The ITU-T study group on telecom economic and policy issues...
The ITU-T study group on telecom economic and policy issues will start new work to compile information on measures that could be used to reduce the cost of international Internet connectivity, we've learned. The group will look at the impact…
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of regulatory frameworks and arrangements on costs, a document said. The work may examine certain benchmark studies on the costs of international Internet connectivity, it said. Strategies that could help reduce costs include the setting up Internet exchange points, the development of local hosting and applications, access to landing points for submarine cables, mirror sites and caches, investment in networks and submarine cables, and implementation of a related ITU-T recommendation, it said. The recommendation suggests administrations involved in the provision of international Internet connections negotiate and agree to bilateral commercial arrangements that take into account the possible need for compensation between them “for the value of elements such as traffic flow, number of routes, geographical coverage and cost of international transmission amongst others.”