Home > Research > Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality

Innovation Reports - 15/12/2011 Net Neutrality

Technical-economic issues and business models

This report explores the technical-economic issues surrounding Net neutrality and its current status in markets around the globe. It also delivers analysis of the traffic management practices and technical measures needed to control costs. And, finally, looks at the new business models we are seeing emerge through an examination of stakeholders’ models, along with synthesis of the state of affairs in each country.


Reference Language Support Nbr of page Price  
M11112 ukPDF 160 4500 euros excl. VAT order
M11112ukPDF 160 4500 euros excl. VAT order
1. Executive Summary

2. The core technical-economic issues surrounding Net neutrality
 2.1. Economic environment of internet access networks and services
 2.2. Can services contribute to network costs?
 2.3. What role do transit and CDN play in the transport market?
 2.4. Does peering need to adapt to the changes brought by new video distributors?
 2.5. Can flat rate billing sustain the rise in traffic?
 2.6. Will managed distribution networks help reconcile content and network economics?
 2.7. Is P2P an efficient alternative for distributing content?

3. Status of Net neutrality around the globe
 3.1. Global overview
 3.2. Synthesis of wireline telcos
 3.3. Synthesis of mobile telcos
 3.4. Synthesis of existing regulation
 3.5. Synthesis of content and service providers

4. Technical solutions
 4.1. Dedicated QoS architectures
 4.2. Traffic management
 4.3. Technical measures

5. Creation of new business models
 5.1. Usage-based billing for users
 5.2. Quality-based billing for users
 5.3. Bundled offers
 5.4. Charging content and service providers for traffic
 5.5. Premium quality services
 5.6. Wholesale solutions in the form of packages
 5.7. Assessment of operators’ initiatives
• What are the core technical-economic issues attached to Net neutrality? How are telecom carriers handling the traffic surge?

• What is the status of Net neutrality in the different countries?

• What possible changes could be made to business models? Can the new solutions solve the issue of network financing?

• How are the different players in the internet ecosystem positioning themselves (wireline telcos, mobile telcos, regulators, content and service providers)?

• What technical measures can and are being taken to manage traffic?

> A detailed benchmark of 13 European countries (90 pages) is included as a separate report

Methodology
For each country are examined:
• Wireline telcos
  - Technical measures operated
  - Declarations
• Mobile telcos
  - Measures of differenciation
  - Declarations
• Regulation
  - Legislation
  - Regulator's positioning
• Content and service providers
  - Players positioning for Net Neutrality

Countries examined
• Australia
• Canada   
• France
• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy   
• Norway
• Portugal
• Spain
• Sweden
• The Netherlands
• The UK
• The United States   

Focus on
• Europe   
 - Regulation   
 - Proposals from the CEO Roundtable
 - Other elements
• Net neutrality and piracy
 - Examples of traffic filtering
• Amazon
• ARCEP
• AT&T
• Comcast
• Eircom
• Google et Verizon
• Imgur blocked by mistake
• Vodafone's dynamic mobile network management
• European regulation
• The NEBA wholesale model in Spain
• NBNCo
• Next GenTel
• O2 UK
• Orange vs Cogent
• Rogers
• Tele 2
• UPC
• Partnership between Virgin Media and Detia
• Vonage vs Madison River
Market Intelligence Reports
M10118 Online Video - Uses, Markets & Video Delivery Technologies/CDN - September 2011

M11111 Mobile VoIP - Is it really a threat to operator voice revenues? - April 2011

M11101 World Internet Uses & Markets - Search - Social Network - Video - e-Commerce - Online Ad - July 2011

M11212 Future TV:2020 - Taking it to the web - August 2011

Watch Service
M12205 World Connected TV Market - annual subscription-based service including
- A unique database covering quanti- and qualitative data for connectable and connected devices, Connected TV services & major players
- Ten Market Insights with analyses and conclusions on industrial and commercial issues
- Direct access to lead media analysts (hotline, webinar, online presentation, ...)

For free demos, fact sheets or answers to any questions you might have, please contact us
M: i.jimenez@idate.org
P: +33 (0)467 144 404
F: +33 (0)467 144 400


Top 
rss

News

Contact

Isabel JIMENEZ
Commercial Contact
P: +33 (0)467 144 404
F: +33 (0)467 144 400
E-mail
Vincent BONNEAU
Director of the Internet Business unit
P: +33 (0)467 144 453
E-mail

Download