After having submitted by theme 2 report about traditional operators vs OTT obligations, I've just found this article that goes exactly in the same direction.
I think the "pipization" (aka operators becoming mere bit pipes) of telcos is a real thing and all kind of traditional services are now offered also OTT (skype, whatsapp, OTT TV,...) . Is it realistic (and fair) to consider these services differently when operated by the network operator or when operated by a third party (and mainly from abroad).
http://coleago.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/ott-communication-services-vs-rich-communication-services/
I don't agree that they should be treated differently just because they are operated by a provider of an electronic communications service / ECN provider.
ReplyDeleteHowever, that's not to say that they should not be treated differently — you might find a couple of my theme reports from the telecoms policy module to be of interest on this point.