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Introduction
Consolidation is not a new phenomenon, but often a natural evolution as industries and markets mature.
Executive Summary
The Internet is changing. From the underlying infrastructure to the way users engage, it is evolving in many ways.
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Internet Economy
The Internet economy, as understood in this report, is broadly defined as the economic activities that either support the Internet or are fundamentally dependent on the Internet’s existence.
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What are the Features of the Consolidation of the Internet Economy?
We uncovered 5 key features of consolidation of the Internet economy.
Responses to Consolidation
Responses to the negative effects of consolidation have been distributed across the applications, services, and access domains of the Internet economy; in different sectors, …
Deep Dependencies
Central to the Internet’s success has been its ability to evolve, as captured by the characteristic of “no permanent favorites” where no specific company or technology is above disruption, evolution and competition. This …
A Changing Internet Topology
The ability of a small number of content and cloud services to invest in their own networks and deploy their servers close to the broadband network edge is amplifying the …
Interoperability as a Function of Scale
The nature of an open, collaborative, and interoperable Internet is influenced by a small number of large companies, where organisational scale and market share play a significant …
Total Service Environments
Many Internet platforms are expanding into new service and content areas, both to retain customers and to continue to grow revenues. Total service environments for business …
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