Currently, the Internet is characterised by excess capacity which benefits consumers and producers alike. High quality and declining prices of interconnection are the basis for many e-commerce, software and equipment businesses. However, tough competition in the Internet backbone market driving...

Currently, the Internet is characterized by excess capacity, which benefits consumers and producers of Internet-based services alike. High quality and declining prices of interconnection are the basis for many e-commerce, software and equipment businesses. However, tough competition in the...

In this paper a network model is developed in which three players sequentially choose their strategies. In the first stage, a profit–maximizing network firm chooses the price and thus the size of the network. In the second stage the consumers decide whether to join in the network or not. In...

This paper looks at cybersecurity and the protection of critical national infrastructure, as an area of systemic risk to society. In particular, it looks at the obligations and potential penalties which apply to cloud providers under the regulatory framework established by the EU’s Network and...

Innovation in the cloud is challenging Europe's telecoms industry and its regulatory system. The shift from 'desktop to data centre' and the provision of computing in the form of a service means that cloud offerings are increasingly dependent on the quality of the underlying communications...

Research suggests the future of the Internet will be defined by ubiquitous computing: a networked environment in which smart objects, called 'Things,' are imbued with identification data and micro-processing power to form an Internet of Things (IoT). Data production across the Internet continues...

Cloud-Computing umschreibt einen fundamentalen Wandel im Bereich der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT). Zunehmend werden Softwareanwendungen, aber auch Hardwarefunktionen wie Speicherplatz und Rechenkapazität nicht mehr zur dauerhaften Nutzung an einem lokalen Computer...

In this paper, we introduce an electricity market model and use it to explore the effect of climate change on electricity output and prices. It is calibrated to the New Zealand Electricity Market, and includes multiple generation fuels, uncertain fuel availability, and storage options. The model...

We study the effect of different levels of information on two-sided platform profits—under monopoly and competition. One side (developers) is always informed about all prices and therefore forms responsive expectations. In contrast, we allow the other side (users) to be uninformed about prices...

With the development of the Internet and the significant impact it is having, network neutrality regulation has been receiving much attention. An analysis of the relevant literature suggests that the proponents and opponents of network neutrality disagree on the methods of developing the...