Maximizing the Profit of Telecom Telcos by a Novel Traffic Scheduling Policy

摘要

Due to the fast technological advancements, telecom telcos face a number of challenges: The set of services offered to users rapidly becomes out of date and must be innovated continuously and updated frequently (almost on a monthly basis) [1]; Prices of IP equipment and optical connections rapidly decline, while the bandwidth increases; The presence of competition forces telcos to use the "cost-plus" pricing method, limiting the profit to a percentage (margin) of income, that is long term limited by the economy average; Telecom telco (telco) monopoly is not supported by government authorities any more, meaning that temporary monopoly can be based only on their know-how or technology; Traditionally, telecom business was a highly profitable industry, due to the high value of electronic communications for users, but it is expected that it will become an average or even low profit industry, as new and new competitors enter the market; Social and economic benefits from high quality and affordable communication services are proven practice in the societies of today, so that it cannot be expected that governments will allow monopolies in the future.