Browsing Program on Internet and Telecoms Convergence by Title
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Interconnection Payments in Telecommunications: A Competitive Market Approach
(2002-07-22)In this paper, we first discuss the concept of "Bill-and-Keep" whereby the party that receives a call pays for receiving the call. We explore if this outcome is efficient and consistent with competitive markets. Following ... -
Internet Economics
(1995)The Internet, a growing network of networks, is an often touted and often misunderstood technology. It has its own infrastructure complete with service providers, private networks, user communities, international links, ... -
Internet Economics: What Happens When Constituencies Collide?
(1995)This paper describes the emerging field of Internet Economics and some of the constituencies which are shaping it. It defines the motivating factors for looking at this area, reviews some recent research results, and ... -
Internet Interconnection Economic Model and its Analysis: Peering and Settlement
(2002-07-22)Peering and transit are two types of Internet interconnection among ISPs. Peering has been a core concept to sustain Internet industry. However, for the past several years, many ISPs broke their peering arrangement because ... -
Internet Radio: A New Engine for Content Diversity?
(2001-09)Using preliminary data from Arbitron, MeasureCast and Real Networks, this study evaluates the role of Internet radio broadcasters according to five criteria intended to gauge the level of diversity being delivered to ... -
Knowledge Networks, the Internet and, Development
(2000-09)Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are playing a significant role in economic, political and cultural development. The relationship between technologies supporting information processing and distribution, ... -
Limits to Certainty in QoS Pricing and Bandwidth
(2002-07-22)This paper explores the relationship between certainty of bandwidth and certainty of price for Internet services over a statistically shared network. Both are important policy objectives. Certainty of bandwidth is necessary ... -
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained? Venture Capital, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets
(2002-07-22)This paper examines the probability of domestic and international venture capital playing a critical role in the rapid development of IT and Communications technologies in emerging nations. First we examine the venture ... -
Open Access to Cable Data Networks
(2000)The networks that are generically referred to as ?cable? today began their lives with a particular purpose: the distribution of television signals within a community. Given this history, cable networks have always operated ... -
Open Layered Networks: the Growing Importance of Market Coordination
(2000)Based upon the Internet perspective, this paper will attempt to clarify and revise several ideas about the separation between infrastructure facilities and service offerings in digital communications networks. The key ... -
Opening the Set-Top Market
(1995)As the cable television networks transition from a broadcast-only network, to a high-bandwidth two-way network, the importance and functionality of the set-top box increases. However, developments in the set-top box ... -
Optical Networks and the Future of Broadband Services
(2002-07-22)The evolution of broadband services will depend on the widespread deployment of optical networks. The deployment of such networks will, in turn, help drive increased demand for additional capacity. In this world, service ... -
Peering, Transit, Interconnection: Internet Access in Central Europe
(2002-07-22)This paper presents a review of the alternatives for Internet access in Central Europe and the evolution of the market, the regulation, and the technology. The change in peering, the reduction in transport costs, the ... -
A Proposal for Efficient Use of the Television Spectrum
(2002-07-22)It is widely recognized that broadcast spectrum is utilized inefficiently. The principle technical cause of this inefficiency is inexpensive receiver design. In addition, the economics of the industry are such that users ...