Telecommunication economics – overview of the field, recommendations, and perspectives

Abstract

Telecommunication economics has evolved into an area of research, which includes technical aspects, social issues, economic and business factors, and regulation demands. The combination of those four dimensions is becoming critical for a suitable and viable understanding of communication needs in today's society. Therefore, this report on the Dagstuhl Perspectives Seminar "Telecommunication Economics"summarizes a number of key aspects of this field, it develops a set of selected and detailed recommendations, and outlines respective perspectives, which are being worked on partially already today and which need a much closer attention in the mid-term future.

Costing framework for service-oriented future internet architectures

“…Internet of Things, Internet of Services, etc. ), regulation or innovative uses of Internet are just some examples of them [9] [18]. However, newcoming proposals converge in the convenience to meet requester needs, desired QoS, and the price that users want to pay for a service.…”