18th European Regional ITS Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, 2-5 September 2007

Final Programme

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Sunday, 2 September 2007

Monday, 3 September 2007

Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Wednesday, 5 September 2007

   

10:00-11:00

Opening Session

09:15-10:45

Parallel sessions III

09:15-10:45

Parallel sessions VII

   

11:00-12:30

Plenary Session I: Telecommunication Markets and European Regulation

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

   

12:30-14:00

Lunch

11:15-12:45

Parallel sessions IV

11:15-12:45

Parallel sessions VIII

       

12:45-14:15

Lunch

12:45-14:15

Lunch

15:00-18:00

Registration

14:15-15:45

Parallel sessions I

14:15-15:45

Parallel sessions V

14:15-15:45

Plenary Session II: Vertical Separation

   

15:45-16:15

Coffee Break

15:45-16:15

Coffee Break

15:45-16:15

Closing Session

   

16:15-17:45

Parallel sessions II

16:15-17:45

Parallel sessions VI

   

18:00-20:00

Welcome Reception

20:30

Dinner

20:30

Dinner

   

Parallel Sessions

Monday

Session

Session

Session

Session

Session

Session

14:15-15:45

1.1 The EU Regulatory Framework

2.1 Infrastructure Investment and Competition

3.1 Broadband Demand

4.1 Internet : Handling Content

2.3 Vertical Separation

 

16:15-17:45

5.6 Roaming and Roaming Regulation

8.1 Service Innovation

9.1 Media and Regulation

4.2 Net neutrality I

5.3 Mobile Broadband I

 

Tuesday

Session

Session

Session

Session

Session

Session

09:15 - 10:45

1.2 Competition Law vs. Regulation

2.2 Next Generation Networks I

3.2 Broadband Markets

8.3 Company Strategies

9.2 Convergence

7.1 Special Session: Telecom Regulation in Turkey

11:15 - 12:45

1.3 Regulatory Reforms I

4.4 Internet: Policy Challenges

4.5 Technical and Security Issues

3.5 Broadband usage: E-business

5.2 Mobile Market Trends II

4.3 Internet and Content: Legal Issues

14:15 - 15:45

1.4 Regulatory Reforms II

5.1 Mobile Market Trends I

3.3 Broadband Investment Strategies

5.7 Trends in Mobile Regulation

5.4 Mobile Broadband II

 

16:15 - 17:45

2.4 Next Generation Networks II

6.2 Internationalisation of Markets and Company Strategies

6.3 Determinants of Market Development

4.6 Net neutrality II

9.2 IPTV and mobile TV

7.2 Regulators’ Roundtable

Wednesday

Session

Session

Session

Session

Session

Session

09:15 – 10:45

3.4 Drivers of Broadband Demand

9.3 Media Markets

5.5 Regulating Mobile Markets

8.4 Bundling of Services

 

 

11:15 – 12:45

1.5 Regulatory Practice

8.2 Universal Service

1.6 Regulation and Economic Dynamics

6.1 Country Studies

   


Monday, 3. September 2007

Opening Session

Room

Monday, 3 September 2007 Chair:

10:00-11:00

Tayfun Acarer, President, Telecommunications Authority of Turkey
Welcome Address

Ahmet Alkan,
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University
Welcome Address

Professor Erik Bohlin, Chair of ITS
Introduction

11:00-12:30

Plenary Session I: Telecommunication Markets and European Regulation
Chair: James Alleman


Patrick Rey, University of Toulouse
Network Interconnection and Competition

Margit Brandl, Nokia Siemens Brussels
Regulatory Implications for Innovative Technologies


Parallel Sessions

Monday, 3. September 2007

 

Monday, 3 September 2007, 14.15 - 15.45 Parallel Sessions I

 

1.1 The EU Regulatory Framework Chair: Szabo Koppanyi

 

Haucap Justus

The regulation framework for European telecommunications markets between subsidiarity and centralisation

Haar, Ilse van der

The regulatory principle of technological neutrality; what does it entail?

Never, Henning / Preissl, Brigitte

The three-criteria-test

   
 

2.1 Infrastructure Investment and Competition Chair: Ernst-Olav Ruhle

 

Iliç, Dragan/ Kulenkampff, Gabriele

VDSL roll out in Germany – an assessment of its economic feasibility

Hoernig, Steffen / Vareda, João The race for telecoms infras-tructure invest-ment with bypass: Can access regulation achieve the first-best?

Waverman, Len/Dasgupta, Kalyan

The impact of access regulation on infra-structure investment: evidence from Europe

 

 

 

3.1 Broadband Demand Chair: Christoph Lattemann

 

Tsuji, Masatsugu/ Akematsu, Yuji

Deregulation or market competition, which has a larger effect on Japanese ADSL development: a panel data analysis

Colombo, Massimo / Grilli, Luca

Broadband access and broadband-based applications: The determinants of adoption by Italian SMEs

Vermaas, Karianne

Broadband and its users

Ota, Koshiro The telecoms policy for the spread of broadband services: A case study in Japan
 

4.1 Internet: Handling Content 

 

Eijk, Niko van

Search engines, the new bottleneck for content access

Latzer, Michael

Governing digital media content in Europe: The changing interplay between states, industries and users

Vialle, Pierre / Daidj, Nabyla

Entry strategies in the Video on Demand market. A French market perspective

Poel, Martijn/ Tee, Richard/ Leurdijk, Andra

Digital TV business models of public organisations: Business models, bottlenecks and public policy

 

5.3 Mobile Broadband I Chair: Pierre Vialle

  Basios, Chris / Androulidakis, Iosif / Androulidakis, Nikos Survey Findings towards Mobile Services Usage and M-Commerce Adoption

Bouwman, Harry / de Reuver, Mark / Hernández, Guadalupe Flores

Exploring Design Issues in Business Models for Mobile Web Services

Lee, Sang Man/ Park, Myeong Cheol / Hwang, Jae Hyun

Will WIBRO and HSDPA, co-exist in the Korean mobile internet market?

   

 

 

Monday, 3 September 2007, 16.15 - 17.45 Parallel Sessions II

  2.3  Vertical Separation
 

Castelli, F./ Amendola, G. B.  / Serdengecti, Pi.

Is functional separation really the next milestone in telecommunications (de-)regulation?

Curwen, Peter / Whalley, Jason How open is Openreach? Lara, Almudena / Bellis, James / Houpis, George Network separation in the ICT sector      
 

5.6 Roaming and Roaming Regulation Chair: Justus Haucap

 

Berger-Kögler, Ulrike E.

International Roaming Regulation

Falch, Morten / Henten, Anders / Tadayoni, Reza

Regulation of international roaming charges the way to cost based prices?

Sandbach, Jonathan

 

National Roaming Pricing in Mobile Networks

Markendahl, Jan /Strandberg, Ove /Pöyhönen, Petteri

Business analysis of flexible roaming and operator cooperation in multi-provider markets - Impact on traffic load distribution and user experience
 

8.1 Service Innovation Chair: Christos Agiakloglou

 

Xu Yan

Regulatory environment for mobile multimedia services: The case of Hongkong and China

Heng, Stefan

The exception proves the rule; Innovative payment systems have limited potential

Nyström, Anna-Greta

What is convergene? Perceptions from the Finnish telecommunications sector

Moon, Joonseo

A Study of Strategy of Next-Generation Mobile Communication Services considering Customer Innovativeness

 

9.1 Media and Regulation Chair: Pat Longstaff

 

Eijk, Niko van

The modernisation of the European Television without Frontiers Directive: unnecessary regulation and the introduction of internet governance

Lefever, Katrien

Media pluralism in a fragmented world of platforms- Reinterpretation of must-carry obligation

Hong, Ahreum

Price discrimination under convergence telecommunication market in Korean broadcasting and telecommunication industry

Tsuji, Masatsugu / Miyahara, Shoichi Value of Japanese public broadcasting in the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications
 

4.2 Net Neutrality I Chair: Karl-Heinz Neumann

 

Kruse, Jörn

Crowding-Out in the Internet

Zarnekow, Rüdiger/ Brenner, Walter/ Dous, Malte

Quality of service business models for the broadband internet

Frieden, Rob

Internet 3.0: Identifying problems and solutions to the network neutrality debate

   

 

Tuesday, 4. September 2007

 

Tuesday, 4  September 2007, 09:15 - 10:45 Parallel Sessions III

 

7.1 Special Session: Telecom Regulation in Turkey Chair: Ulrich Stumpf

 

Cetinkaya, Murat / Bagdadioglu, Necmiddin

Sequencing in telecommunications reform: a review of EU and Turkish experience

Yalcin,Tolga

Categorial charging for access to fixed telecommunications network: the Turkish Case

Kulali, Ihsan / Göktaylar, Yavuz

Price developments in fixed telephony services in Turkey: A close look on the tariff rebalancing process

   
 

1.2 Competition Law vs. Regulation Chair: Nico van Eijk

 

De Visser, M.C.B.F.

Revolution or evolution: what institutional future for EC comm.-unications law?

 

Just, Natascha

Electronic communications between regulation and competition law

Leung, Grace/ Wu, Richard

 

A unified regulator and a unified law - The right regulatory framework for Hong Kong telecom-munication market

Liu, Yu-li The converged regulator in the digital age: The National Communications Commission in Taiwan
 

2.2  Next Generation Networks I Chair: Jean-Paul Simon

 

Ruhle, Ernst-Olav

NGN, IP interconnection and the effects on existing business models and competition in the telecom sector

Pupillo, Lorenzo Maria/ Amendola, Giovanni Battista

The economics of next generation access networks and regulatory governance in Europe: one size does not fit all

Alleman, James/ Rappoport, Paul

Communications in Next Generation Networks

Gallo, Elena

Regulatory perspective among old structural problems and NGN advent

 

3.2  Broadband markets Chair: Demetrius Yannelis

 

Jakopin, Nejc M.

Determinants of broadband internet access take-up – empirical analyses of constraints and drivers

Kondo, Masanori/ Nakamura, Akihiro / Mitomo, Hitoshi

Quantifying the benefit of internet users derived from online applications

Lattemann, Christoph/ Kupke, Sören /Schneider, Anna-Maria

Review of EU-wide Broadband Projects–Evaluation and Classification of 22 EU Funded Initiatives

Curwen, Peter/ Whalley, Jason

Is mobile television a killer application?

 

8.3 Company Strategies Chair: Ramón Companó

 

Grajek, Michal/ Kretschmer, Tobias

Critical mass – a simple operationalisation

Longstaff, Pat

Managing communications firms in the new unpredictable environments

Klingebiel, Ronald/ Lange, Dieter/ Zimmermann, Carsten

Which capabilities are crucial? Redefining the Telco value chains

   


 

Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 11:15 - 12:45 Parallel Sessions IV

 

5.2 Mobile Market Trends II Chair: Olaf Rieck

 

Nakamura, Akihiro

Impact of fixed-mobile convergence in Japan -estimation of market size using empirical welfare analysis

 

Curwen, Peter / Whalley, Jason

Internationalisation within Asia-Pacific mobile telecommunication markets: ‘local’ versus ‘foreign’ investment

Ballon, Pieter / Audenhove, Leo / Van Staelens, Tomas

 

 

Business models for wireless city networks in the EU and the US: roles, inputs and influence of public bodies

 

Ramos, Sergio/ Pérez, Jorge/ Espias, Manuel Analysis of the techno-economic viability of Euro-pean Mobile Net-work Operators’ Strategies
 

1.3 Regulatory Reforms I Chair: Emanuele Giovannetti

 

Atiyas, Izak/ Doganoglu, Toker/ Reichhuber, Martin

General Access Payment Mechanisms

Beckert, Bernd/ Blind, Knut/ Nowack, Bent The identification of new and eme-rging markets in the tele-com sector: A first multicriteria proposal for reg-ulatory bodies app-lied to the VDSL case

Szabolcs Koppányi

The scope, chances and limits of the effective appeal mechanism in electronic communications, with specific regard to SMP regulation

 

 

 

4.3 Internet and Content: Legal Issues Chair: Natascha Just

 

Harison, Elad

Who owns enterprise information? Data ownership rights in Europe and the U.S.

Park, So Young / Kang, Shin Gak

Lawful interception - regulatory framework for IP applications

Rotenberg, Boris /Companó, Ramón

Search engines for audio-visual Content: Copyright Law & Its Policy Relevance

   
 

4.5 Technical and Security Issues Chair: Martin Waldburger

 

Ghernaouti-Hélie, Solange / Sfaxi, Mohamed Ali / Tashi, Igli

How QKD can improve the security level of future e-commerce transactions

Sakurai, Naoko / Otsuka, Tokio / Nagano, Hiroshi / Mitomo, Hitoshi

Monetary Value of Security Damages: An Estimation Based on the Subjective Evaluation by Internet Users in Japan

Kim, Jeong-Tae / Lee, Kwanghee

 

Indoor Wireless Communications Network Optimization using Mountain Clustering Method    
 

4.4 Internet: Policy Challenges

 

Hwang, Junseok/ Oh, Jongeun

Two-sided market studies: The case of Korean Internet portals

Vanberg, Margit

Competitive effects of network externalities on interconnection - incentives of ISPs

Ramos, Sergio/ Olmos, Ana/  Perez, Jorge

Internet governance policies evolution: relevant issues in a multi-stakeholder approach

Markendahl, Jan/ Mäkitalo, Östen

Key capabilities and business role interaction for provisioning of public Internet access in local environments

 

3.5 Broadband usage: e-business

  Nepelski, Daniel Disruptive techno-logies and firm age. Technolgical progress in the ICT industry

Cerno, Leonel/ Pérez Amaral,Teodosio

E-commerce use in Spain

Uesugi, Shiro / Okada, Hitoshi

A Case Study from ICT Experimental Project in Rural Japan

   

 

 

Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 14:15 - 15:45 Parallel Sessions V

 

5.4 Mobile Broadband II Chair: Anders Henten

 

Erber, Georg

WiMax: An alternative emerging communication infrastructure

Rovalo, Arturo Robles/ Feijóo, Claudio/ Gómez-Barroso, José-Luís

Broadband access feasibility in emerging economies: assessing the wireless opportunity

Rendon Juan / Kuhlmann, Frederico / Aranis, Juan P.

A business model for a 4G wireless network in Europe

   
 

1.4  Regulatory Reforms: empirical results and policy conclusions Chair: Massimo Gastaldi

 

Urbiztondo, Santiago / Bonardi, Jean-Philippe / Quélin, Bertrand

The Political Economy of International Regulatory Convergence in Public Utilities

Fredebeul-Krein, Markus

10 years of liberlised telco markets in Germany: Assessing the degree of competition on the markets for voice telephony

Vareda, João

Unbundling and incumbent in-vestment in quality upgrades and cost reduction

Fredebeul-Krein, Markus

10 years of liberalised telecom markets in Germany: Assessing the degree of competition on the markets for voice telephony

 

5.1 Mobile Market Trends I Chair: Daniel Nepelski

  Svigelj, Matej / Hrovatin, Nevenka The choice of mobile operators in Slovenia

Curwen, Peter/ Whalley, Jason

Effecting entry into the European mob-ile telecommunica-tions industry in the wake of accession

Rappoport, Paul/ Alle man, James/ Talor, lester

The estimation of Wireless Households: A Local Perspective

 

 

 

3.3  Broadband Investment Strategies

 

Bouwman, Harry/ Fijnvandraat, Marieke L.

Analyzing the complexity of decision making in broadband network upgrading & roll out

Bouwman, Harry/ Fijnvandraat, Marieke L.

Exploring the rationale behind broadband roll out - A quantitive analysis

Ahn, Jae-Hyeon/ Han, Sang-Pil/ Lee, Dong-Joo/ Skudlark , Ann

Impact of customer acquisition channel on high tech services – using VoIP as an example

Moral Caballero, A./ Vergara Pardillo, A./  Riera Salis, J.M./ Ramos Villaverde, S./
Pérez Martínez, S.

Technical and economic viability of WiMAX-PLC; network roll out to supply broadband access in rural and exurban areas

 

5.7 Trends in Mobile Regulation Chair: Tobias Veith

 

Kruse, Jörn

Mobile termination carrier selection instead of regulation

Waldburger, Martin / Stiller, Burkhard

Regulatory issues for mobile grid computing in Europe

 

Rohlfs, Jeff

Countervailing buyer Power and mobile termination    
 

9.2 IPTV and mobile TV

 

Bouwman, Harry/ Zhengiia, Meng /van der Duin, Patrick

Business model for IPTV service: a dynamic framework

Koh, Soon Ju / Park, Young Joon

The delayed regulatory response to digital convergence: the case of Korean IPTV

Tadayoni, Reza

IPTV regulation – Challenges of the new era

   

 

 

Tuesday, 4 September 2007, 16:15 - 17:45 Parallel Sessions VI

 

2.4 Next Generation Networks II Chair: Marieke Fijnvandraat

 

Choi, Sun-me

How the regulatory frame-work will be changed for the all-IP network

Hirschhausen, Christian / Kirsch, Fabian

Regulation of next generation  networks: structural separation, access regulation or no regulation at all?

Cadman, Richard

NGN Interconnection: Charging Principles and Economic Efficiency

   
 

6.2 Internationalisation of Markets and Company Strategies

 

Curwen, Peter / Jason Whalley

Consequences for mobile operator strategy of the expansion of the European Union

Rieck, Olaf / Doan, Thang

Shareholder wealth effects of M&As in the telecommunications industry

Riccardi, Delphine / Ciriani, Stéphane / Quélin, Bertrand The economic and regulatory determinants of market entry: the case of MVNOs-based services

 

 

 

6.3 Determinants of Market Development

 

Teruyui Bunno
Hiroki Idota
Masatsugu Tsuji
Hiroaki Miyoshi
Masaru Ogawa and Machiko Nakanishi

The Diffusion of Information and Communication Technology among Japanese SMEs

Giovannetti, Emanuele / Alessio D’Ignazio

High Tech Internet districts in Italy: is Proximity a Replacement for Weak Competition?

DaeKyeong, Nam / Kim, Juseong

The Global Competitiveness Index of Korean Home Network Device Industry

 

 

 

4.6 Net Neutrality II Chair: Toker Doganoglu

 

Knieps, Günther/ Zenhäusern, Patrick

The fallacies of ‘network neutrality’-regulation

Kocsis, Viktória / de Bijl, Paul W.J.

Network neutrality and the nature of competition between network operators

Cave, Jonathan / Marsden, Chris

Price and quality discrimination in NG internet access: Beyond the 'net neutrality' debate

Chirico, Filomena, van der Haar, Ilse/ Larouche, Pierre

Network Neutrality in the EU

 

7.2  Regulators' Roundtable Chair: Izak Atiyas

 

Participants:
Yu-li Liu, National Communications in Taiwan
Sudharma Yoonaidharma, National Telecommunications Commission Thailand
Ayhan Tozer, Turkish Telecoms Authority
Johannes Bauer, Michigan State University



Wednesday, 5. September 2007


 

Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 9:15 - 10:45 Parallel Sessions VII

 

3.4  Drivers of Broadband Demand

 

Cardona, Mélisande/ Schwarz, Anton/ Yurtoglu, B. Burcin

Demand for Internet Services in Austria

Christopoulos, Apostolos / Kosteletou, Lina/ Vergos, Konstantinos P.

Globalisation and broadband: The case of the Greek telecommunications market

Kim, Min Kyoung/ Hwang, Jae-Hyun/ Lee, Sang-Man A study on the user generated content business strategy in Korea

 

 

 

5.5 Regulating Mobile Markets Chair: Jason Whalley

 

Kwon, Youngsoun/ Choi, Kwangjin

Changing focuses in spectrum management regime debates and owning versus renting

Jun-Seok, Hwang / Hyun-Young, Yoon

Future dynamic spectrum management framework considering technology innovation: Korea spectrum policy case

Takasaki, Haruo/ Fujiwara, Masahiro

An analysis of the MNO strategy through the introduction of mobile number portability system

   
 

8.4 Bundling of Services Chair: Hasan Alkas

 

Lara, Almudena / Bellis, James / Houpis, George

The trend for bundling products in ICT

Haaker, Timber / Hettinga, Marike / de Vos, Henny Customer preferences for bundles of content services

Mitomo, Hitoshi / Otsuka, Tokio / Nakaba, Kiminori

A behavioral economic interpretation of the preference for flat rates: a case of post-paid mobile phone services

   
 

9.3 Media Markets

 

Kasuga, Norihiro / Shishikura, Manabu

Analysis on market structure of broadcast service. On the optimal level of channel variety

Gambaro, Marco

Value of the content and value of the channel: movie rerun on television

Bauer, Johannes M. / Ha, Im Sook / Saugstrup, Dan

Mobile Television Challenges of Advanced Service Design

   

 

 

Wednesday, 5 September 2007, 11:15 - 12:45 Parallel Sessions VIII

 

1.5 Regulatory Practice Chair: Margit Vanberg

 

Savage, Scott J. / Chen, Yongmin

The effect of competition on cable internet access prices

Kang, Sun A

A case study of issues and methods of ROR (Rate of Return) Estimation

Bauer, Johannes M. / Bohlin, Erik From static to dynamic regulation: recent developments in U.S. telecomm-unications policy    
 

8.2 Universal Service

 

Baek, Hyunmi/ Byun, Jaho

A Competitive Scheme for Selection of Universal Service Providers Park, Dae-su / Sun, Hee Lee Reconsidering USO for Broadband: Analysis of Broadband USO Issues and Policy Recommendations Rappoport, Paul / Alleman, James The digital divide and economic reality: A cross-country assessment    
 

1.6 Regulation and Economic Dynamics

 

Gille, Laurent/ Benghozi, Pierre-Jean/ Vallée, Alain

Innovation and regulation in the digital age: a call for new perspectives

Veith, Tobias

Regulation and Investments in Telecommunication Markets

Sung, Nakil/ Kwon, Taegoo

Competition, regulatory policies and productivity growth in the U.S. local telecommunications

   
 

6.1 Country Studies

 

Koksal, Emin

Access Pricing for Developing Countries

Klevecka, Irina/ Lelis, Janis

Perspective evaluation of the electronic communications market in Latvia

Komandur, Swarirajan

Significant  recent developments in the Indian Telecom Sector. Attractions for investors and business.   

Kim, Jeong-Tae/ Park, So Young

Determination of the number of base stations using mountain clustering method


Closing Session

Room

Wednesday, 5 September 2007

14:15-15:45

Plenary Session II

Panel Discussion on Vertical Separation
Chair: Scott Marcus, WIK

15:45- 16:15

Closing Session

Brigitte Preissl, Vice Chair of ITS
Concluding remarks

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