Regulation of Over-the-Top Services
Should National Regulation and the ITRs Be Expanded Beyond Networks to Include Applications?
C. R. GutiĂŠrrez
ITRs on OTTServices? BROADBAND IS NOT A FREE LUNCH INTERNET IS NOT A SAFE HARBOR MULTI-STAKEHOLDERISM DOES NOT REPLACE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY What to do?
Value Chain?
BROADBAND: NO FREE LUNCH
Definitely the ITRs are not appropriate instrument to analyze, an even less try to regulate the Internet model of traffic exchange even less so for its fast evolving contents.
ITRs reflect not only a legacy model based on voice traffic, b also exchange patterns that are less relevant. A clear and specif definition of internet (data) traffic model and its use (content should be included.
The fact remains that not all countries benefit equally from t actual traffic patterns, small countries have to pay dearly for and there seems to be little interest in the necessary investment they can promote local traffic and the necessary related (loca useful) content development.
INTERNET: NO SAFE HARBOR
Internet does brings a series of other real concerns for parties involved, like cybercrime, cybersecurity, misuse, fra spam, DOS attacks, child online protection, transparency contents, etc.
the expectation that the complex system of numbering, nam and addressing organizations (ICANN and its regional siblin will adequately solve all this issues has fallen short of results
GACs role within ICANN is also pretty ineffective, particula when it tries to go into the basic technical issues. GAC shou focus on transparency.
Security is a standing issue, without a phone number to call
MULTI-STAKEHOLDERISM
Internet Governance on the other th DOES NOT REPLACE governments.
GOOD PUBLIC POLICY
By keeping ITU and ICANN discussio artificially separate and under t supervision of separate agencies, sma countries have a serious problem following up the meetings, analyzi heir cost/benefit in participating at a and making up their minds about t different proposals.
The fact that Internet traffic does n respect national borders is not trag
What to do?
OTT is a new business model running on evolving TELECOM infrastructure. Better NOT to mix them up as a single INTERNET service........or even worse, expect cross-subsidies!
We have not agreed on a conceptual framework for the (complex) whole of Infrastructure PLUS Over The Top Servic so its difficult to make progress in Baku, NYC or Dubai.
Small countries lack an adequate resources for this comple (multi-layered) discussion and it is understandable that ho are high on the ITRs. WTPF-13: coordination of the wider view? (Brazil model)
Value Chain?