The site's patent-pending License Manager lets sellers enforce different types of licensing models, including annual fees, perpetual fees, volume-based tiered pricing, source code buyout and more.
And doctors don't reduce their fees for volume.
Nokia outspent the other licensees all together by something like 4 to 1 in terms of license fees for volumes sold and in terms of consulting.
In recent years, carriers in the United States, Europe and Asia have reduced their fees because of volume discounts and regulatory pressure.
GoCo-op receives a flat fee for its business with Avendra, but beginning in 2004, it expects to earn additional fees based on volume.
Charges for today's "persistent" digital connections, such as a cable modem, DSL (digital subscriber line) or ISDN (integrated services digital network), are typically either flat monthly fees or by volume of data transferred.
On TransFS, businesses submit information about their transactions including the percentage of online, in-store, mail-order and phone transactions; the merchant's current credit-card processing fees; and monthly volume of sales and average transaction size.
For access to its Web site, GE Information Services will charge buyers an initial fee of $70,000 and an undisclosed annual fee based on volume.
In return they either pay a fixed fee for every ticket sold or a monthly fee depending on volume.
And the exchanges do well, too, because they can offset the fall in fees by higher volumes.So where is the rub?
The arbitration system needs an arbitrary referral process, the administration of which would be subsidized by an annual fee from the volume users so that arbitrators get randomly assigned by a computer.
