J. Scott Marcus – Publications

Note that my published work does not necessarily represent the views of any current or former employer or client.

With Dieter Elixmann and Christian Wernick, "Next Generation Networks (NGNs)", a report for the ITRE Committee of the European Parliament, available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/studies/download.do?language=en&file=27911.

Coming soon: With Reto Bleisch, "International Experience with Vertical Separation in Telecommunications – The Case of New Zealand", ITS, 2009.

Coming soon: With Ingo Vogelsang, Juan Rendon, Werner Neu, Dieter Elixmann, Francisco Fuentes, Christian Wernick, Thomas Plückebaum, Klaus Hackbarth, "Interconnection in Next Generation Networks (NGNs)", a study for the Peruvian regulator OSIPTEL, August, 2009.

Coming soon: With John Burns, Phillipa Marks, Frédéric Pujol, and senior expert Prof. Martin Cave, Optimising the Public Sector’s Use of the Radio Spectrum in the European Union.

With Kenneth R. Carter, "Improving the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Spectrum Use by the Public Sector: Lessons from Europe", TPRC, 2009, available at: http://www.tprcweb.com/images/stories/papers/carterMarcus_tprc2009.pdf


With Christian Wernick, "Separation of Telstra: Economic considerations, international experience", WIK, 2June 2009, a study for the Australian Competitive Carriers' Coalition, available at:
http://www.dbcde.gov.au/data/assets/pdf_file/0017/115424/Competitive_Carriers_Coalition_CCC_-WIK_Separation_Report.pdf. See also "Australia: Fibre Build-Out, Regulatory Reform" in WIK Newsletter 75, June 2009, available at: http://www.wik.org/content/newsletter/nr75.pdf.

With Kenneth R. Carter and Christian Wernick, Network Neutrality: Implications for Europe, WIK, January 2009. Available at: http://www.wik.org/content/diskus/Diskus_314.pdf.

With Dieter Elixmann, Antonio Portilla Figueras, Klaus Hackbarth, Péter Nagy, Zoltán Pápai, and Mark Scanlan, The Regulation of Next Generation Networks (NGN), 10 May 2007, a study for the Hungarian NHH, available at: http://www.nhh.hu/dokumentum.php?cid=15910.

"IP-Based NGNs and Interconnection: The Debate in Europe", Communications & Strategies, No. 72, p. 17, 4th Quarter 2008, available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1373706.

With Dieter Elixmann, Christian Wernick, and the support of Cullen International, The Regulation of Voice over IP (VoIP) in Europe, a study prepared for the European Commission, 19 March 2008, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/library/ext_studies/voip_f_f_master_19mar08_fin_vers.pdf.

“Vu d’ailleurs : « des réformes indiscutables, mais... »”, in La Lettre de l'Autorité (newsletter of the French ARCEP), Number 60, March-April 2008, at http://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/lettre60.pdf. Available in English courtesy of the ARCEP as “The European Regulatory Framework: An International Perspective on the Review”, at http://www.mynetcologne.de/%7Enc-marcusjs/ARCEP_Euro_Reg_Framework.pdf.

With Dieter Elixmann, Kenneth R. Carter, and senior experts Scott Bradner, Klaus Hackbarth, Bruno Jullien, Gabriele Kulenkampff, Karl-Heinz Neumann, Antonio Portilla, Patrick Rey, and Ingo Vogelsang, The Future of IP Interconnection: Technical, Economic, and Public Policy Aspects, March 2008, a study prepared for the European Commission, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/library/ext_studies/future_ip_intercon/ip_intercon_study_final.pdf.

With Jonathan Cave, Kenneth R. Carter, Dieter Elixmann, and  Stephen Simmons, Tuning the Innovation System: Final Report (D4) of the Study of the Impacts of IST-RTD on Key Strategic Objectives
Related to Growth and Jobs, a study prepared for the European Commission by RAND Europe and WIK-Consult GmbH, 27 February 2008, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/evaluation/data/pdf/studies/s2006_04/final_report.pdf.

"Network Neutrality: The Roots of the Debate in the United States", Intereconomics, Volume 43, Number 1, January 2008. Available at:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/53k108282vl70324/fulltext.pdf.

With Dieter Elixmann, “Regulatory Approaches to Next Generation Networks (NGNs): An International Comparison”, Communications and Strategies number 69, first quarter 2008, available at:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1136048. Preliminary versions are available on the web sites of TPRC 2007, and of the Center for Communication Law & Policy (CCLP) at USC, at http://web.si.umich.edu/tprc/papers/2007/800/Regulatory%20Approaches%20to%20NGNs%20v1.2%20FINAL.pdf and http://cclp.usc.edu/assets/docs/RegulatoryApproachestoNGNs_AnInternationalComparison.pdf, respectively.

With Neil Robinson, Joel Reidenberg, Yves Poullet, Adam Peake, Kenneth Carter, , Lisa Klautzer, Chris Marsden, Florence De Villenfagne, Franck Dumortier, Camilla Abder, Cedric Burton, Lisa Cooms, Ezra Kover, Keisuke Kamimura, and Tazuko Tanaka, Comparison of Privacy and Trust Policies in the Area of Electronic Communications, a study prepared for the European Commission, available at: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/ecomm/doc/library/ext_studies/privacy_trust_policies/final_report_20_07_07_pdf.pdf .

“Interconnection an an IP-based NGN environment”, a chapter in ITU’s Global Trends 2007, presented at the ITU Global Symposium for Regulators, Dubai, 6 Feb 2007, available at: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Events/Seminars/GSR/GSR07/discussion_papers/JScott_Marcus_Interconnection_IP-based.pdf.

With Peter Stamm, Kabelinternet in Deutschland (German only), a study of the causes of slow deployment and adoption of broadband Internet access over cable undertaken on behalf of the Deutscher Kabelverband, 24 November 2006, available at: http://www.deutscherkabelverband.de/web/cms/upload/pdf/06-12-14_Studie_Kabelinternet_in_Deutschland.pdf.

With John Burns, Paul Hansen, Michael Marcus, Phillipa Marks, Frédéric Pujol, and Mark Redman, "Study on Legal, Economic, & Technical Aspects of 'Collective Use' of Spectrum in the European Community", a study on behalf of the European Commission, November 2006, available at: http://europa.eu.int/information_society/policy/radio_spectrum/docs/workshop_collective_use/cus_rep_fin.pdf.

“Voice over IP (VoIP) and Access to Emergency Services: A Comparison between the U.S. and the UK”, IEEE Communications Magazine, August 2006, available at http://www.comsoc.org/livepubs/ci1/public/2006/aug/cireg.html.

Beyond Layers”, May 2006, available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=901477.

"WIK Workshop on 'Bill and Keep' Interconnection Arrangements", a summary of WIK's ground-breaking April 2006 workshop, in WIK's newsletter number 63, April 2006, pages 11-15, available in English at: http://www.wik.org/content/newsletter/nr63.pdf. The presentations from the workshop are available at:
http://www.wik.org/content/bill_keep/konf_billkeep_main.htm.

"Framework for Interconnection of IP-Based Networks -- Accounting Systems and Interconnection Regimes in the USA and the UK", a background paper prepared for the German Federal Network Agency's study group on a Framework for Interconnection of IP-Based Networks, 27 March 2006, available at:
http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/media/archive/6201.pdf.

Interconnection in an NGN Environment”, a background paper commissioned for the ITU New Initiatives Programme workshop on “What rules for IP-enabled Next Generation Networks?” held on 23-24 March 2006 at ITU Headquarters, Geneva. Available at: http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ngn/documents/Papers/Marcus-060323-Fin-v2.1.pdf. Also available as WIK Discussion Paper 274
(see http://www.wik.org/content_e/diskus/274.htm).

UNREDACTED declaration as an expert witness in Hepting et. al. versus AT&T Corp. ("EFF's Class-Action Lawsuit Against AT&T for Collaboration with Illegal Domestic Spying Program"), available at: http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/SER_marcus_decl.pdf.

With Lorenz Nett, Mark Scanlan, Ulrich Stumpf, Martin Cave and Gerard Pogorel, Towards More Flexible Spectrum Regulation, a WIK study for the German BNetzA. Available at: http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/media/archive/4745.pdf. Also available in German. The ITU published a condensed version under the title Towards More Flexible Spectrum Regulation and its relevance for the German market for their workshop on "The Regulatory Environment for Future Mobile Multimedia Services", Mainz, Germany, June 22-23 2006, available at: http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/ni/multimobile/papers/MMS_flexiblespectrumstudy_060606.pdf.

"Conference Notes: NGN and Emerging Markets - Investment, Infrastructure and Innovation", notes from a BNetzA-sponsored workshop that took place on 5 December 2005 in Königswinter, Germany. Report completed February 2006. Available at: http://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/media/archive/5439.pdf.

“Is the U.S. Dancing to a Different Drummer?”, Communications & Strategies, no. 60, 4th quarter 2005. Available at: http://www.idate.fr/fic/revue_telech/132/CS60%20MARCUS.pdf. Also available in intermedia (the journal of the International Institute of Communications), vol. 34, no.3, July/August 2006.

With Justus Haucap, “Why Regulate? Lessons from New Zealand”, IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2005, available at: http://www.comsoc.org/ci1/Public/2005/nov/ (click on "Regulatory and Policy").

With Douglas C. Sicker, “Layers Revisited”, presented at TPRC, September 2005, available at: http://web.si.umich.edu/tprc/papers/2005/492/Layers%20Revisited%20v0.4.pdf.

Structured Legislation, in preparation.


Broadband Adoption in Europe, IEEE Communications Magazine, April 2005, available at:
http://www.comsoc.org/ci1/Public/2005/apr/ (click on "Regulatory and Policy" on the left margin of the page).

“The Challenge of Telephone Call Termination Fees”, Enterprise Europe, January 2005. Available at:
http://www.european-enterprise.org/public/docs/EEJ.pdf.

“Universal Service in a Changing World”, IEEE Communications Magazine, January 2005, available at:
http://www.comsoc.org/ci1/Public/2005/jan/ (click on "Regulatory and Policy" on the left margin of the page).

Europe’s New Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications in Action”, presented at the 4th ZEW Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies, Mannheim, Germany, July 2004.  Available at: ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/div/IKT04/Paper_Marcus_Invited.pdf.

“Call Termination Fees:  The U.S. in global perspective”, presented at the 4th ZEW Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies, Mannheim, Germany, July 2004.  Available at: ftp://ftp.zew.de/pub/zew-docs/div/IKT04/Paper_Marcus_Parallel_Session.pdf.

“Evolving Core Capabilities of the Internet”, Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law, 2004, available at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=921903.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis (OSP) Working Paper 36, “The Potential Relevance to the United States of the European Union’s Newly Adopted Regulatory Framework for Telecommunications,” July 2002, available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-224213A2.pdf.  The article and derivative works also appear in: Rethinking Rights and Regulations:  Institutional Responses to New Communications Technologies, Ed. Lorrie Faith Cranor and Steven S. Wildman, MIT Press, 2003; in the Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law 111 (2003); and in the 2004 Annual Review of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).

With Jean-Jacques Laffont, Patrick Rey, and Jean Tirole, IDE-I, Toulouse, “Internet interconnection and the off-net-cost pricing principle”, RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2003, available at http://www.rje.org/abstracts/abstracts/2003/rje.sum03.Laffont.pdf.  An earlier version of the paper appeared as “Internet Peering”, American Economics Review, Volume 91, Number 2, May 2001.

Designing Wide Area Networks and Internetworks: A Practical Guide, Addison Wesley, 1999.

“Internet Hardware and Software”, Proc. IEEE Electro ’96, 1996.

Icaros, Alice, and the OSF DME”, Proc. of ISINM ‘95. An earlier version appeared in Proc. Fifth IFIP International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management (DSOM ‘94), October 1994.

 “OSI Network Integration:Seamless, or Seamy?”, Proc. of the International Space Year (ISY) Conference on Earth and Space Science Information Systems (ESSIS), February 1992.

With Lent, R., “An Implementation Architecture for UNIX™ STREAMS-Based Communications Software”, Nixdorf technical report.

“Why an SNA PU 5?”, Nixdorf technical report.

“KNET:A TCP/IP for the IBM/370”, Proc. IEEE Infocom ‘87, March 1987.

With Mower, J., and White, C., “Designing an Ethernet Interface for the System/370”, Proc. IEEE CompCon, September 1982.

With Mower, J., Malnati, P., and White, C., “System/370 Ethernet Interface Architecture”, Spartacus Technical Report 820601, June 1982.

“Performance Analysis of Local Area Networks”, Proc. SHARE 60, 1982.

“Analysis of DASD Performance”, Proc. SHARE 57, 1980.