The EU project COCOMBINE studies the Economics of the Internet. It has a special focus on the Upstream Internet Sector, Internet Backbones, Internet Exchange Points, Peering and Transit Agreements and Competion Policy. A special work package is also focussing on the Dowstream Impact of the Diffusion of Broadband in Europe.

The 10 partners from industry and academia are producing  a series of reports on :

• Interconnection agreements  and bandwidth pricing in the upstream market
• Spatial, and relational, organisation of peering networks , both at national and continental levels
• Termination rates and access prices for accessing unbundled local loops and for wireless access
• Regulation and Competition Policy for the Internet
• Features of downstream markets such as retail, e-marketing and localised spillovers affecting local economies in peripheral regions.