| 34842 Telecommunication Economics and Policy |
| Danish title: Telekommunikationsøkonomi og politik |
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Language: English ECTS-creditpoints: 10, External examination.
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Class schedule:
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E3
The course is not offered autumn 2001 |
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Exam schedule:
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Arrange with teacher |
| Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures, groupwork and report writing |
| Evaluation: Oral exam and approval of reports
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Prerequisites: 34531 |
| Preferred prerequisites: 34320 |
| Participant limitation: Max. 24 |
| Aim: All working professionally with telecommunications, including new Internet based services, need to know the economic and political fundamentals of the sector. How much will provision of a certain telecommunication service cost, and what are the key cost components within the network? How much should the consumer be charged for a new service? How is content provision regulated and how are the rules for interconnection? How are frequencies for mobile services administered? |
| Contents: The course deals with the economic conditions for production of telecommunication services. The theoretical problems related to cost analysis of production of telecommunication services such as mobile communication, Internet access and IP telephony. The course will present the basic cost elements in a telecommunications network, and introduce different approaches for activity based cost accounting. Techno-econnomic concepts such as marginal- and average costs are introduced and applied. The course will also introduce different principles for tariffing and their impact on consumer demands. In addition, the course will provide an overview on how the market for telecommunication services is regulated, including regulation of interconnection and frequencies, and rules for copyright of electronic information. |
| Contact: Morten Falch, building 371, (+45) 4525 5177, falch@cti.dtu.dk |
| Department: 034 Research Center COM |
| Keywords: telecommunication, economy, costs, policy, regulation, market |
| Updated: 17-09-2001 |
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