Net neutrality and Dealing with OTTs Giovanni M. King October 28 th , 2016
Industry Developments * The telecommunication industry has transitioned from voice centric services towards more dynamic, converged services based on IP protocol. * The driving force in this revolution has been the introduction of mobile services and a prevalence of the Internet.
Total monthly Mobile Voice and Data Traffic as Measured by Ericsson
Service Pricing
Broadband Cost (All you can eat concept) * Most broadband consumers today purchase access to the Internet on a fixed-cost basis. * Broadband customer pay a fixed/month fee for access, with no per-byte charge. * It is not clear what part of the fixed monthly fee is usage-based cost. Most ISP costs have nothing to do with usage. * Is this the best pricing scheme?
Power Grid vs Telecom Infra * In the liberalized European energy sector the power grid is considered a Natural monopoly because, it does not make economic, practical, nor environmental sense to have numerous competing infrastructures. * Consumers tariff charges are based on the volume of energy a consumer withdraws from the grid. The measuring unit is watt per hour (Wh, KWh, MWh) * Access to the power grid is regulated. * Especially in small markets fixed line telecommunications infrastructures should also be considered natural monopolies
EU definition of OTT * OTT services are defined as “services or and applications that are provided to the end user over the public Internet.” * What is provided can be either content, a service or an application, * This means that anything provided over the public Internet is an OTT service.
FCC & EU definition of Net neutrality * An Open Internet means consumers can go where they want, when they want. This principle is often referred to as Net Neutrality. * Every European must be able to have access to the open internet and all content and service providers must be able to provide their services via a high-quality open internet.
EU Net neutrality
Main Questions * Are we for or against Net neutrality / the open Internet? * Are we for or against regulating OTTs?
Infrastructures
Manufacturers & Service Providers
Who Pays the Bill?
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References * http://www.edsoforsmartgrids.eu/policy/eu-policy- landscape/ * http://www.stibbe.com/~/media/03%20news/ newsletters/brussels/bru%20tmt%20berec%20report %20on%20ott%20services.pdf * https://www.fcc.gov/general/open-internet * https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/open- internet-net-neutrality * https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/open- internet-net-neutrality * https://www.akamai.com/us/en/multimedia/ documents/state-of-the-internet/akamai-state-of-the- internet-connectivity-report-q2-2016.pdf
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