Telecommunication economics : selected results of the COST Action ISO605 Econ@Tel / Antonis M. Hadjiantonis, Burkhard Stiller (eds.).

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Introduction to Telecommunication Economics / Antonis M. Hadjiantonis -- Introduction to Evolution and Regulation of Communication Ecosystems / Sandro Mendonça -- Evolution and Regulation of Mobile Ecosystems: European Information Society Policies for the Mobile Search Domain / Sergio Ramos, José Luis Gómez-Barroso and Claudio Feijóo -- International Roaming of Mobile Services: The Need for Regulation / Morten Falch -- Mobile Regulation for the Future / Zsuzsanna Kósa -- Trademarks as a Telecommunications Indicator for Industrial Analysis and Policy / Sandro Mendonça -- Introduction to Social and Policy Implications of Communication Technologies / Antonis M. Hadjiantonis -- Mobile Communications of the Needy and Poor: Affordability Indicators, European Data, Social Tariffs / Louis-Francois Pau, Pedro Puga, Hong Chen and Zviad Kirtava -- Implications of mHealth Service Deployments: A Comparison between Dissimilar European Countries / Frederic Vannieuwenborg, Zviad Kirtava, Lambros Lambrinos, Jan Van Ooteghem and Sofie Verbrugge -- Social Communication Behaviors of Virtual Leaders / Daphna Shwarts-Asher -- Policy Implications of Digital Television / Bartolomeo Sapio -- Introduction to Economics and Governance of Future Networks / Bruno Tuffin -- Public Intervention in the Deployment of NGNs / José Luis Gómez-Barroso and Claudio Feijóo -- Public Private Partnerships and Next Generation Networks / Idongesit Williams and Morten Falch.

Internet Governance and Economics of Network Neutrality / Patrick Maillé, Peter Reichl and Bruno Tuffin -- Green Networks and Green Tariffs as Driven by User Service Demand / Louis-Francois Pau -- Environmental Impact of ICT on the Transport Sector / Morten Falch -- Cost-Efficient NGN Rollout / Sofie Verbrugge, Jan Van Ooteghem, Koen Casier, Marlies Van der Wee and Mathieu Tahon -- Software Business in the Telecommunications Sector / Lauri Frank, Eetu Luoma, Oleksiy Mazhelis, Mirja Pulkkinen and Pasi Tyrväinen -- Introduction to Future Networks Management Architectures and Mechanisms / Iztok Starc -- Economics of Quality of Experience / Peter Reichl, Bruno Tuffin and Patrick Maillé -- Decision Support in Contract Formation for Commercial Electronic Services with International Connection / Martin Waldburger and Burkhard Stiller -- Competition among Telecommunication Providers / Patrick Maillé, Peter Reichl and Bruno Tuffin -- Economic Traffic Management: Mechanisms and Applications / Fabio Hecht and Burkhard Stiller -- Autonomic Management of Mobile and Wireless Networks / Antonis M. Hadjiantonis -- On the Provision of Advanced Telecommunication Services in Rural Areas / Lambros Lambrinos -- Electrical Power Systems Protection and Interdependencies with ICT / George M. Milis, Elias Kyriakides and Antonis M. Hadjiantonis -- Towards Quantitative Risk Management for Next Generation Networks / Iztok Starc and Denis Trček -- Résumé -- Summary and Conclusions / Burkhard Stiller.

Annotation This book constitutes a collaborative and selected documentation of the scientific outcome of the European COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel "A Telecommunications Economics COST Network" which run from October 2007 to October 2011. Involving experts from around 20 European countries, the goal of Econ@Tel was to develop a strategic research and training network among key people and organizations in order to enhance Europe's competence in the field of telecommunications economics. Reflecting the organization of the COST Action IS0605 Econ@Tel in working groups the following four major research areas are addressed: - evolution and regulation of communication ecosystems; - social and policy implications of communication technologies; - economics and governance of future networks; - future networks management architectures and mechanisms

English.

Open Access.