Communication Networks Economy.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Challenges of Building a Network -- 1.1. Construction of a national network -- 1.1.1. Network creation priorities -- 1.1.2. Links with the international community -- 1.2. Security of network operations -- 1.2.1. Security architecture -- 1.2.2. History of security architecture in France -- 1.2.3. Operational security of a network -- 1.2.4. Elements of network security -- 1.3. State communications network -- 1.4. System for connecting network users -- 1.5. The search for regulations and network growth -- 1.5.1. The need for rules in economics -- 1.5.2. Definition of common property -- 1.5.3. The first national accounts -- 1.5.4. Christaller and Lösch's "central place" model -- 1.5.5. Central places and Pareto -- 1.5.6. Practical logistics rules -- 1.5.7. Jipp correlation -- 1.6. Land use planning -- 1.6.1. Cities, regions and territories -- 1.6.2. Telecommunications buildings -- 1.6.3. The search for an optimal model -- 1.7. So-called "network" laws -- 1.7.1. Metcalfe's law -- 1.7.2. Kao's law -- 1.7.3. Odlyzko's law -- 1.8. Usage metrics for digital technology -- 1.8.1. ICT Development Index -- 1.8.2. Digital barometer -- 1.9. Conclusions -- 2. Network Structure and Architecture -- 2.1. Analog and digital -- 2.1.1. Terminology -- 2.1.2. Historical overview -- 2.1.3. Necessary network equipment -- 2.1.4. Traffic metrics -- 2.2. Distribution network -- 2.2.1. Wholesale and retail markets -- 2.2.2. The different structures of fixed subscriber lines -- 2.2.3. Connections via radio link -- 2.3. Long-distance connections -- 2.4. Next-generation networks -- 2.4.1. Next-generation network structure -- 2.4.2. Energy supply -- 2.4.3. The relationship between traffic and time -- 2.5. Internet -- 2.5.1. Types of Internet connection -- 2.5.2. Organization of the Internet.

2.5.3. Organizations involved -- 2.5.4. Internet addressing and e-mail addresses -- 2.5.5. Connections between IP networks -- 2.5.6. The concept of "Internet governance" -- 2.6. Digital network terminals -- 2.6.1. Main models used in 2016 -- 2.6.2. Selling or renting a terminal -- 2.6.3. Bring your own device (BYOD) -- 2.7. Internet applications -- 2.7.1. The Internet and the Web -- 2.7.2. Mode of operation -- 2.7.3. Voice applications and voice messaging -- 2.7.4. Text messaging -- 2.7.5. Searching for information online -- 2.7.6. Videos -- 2.7.7. Online music -- 2.7.8. Personal data -- 2.7.9. Online purchases -- 2.7.10. Geolocation -- 2.7.11. Social networks -- 2.7.12. The Internet of Things -- 2.7.13. Banking applications -- 2.7.14. Online gaming -- 2.7.15. The Cloud -- 2.8. Overview of network connections -- 2.8.1. Distribution network -- 2.8.2. National network -- 2.8.3. International connections -- 2.8.4. High and very high speeds -- 2.9. Network management staff -- 2.10. Assessments considered by network operators -- 2.10.1. Internet revenues -- 2.10.2. Controlling content -- 2.10.3. Structural weaknesses -- 3. Communications Services Regulations -- 3.1. The international regulatory framework -- 3.1.1. Trade agreements between States -- 3.1.2. International financial bodies -- 3.1.3. Technical standardization bodies -- 3.1.4. Globalization and economic growth -- 3.2. The European regulatory framework -- 3.2.1. The European Commission -- 3.2.2. BEREC -- 3.2.3. Standardization of telecommunications and ICT -- 3.3. Main French authorities involved -- 3.3.1. ADLC -- 3.3.2. ARCEP -- 3.3.3. CNIL -- 3.3.4. DGCCRF -- 3.3.5. CSA -- 3.3.6. AFNOR -- 3.4. 1980s tariff principles -- 3.4.1. Assessment of implementation costs -- 3.4.2. Background to circuit switching -- 3.4.3. Calculation of accounting rates -- 3.4.4. Collection charges.

3.4.5. Network access and use -- 3.4.6. Practices in 1985 -- 3.5. 1990s reform -- 3.6. Tariff principles in force in 2016 -- 3.6.1. NGN technology -- 3.6.2. Internet traffic -- 3.6.3. Mobile traffic -- 3.6.4. Current practices in 2015 -- 3.6.5. Conclusions -- 3.7. Pricing practices -- 3.7.1. Tariff levels -- 3.7.2. International balance sheet -- 3.7.3. Sales revenue and GDP -- 4. Supply and Demand in Communications -- 4.1. Providers and customers -- 4.1.1. Service provisions -- 4.1.2. Satisfaction of needs in communications services -- 4.1.3. The long tail -- 4.1.4. Monopoly, duopoly or competition -- 4.1.5. Billing the data rate -- 4.2. Obligations of network operators -- 4.2.1. Responsibilities of a country's main operator -- 4.2.2. Public service tasks and universal service -- 4.2.3. People with disabilities and under-age children -- 4.2.4. Security of transactions -- 4.2.5. Internet neutrality -- 4.2.6. Respect for personal data -- 4.3. Remote payments -- 4.3.1. Currency and remote payment -- 4.3.2. Electronic trade -- 4.3.3. GAFA and online sales -- 4.3.4. Contactless payment -- 4.3.5. FinTech -- 4.4. "P2P" exchanges -- 4.4.1. P2P, Blockchain and Bitcoin -- 4.4.2. Alternative cryptocurrencies -- 4.4.3. Other Blockchain applications -- 4.4.4. Banks and P2P -- 4.5. Remote computing -- 4.6. Features of the digital economy -- 4.6.1. Key features -- 4.6.2. Preferred sectors -- 4.6.3. Company organization -- 4.6.4. Digital refusers -- 5. The Impact of the Internet on the Economy -- 5.1. Network operators and the new economic order -- 5.1.1. Governance and regulations -- 5.1.2. Advertising revenue -- 5.1.3. Taxing the Internet -- 5.1.4. Difficulties encountered by operators -- 5.1.5. The slowdown of the electronics market -- 5.1.6. The four faces of hacking -- 5.2. The Internet's original provisions -- 5.2.1. Communications packages.

5.2.2. The press and information -- 5.2.3. Adapting professions to digital technology -- 5.2.4. The Internet and society -- 5.3. The new economy -- 5.3.1. Industrial and commercial cycles -- 5.3.2. New economic paradigm -- 5.3.3. The typical actors in the digital economy -- 5.3.4. Factors for success provided by NGN -- 5.4. Longevity of network services -- 5.4.1. Political and regulatory variables -- 5.4.2. Technological risks -- 5.4.3. The Moore Conjecture -- 5.4.4. The crisis of the components industry -- 5.5. The Internet and politics -- 5.5.1. Monetary policy in 2016 -- 5.5.2. The Internet, an instrument of capitalism -- 5.5.3. The Internet, an instrument for domination -- 5.5.4. The dangers of the American economy -- 5.5.5. The worries of the West -- 5.6. Experts faced with the future of the Internet -- 5.6.1. The sharing economy -- 5.6.2. The social justification of the Internet -- 5.6.3. An economy of inequalities -- 5.6.4. The ebb and flow of capital -- 5.6.5. A financial catastrophe in the making -- 5.6.6. The economic cycles of electronics -- 5.6.7. Moving toward an economic "third age" -- 5.6.8. The end of the world and the death of the Internet -- 6. The Economy and the Future of the Internet -- 6.1. Building a national network -- 6.2. Internet network structures -- 6.3. Network regulations and pricing systems -- 6.4. The issue of supply and demand -- 6.5. The Internet and the economy -- 6.6. An Internet of optimists -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. GNP, GNI and GDP -- Appendix 2. Potential Harmfulness of Radio Waves -- Appendix 3. ICT and Telecommunications: Sustainable Development -- Appendix 4. Variation in "Working Day" Telephone Traffic in 1970 -- Appendix 5. Hourly Variation in National Phone Tariffs (1985) -- Appendix 6. Measuring the Information Society (11 October 2012) - ITU -- Appendix 7. The Development of SIM Cards.

Appendix 8. List of Recommendations from ITU-T Study Group 3 -- Appendix 9. The Cost of Capital -- Appendix 10. NGN and the Internet in Figures -- Appendix 11. Standardization of Mobile Financial Services (Extract - ITU-T, February 2016) -- Appendix 12. The Internet's Flaws (Vint Cerf) -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Networks and Telecommunications -- EULA.

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