Output Report on ITU-D Question 4/1 Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunications/ICTs
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Abbreviations and acronyms
Executive summary
     i. Introduction
     ii. Studies related to the Question 4/1 Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks
     iii. Methodology and sources of information for the Report on Question 4/1 Economic policies and methods of determining the costs of services related to national telecommunication/ICT networks
Chapter 1 – New charging methods (or models, if applicable) for services provided over NGN networks
     1.1 Methods for determining the costs of wholesale/advanced services
     1.2 Significant market power (SMP) – national aspects
     1.3 Different models for planning NGN networks
     1.4 Country experience and case studies
Chapter 2 – Different models for infrastructure sharing, including commercial negotiation
     2.1 Different types/models of infrastructure sharing (passive, active)
     2.2 Regulatory frameworks for infrastructure sharing
     2.3 Commercial terms and conditions for infrastructure sharing
     2.4 Infrastructure-sharing considerations related to transition to 5G
     2.5 Spectrum-sharing framework within infrastructure sharing
     2.6 The impact of infrastructure sharing
     2.7 Country experience and case studies
Chapter 3 – Consumer price evolution and impact on ICT service usage, innovation, investment and operator revenues
     3.1 Impact of infrastructure and spectrum sharing on prices to consumers
     3.2 Impact of bundled telecommunication/ICT services on ARPU (zero rating)
     3.3 ICT price baskets
     3.4 New business models for the provision of accessible and affordable ICT services to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) action lines
     3.5 Methods to encourage the adoption and use of advanced ICT services
     3.6 Trends in prices of telecommunication/ICT services
     3.7 Country experiences and case studies
Chapter 4 – Trends in the development of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and their regulatory framework
     4.1 Models of MVNOs
     4.2 Regulatory framework in the field of MVNO
     4.3 Commercial agreements in the field of MVNO
     4.4 Impacts of MVNO on market competition
     4.5 Country experience and case studies
Chapter 5 – Best-practice guidelines
     5.1 Promoting appropriate infrastructure sharing
     5.2 Determining appropriate wholesale charges
Chapter 6 – Conclusions
Annex 1: Regulation of interconnection charges in Paraguay
     A.1 Implementation scheme
Annex 2: Infrastructure cost sharing at IXPs
Annex 3: Detailed statistics on methods used by NRAs for determining the cost of wholesale services
     A3.1 ITU tariff policy surveys
     A3.2 EU case study
     A3.3 Brazil case study: Overview of the methodologies adopted to estimate the costs of regulated wholesale markets
Annex 4: Social tariffs in the Russian Federation
Annex 5: Relevant definitions for the ICT price baskets
Annex 6: Examples of use of IXPs to fulfil WSIS action lines
Annex 7: ITU-D study group events on the COVID-19 pandemic
Annex 8: Changes made to the revised report on Question 4/1 for study period 2018-2021