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To enhance the efficiency of a limited-size cache, one can consider not only macro caching, which is content-based caching based on content popularity, but also micro caching, which is chunk-based sequential prefetching and stores content chunks slightly behind the one that a nearby device is currently viewing. If the content in a cache can be updated intermittently even during peak hours, the helper can improve the hit ratio by performing micro caching, which stores chunks that are expected to be requested by nearby devices in the near future. In this paper, we discuss the performance and effectiveness of micro D2D caching when there are multiple operators, the helpers can communicate with the devices of other operators, and the operators are under a low load independently of each other. We also discuss the ratio of micro caching in the cache area when the cache space is divided into macro and micro cache areas. 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