Indentify and Prioritization of Factors Affecting the Return on Equityof Telecom Operators using DEMATEL techniqueCase Study: Iran Forth Telecommunication Operator Company (FTTx)

Information technology is ubiquitous in all aspects of people’s lives in the form of differentapplications and this presence grows rapidly with the passage of time. Indeed, providing requiredinfrastructure for developing information technology is one of the Ministry of Communications andInformation Technology’s mission. Currently, providing this infrastructure is based on DevelopingProgram , meaning that supplying sources for construction and development of country infrastructuresare provided by the national budget regulation and according to the predefined schedule for theMinistry of Communications and Information technology. One of the important issue in this area is toopen a high speed bandwidth on a network which its content and access to it is managed. FTTx is oneof the projects proposed in the access services (or department) of the Ministry of Communications andInformation technology. According to the schedule, at the end of fifth developing program networkshould benefits from the aforementioned plan and allows us to provide higher bandwidth connectionfor all users, including government, private sector and home users. In the global economy, financiersseek to invest in projects that have minimum risk and maximum return on investment, telecomoperator companies already have low-risk stock. In this paper, study conducted on financing FTTxprojects indicates that the amount financed through company’s external sources grows rapidly in itsbalance sheets. FTTx is a cost effective architecture for video, voice and data transmission. SinceFTTx becomes more and more popular every day, new applications will be emerged for it whichresults in new opportunities to increase bandwidth via fiber optic in the world.

Keywords:

Profit Equity , Capital Expenditures , Operating Costs , Dividend , Risk. DEMATEL technique