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Pricing for IP based services on Optical Fibre Networks

Social and Basic Sciences Research Review

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Title Pricing for IP based services on Optical Fibre Networks
 
Creator Muneez, Mohamed
 
Subject Optical Fibre Networks, Activity Based Pricing, Static and Dynamic Pricing, Incentive Based Pricing,
 
Description The aim of this paper is to examine the pricing techniques that could be used to charge end–users for internet protocol (IP) based services that optical fibre networks are capable of offering. The paper reviews existing literature on the pricing techniques that could be applied to bill the end–users for the bandwidth, the class of service requirements and the quality of service guarantees necessary for the successful provision of IP based services through broadband internet. To formulate the charges to be levied for bandwidth, class of service requirements and quality of service guarantees required to other IP based services, service providers need to consider activity–based pricing, incentive compatible tariffs and static and dynamic pricing schemes. Network owners and IP service providers will be able to charge a fair and reasonable tariff from end–users and also make effective use of the available bandwidth. Businesses and end–users of IP services will have better value for money and the uptake of optical fibre network and services will offer several socio-economic benefits. This paper is in the extension of an earlier work (Muneez and Riaz, 2014) on the technical requirements for the provision of internet protocol TV (IPTV) through optical fibre networks. Few previous studies have adequately addressed pricing mechanisms for IP based services. Therefore, this paper will examine pricing techniques that could be used to charge end–users and aims to advance knowledge on optimal pricing schemes suitable to be levied for IP based services.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research (ABSR)
 
Date 2016-01-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/sbsrr/article/view/619
 
Source Social and Basic Sciences Research Review; Vol 4 No 1 (2016): January; 01-11
2313-6758
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/sbsrr/article/view/619/639
 
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