The Battle For Cyberspace Is On; Trillions of Dollars at Risk, Says New Report From Datacomm Research How Crucial Technical and Political Decisions Could Affect Your Internet Business - Industry Trend or Event

Cambridge Telcom Report, Jan 31, 2000

The current bandwidth construction boom is unleashing a series of turf wars. That is one of the conclusions of the new 392-page study, Battle For Cyberspace: How Technical and Political Decisions Can Affect Your Internet Venture, published by The COOK Report On Internet and marketed by Datacomm Research.

"The creation of a truly pervasive Internet, providing mobile and broadband access to hundreds of millions of users, may result in decisions that will help some players and hurt others," said Gordon Cook, author of the report. "Changes to the Internet's architecture, protocol, and domain names may benefit the old guard more than new ventures," he added. "Anyone who plans to make money via the Internet needs to know about these vital issues," said Ira Brodsky, President of Datacomm Research. "This is the only report that takes readers to the front lines of Internet infrastructure development," he added.

Battle For Cyberspace: How Technical and Political Decisions Can Affect Your Internet Venture includes an Executive Summary highlighting the most important Internet development trends. The body of the report is divided into five parts containing in-depth interviews and articles. Part 1 explores technology issues such as IP-over-glass, the rise of digital wireless, and terabit routers. Part 2 examines the build out of IP infrastructure and, in cooperation with TeleGeography, presents 12 pages of charts and tables on global infrastructure bandwidth and economics. Part 3 looks at regulatory and standards issues, including the role of the ITU, third party access to cable networks, and differing perspectives on e-commerce. Part 4 discusses additional engineering issues, and Part 5 analyzes ICANN's (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) struggle for political power.

The COOK Report on Internet has been tracking and analyzing Internet infrastructure and business model developments since 1992. In addition to its annual report on the state of the Internet industry, The COOK Report on Internet publishes a monthly newsletter on Internet infrastructure.

Datacomm Research Company is a leader in tracking, analyzing, and forecasting emerging telecommunication markets. Other Datacomm reports include Wireless Web Wonders, Portals to Profit, and Satellites in Cyberspace.

Battle For Cyberspace: How Technical and Political Decisions Can Affect Your Internet Venture is available for immediate delivery and sells for $845.00 (PDF file version only). Orders may be faxed to 314-514-9793, phoned to 314-514-9750, or mailed to Datacomm Research Company, 14318 Millbriar Circle, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017. The report may also be ordered online from the firm's web secure server at www.datacommresearch.com.

Additional conclusions found in Battle For Cyberspace: How Technical and Political Decisions Can Affect Your Internet Venture: 1. The continuing battle for control of the Internet will have profound impact on incumbent telcos, CLECs, ISPs, e-commerce merchants, and endusers. Technical issues, such as the deployment of next-generation IP(IPv6), will determine the Internet's scalability, compatibility and, hence, long-term reliability.

2. The bandwidth construction boom has ushered in an era of flexible pricing. Options now include forward pricing and end point shifting, and we may soon see real-time auctions of surplus bandwidth.

3. Bandwidth growth, coupled with a dramatic decline in the cost ofcomputer storage, is enabling network-based storage and rentable software (application service providers, ASPs). The network computer has not yet arrived, but network computing has.

4. Wireless technology is poised to help create a truly pervasive, always on Internet. Once thought limited to narrowband applications, wireless is rapidly migrating to digital, reaping the cost and performance benefits predicted by Moore's law.