On February 8, 2010 a speculative paper on the likelihood that fraudsters proficient in missing trader intra-community (MTIC) fraud might move into voice over internet protocol (VoIP) was submitted to the Boston University School of Law Working Paper Series. Prior to that paper there was very...

Der Siegeszug der Steuerung durch Sprache – auch von komplexen Systemen und Prozessen – ist nicht zu stoppen. Denn Innovationen werden von den Nutzern immer dann gerne angenommen, wenn neue Lösungen mit einem hohen Maß an Bequemlichkeit einhergehen, und das ist hier der Fall: Statt eines...

During the past several years, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has engaged in a series of rulemakings to determine the regulatory status of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The Supreme Court's recent decision in the consolidated cases of National Cable and Telecommunications...

According to computer scientists at Columbia University, “A vulnerability inside all current Cisco IP phones allows hackers to take complete control of the devices… It's relatively easy to penetrate any corporate phone system, any government phone system…” reported IEEE Spectrum article....

The telecommunications market was completely open to competition in 1998 in Spain, as in most EU countries. The model for the liberalization of the market was based on the regulated use of the incumbent operators' network, so that new entrants could initially use these resources to allow for a...

Voice over IP (VoIP) is a disruptive technology that can be considered a menace to current circuit-switched telephone operators. This paper studies the regulation that affects VoIP technology in Latin America, in particular in Chile and Mexico, countries that have different Telecommunications...

The introduction of packet-switched telephony in the form of VoIP raises concerns about current regulatory practice. Access regulation has been designed for traditional telephony on PSTN networks. In this paper we analyze the effect of access regulation of PSTN networks on the adoption of a new...

The CRTC recently released Regulatory Framework for Voice Communication Services using Internet Protocol (Decision 2005-28), Telecom Decision CRTC 2005-28, setting out the details of the appropriate regulatory regime applicable to the provision of VoIP services. This commentary aims to comment...

The Vermont Supreme Court may soon consider whether federal law permits the Public Service Board to regulate certain voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) services. Across the Hudson, Governor Andrew Cuomo recently sought to bar the New York Public Service Commission from adopting similar...

The path dependency literature provides insights on the dynamic allocations processes in which events are non-ergodic and have multiple absorbing states. Technological change belongs to this class of processes. We contribute to this conceptual framework by analysing the distinction between path...

Im Zuge der Konvergenz von Telekommunikationsnetzen werden Sprache, Daten undVideo über ein gemeinsames physikalisch wie logisches Netz übertragen. Die Integrationsämtlicher Dienste auf ein Netz ermöglicht den Netzbetreibern Kosten einzusparen.Kosteneinsparungen können dabei sowohl bei den...

From the angle of competition policy, Voice over IP looks like a panacea. It not only brings better service, but it also increases competitive pressure on former telecommunications monopolists. This paper points to the largely overlooked downside. In a pure world of Internet telephony, there...

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...

Voice over IP (VoIP) bedeutet Sprachübertragung mittels des Internet Protokolls (IP) und gilt als Zukunftstechnologie im Bereich der Telekommunikation. Die Idee der IP-basierten Sprachübertragung ist nicht neu: Das Thema VoIP wurde bereits in den 90er-Jahren lebhaft diskutiert. (...)

This paper deals with innovatives concepts concerning information and communication technology.