• TRENDS IN TELECOMMUNICATION REFORM 2007: The road to Next-Generation Networks (NGN) v1.02
  • FOREWORD
  • CONTENTS
  • 1 MARKET AND REGULATORY TRENDS IN THE ICT SECTOR
    • 1.1 Why have next-generation networks become important?
    • 1.2 Global and regional trends in telecommunications
    • 1.3 Privatization and competition trends
    • 1.4 Drivers of growth in the ICT sector
    • 1.5 Challenging times for regulators
    • 1.6 The road to NGN
  • 2 NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKING: A REGULATORY OVERVIEW
    • 2.1 Introduction
    • 2.2 What do we mean by NGN?
    • 2.3 Differences between NGN in developed and developing markets
    • 2.4 NGN deployment drivers
    • 2.5 Market power regulation
    • 2.6 NGN regulatory challenges
    • 2.7 Recommendations
    • 2.8 Regulating NGN: the future
  • 3 NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 On the road towards NGN
    • 3.3 NGN standards
    • 3.4 NGN migration and its implications
    • 3.5 Concluding remarks
  • 4 FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENCE
    • 4.1 Introduction
    • 4.2 Classes of convergence
    • 4.3 Consumer markets
    • 4.4 Corporate networks
    • 4.5 Policy frameworks
    • 4.6 Conclusion
  • 5 INTERCONNECTION IN AN IP-BASED NGN ENVIRONMENT
    • 5.1 Objectives of regulation
    • 5.2 Technical constraints in the NGN world
    • 5.3 Economic background
    • 5.4 Should interconnection prices be set in an NGN and at what rates if so?
    • 5.5 A sampling of regulatory analysis of NGN interconnection to date
    • 5.6 Access and mobile next-generation networks
    • 5.7 Concluding thoughts
  • 6 INTERNATIONAL INTERCONNECTION, NGN AND ICT DEVELOPMENT
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Trends in international interconnection
    • 6.3 International interconnection and ICT development: between Scylla and Charybdis
    • 6.4 Conclusion
  • 7 UNIVERSAL ACCESS
    • 7.1 Introduction
    • 7.2 NGN-related technologies and universal access
    • 7.3 Sector reform
    • 7.4 The scope of universal access
    • 7.5 Funding universal access
    • 7.6 Distributing universal access support and funds
    • 7.7 Conclusion
  • 8 CONSUMER PROTECTION AND QUALITY OF SERVICE
    • 8.1 Introduction
    • 8.2 Quality of Service
    • 8.3 Net neutrality
    • 8.4 Consumer protection and cybersecurity
    • 8.5 Conclusions
  • 9 ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR NGN
    • 9.1 Introduction
    • 9.2 Role of the regulator in transitioning to and facilitating an NGN environment
    • 9.3 Modifying the legal and regulatory framework in the transition to an NGN world
    • 9.4 Facilitating the transition to an NGN world
  • 10 WHY NGN, WHY NOW?
    • 10.1 What is NGN?
    • 10.2 Why should I care about NGN?
    • 10.3 What can regulators do?
    • 10.4 Timeless trends
  • REGULATORY INFORMATION
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
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