• Question 12-3/1 - Tariff policies, tariff models and methods of determining the costs of services on national telecommunication networks, including next-generation networks
    • Table of Contents
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2 Working Methodology
      • 2.1 Working Methods
        • 2.1.1 Survey on Tariff Policies Drawn up by the BDT Regulatory and Market Environment Division (RME)
        • 2.1.2 Questionnaire on Economics and Costing Issues of NGNs
      • 2.2 Coordination with Other ITU Sectors and Study Groups
    • 3 Economic Implications of NGNs
      • 3.1 Effects or benefits of NGN migration for all stakeholders, including consumers
        • 3.1.1 NGN's Economic Effects for Operators
        • 3.1.2 NGN's Economic Effects for Service Providers
        • 3.1.3 NGN's Economic Effects for Consumers
      • 3.2 The Cost Structure of NGN Services Compared to that of Services Provided over Traditional Networks
        • 3.2.1 General Considerations on Cost in Telecommunications
        • 3.2.2 NGN Costing related Issues in Comparison with Traditional Networks
      • 3.3 New Charging Methods for Services Provided over NGN Networks and Practical Case Studies
        • 3.3.1 General Considerations on New Charging Methods Provided over NGN
        • 3.3.2 Reformulation of Cost and Tariff Models or Adoption of New Models Applicable to NGN Services: Practical Examples
        • 3.3.3 New Models Applicable to NGN Services
      • 3.4 Regulating the Tariffs for Telecommunication/ICT Services Provided Over NGNs
      • 3.5 Economic Investment Plan Models Used by Countries Experienced in the Transition to NGNs
        • 3.5.1 Current Studies and Country Cases Regarding Economic Investment Plan Models for NGN Migration
        • 3.5.2 ITU-D Activities on Strategies for the Deployment of NGN in a Broadband Environment
      • 3.6 The Financial and Tariff Impacts of Site Sharing for Mobile Terrestrial Services, Broadening the Study to Embrace All Teleco
        • 3.6.1 Passive and Active Network Infrastructure Sharing
        • 3.6.2 Mutual Agreements or Regulation Enforcements
        • 3.6.3 Financial Benefits from Infrastructure Sharing Agreements
        • 3.6.4 Infrastructure Sharing Regulations and Incentives to Network Investments
    • 4 Guidelines
      • 4.1 Guidelines for Making the Transition from Existing Service Offerings in Developing Countries to Service Offerings that Combi
        • 4.1.1 General Considerations
        • 4.1.2 Guidelines
      • 4.2 Guidelines for Promoting Growth in Data Communications in Developing Countries
        • 4.2.1 General Considerations
        • 4.2.2 Guidelines
    • 5 Conclusion
    • Annexes
      • Annex 1: ITU/BDT Questionnaire on Tariff Policies
      • Annex 2: Questionnaire on Economics and Costing Issues of NGNs
      • Annex 3: Glossary and Abbreviations