New Business Models: User Generated Services

Author

Martinez Reol, A. ; Zorita, C.B. ; Martin, A.M.L. ; Morchon, C.G. ; Calavia, L. ; Perez, J.A. ; Caetano, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Teor. de la Serial y Comun. e Ing. Telematica, Univ. de Valladolid (E.T.S.I. Telecomun.), Valladolid, Spain

Volume

7

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

395

Lastpage

399

Abstract

One of the biggest challenges that the new Web 2.0 faces is finding an adequate business model that would allow service providers to obtain benefits without scaring clients away, since they aren´t used to paying for Internet services. This article presents the business model suggested by OPUCE, a user-centric platform for creating services. It is based on the principles of Web 2.0, which are transferred to the Telco world, and offers a satisfactory solution to all parties: operators obtain benefits, users have free access to specific services, service providers can enter the communications market, and the most active members from the community of users might even be eligible to receive certain remuneration as an incentive to their activity.

Keywords

Internet; business data processing; Internet service; OPUCE; Telco world; Web 2.0; business model; user generated service; user-centric platform; Business communication; Facebook; Java; Mashups; Portals; Remuneration; Telecommunications; User-generated content; Web and internet services; YouTube; Telco 2; business models; freemium models; revenue sharing; user generated services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1548-0992

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TLA.2009.5336640

Filename

5336640