European network providers Friday urged the ITU to amend parts...
European network providers Friday urged the ITU to amend parts of its proposed changes to the International Telecom Regulations (ITRs). The revamped rules should acknowledge the challenges of the Internet economy and the principles that there should be fair compensation…
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for carried traffic and that operators’ revenues shouldn’t be disconnected from the investment needs brought about by rapid Internet traffic growth, said Luigi Gambardella, executive board chair of the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association. ETNO wants changes to ITR articles dealing with international networks, global telecommunications service and definitions, it said. It called for a new Internet Protocol interconnection system to provide end-to-end quality of service in addition to best-effort delivery. That will enable value-added services to be offered to end-customers and over-the-top players and content providers, it said. It will also reflect the value of traffic delivery over network infrastructures, it said. The ETNO response to the ITU also says that in order to ensure an adequate return on investment in high-bandwidth infrastructures, operating agencies must make commercial deals that ensure fair compensation for telecom services, it said. Endorsing the concept of “quality-based delivery” will make it possible to create new interconnection policies based on the “value” of traffic, not just its volume, ETNO said. That will allow new business models to emerge, it said.