Zero-Rating, One Big Mess: Analyzing Differential Pricing Practices of European MNOs

arXiv:2403.08066v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Zero-rating, the practice of not billing data traffic that belongs to certain applications, has become popular within the mobile ecosystem around the globe. There is an ongoing debate whether mobile operators should be allowed to differentiate traffic or whether net neutrality regulations should prevent this. Despite the importance of this issue, we know little about the technical aspects of zero-rating offers since the implementation is kept secret by mobile operators and therefore is opaque to …

applications arxiv big billing cs.cr cs.cy cs.ni data ecosystem mobile net neutrality neutrality operators popular practice practices pricing rating regulations traffic