Network Economics and the Allocation of Savings A Model of Peering in the Voice-over-IP Telecommunications Market /

• Main Author: Servatius, Philipp (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 653
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Microeconomics.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.

This book provides a game theoretic model of interaction among VoIP telecommunications providers regarding their willingness to enter peering agreements with one another. The author shows that the incentive to peer is generally based on savings from otherwise payable long distance fees. At the same...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation and Nontechnical Overview
• Selected Theoretical Concepts: The Theory of Games
• Network Theory in Economics. Applications to Peering in Telecommunications: Telecommunications and the Internet
• A Model of Peering Among VoIP Firms
• Network Formation in Peering
• Concluding Remarks
• Selected Mathematical Concepts.