TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................. ix
4.3
1
KEY ICT MARKET AND REGULATORY
TRENDS ................................................ 1
The First Law: profitability increase
depends on growth .................................... 73
4.4
The Second Law: complexity always
increases over time .................................... 76
1.1
ICT market overview...................................
1
4.5
1.2
Regulatory trends .......................................
6
The Third Law: the gradual erosion of
market power ............................................. 80
1.3
GSR-13 Best Practice Guidelines ................
11
4.6
1.4
Conclusion...................................................
11
The impact of the laws on national
interconnection regimes ............................ 84
2
FOURTH-GENERATION
REGULATION: A NEW MODEL OF
REGULATION FOR THE DIGITAL
ECOSYSTEM ........................................ 13
4.7
Conclusions ................................................. 87
5
DIGITAL BROADCASTING AND
ONLINE CONTENT DELIVERY............. 91
5.1
Introduction ................................................ 91
5.2
Digital broadcasting and online content
delivery ....................................................... 93
2.1
Introduction ................................................
13
2.2
The changing environment .......................
14
2.3
Public policy ................................................
19
5.3
Global trends in online content delivery ... 95
2.4
The evolving role of regulators...................
22
5.4
Business models in a converged market.... 98
2.5
Fourth-generation regulation....................
27
5.5
An overview of global regulatory models.. 101
2.6
Best practices ..............................................
36
5.6
Conclusion: trends and issues .................... 108
2.7
Conclusion...................................................
40
6
3
TV WHITE SPACES: MANAGING
EMPTY SPACES OR BETTER
MANAGING INEFFICIENCIES? ............. 45
DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS IN TODAY’S
SMART SOCIETY ................................ 115
6.1
Introduction ................................................ 115
6.2
The context for policy-making and
regulation.................................................... 116
6.3
An overview of services and delivery ........ 120
3.1
Introduction ................................................
3.2
Overview: the development of TV White
Spaces .........................................................
45
6.4
Challenges facing the industry ................... 131
3.3
Building the TVWS ecosystem ...................
48
6.5
3.4
Regulatory Perspectives .............................
53
Regulation of mobile payments and
related services........................................... 135
3.5
Conclusions .................................................
60
6.6
Conclusions ................................................. 145
Annexes: .................................................................
62
7
Annex 2: Recommendation 76 (WRC-12) on
Cognitive Radio Systems.............................
63
THE NEED FOR MORE IP
ADDRESSES ........................................ 147
7.1
Introduction ................................................ 147
7.2
The status of IPv4 and the transition to
IPv6 ............................................................. 147
7.3
Policy and Political Goodwill ...................... 162
7.4
Conclusion .................................................. 171
8
CONCLUSIONS ................................... 175
4
45
INTERCONNECTION CHARGING
MODELS IN A NATIONAL
BROADBAND NETWORK
ENVIRONMENT ................................... 67
4.1
Introduction ................................................
67
4.2
The Zeroth Law: interconnection is
transitive .....................................................
68
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