framework for non-discriminating open access to common 
infrastructure facilities 
• Source of energy, method of exploration, extraction, etc. 
• Choice of technology
• Waste heat recovery and cogeneration 
• Waste and waste water treatment and disposal 
• Safety and environmental issues 
(c) Communication 
• Interconnection with other operators (technology, fee, management of 
interconnection facility, monitoring of call and data transfer between 
operators) 
• Internet, Voice over Internet Protocol, IP Telephony, Asymmetric Digital 
Subscriber Line (ADSL) and other data transmission technologies 
• Upgradation of technology (for example, from 2G to 3G in mobile 
telephony)
• Radiofrequency allocation and utilization 
• Reallocation of radio frequency after the expiry of contract period 
• Revenue sharing between operators as well as between the government 
and the operators (in lieu of any licence fee or in addition to such fees) 
• Sharing of communication infrastructure facilities between operators 

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• International 
gateway 
(telephone, Internet, VOIP) 
• Value-added service provided by telephone service operators 
• Public service obligations 
(d) Water 
• Sector 
structure 
• Sources of water and the limits of their use for a particular purpose 
• Creation of reservoir and other means of storage 
• Harvesting of rain water 
• Treatment, disposal and recycling, and use of waste water 
• Management of storm water 
• Service 
area 
• Fire service and other public service obligations (PSO)