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S-38.041 Networking Business (2 credits) L

Spring 2005

Latest news

• The results from the third exam (14.12.2005) are now published. If you have questions about the grading of the exam please contact the course assistant e.g. for an appointment. (Updated 12.01.2006)
• The third exam will be held on Wednesday December 14 at 13:00-16:00 in hall S4. Remember that there is a list of possible exam questions that guide you in reading the course material. (Updated 31.10.2005)
• The results from the second exam (30.08.2005) are now published. If you have questions about the grading of the exam please contact the course assistant e.g. for an appointment. (Updated 30.09.2005)
• The results from the first exam (09.05.2005) are now published. If you have questions about the grading of the exam please contact the course assistant e.g. for an appointment. (Updated 07.06.2005)
• Someone forgot his/her calculator after the Networking Business exam. I will keep it on my room (F301) until Wednesday 11 May, after which I will give it to the janitors. You can contact me by email. (Updated 10.05.2005)
• REMEMBER! The first exam will be held on Monday May 9 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S4. The next exam after that will be held in late August or early September, i.e. there will be no summer exam. Remember also that there is a list of possible exam questions that guide you in reading the course material. (Updated 03.05.2005)
• All the slides are now available! (Updated 03.05.2005)
• A list of possible exam questions for year 2005 is now available. The list can be found here. (Updated 28.04.2005)
• The question paper for the MOB final report is now available. (Updated 19.04.2005)
• The player instructions and the preliminary exercise document are now available on the course web page. (Updated 09.04.2005)
• Registration to the first exam is now possible through WWWTopi. (Updated 29.03.2005)
• Before the MOB process lecture on Tuesday April 12 a 1 hour lecture (8:15-9:00) on investments will be held. (Updated 29.03.2005)
• There will be a 1 hour lecture on the MOB process on Tuesday April 12 from 09:15-10:00, i.e. not on Tuesday April 5 as mentioned on the previous lecture. (Updated 28.03.2005)
• OBSERVE! Some changes to the lecture timetable has been made. The lecture on mobile operator competition will be moved to an earlier date and the other lectures hence to later dates. (Updated 28.03.2005)
• The link for the Telecommunication Regulation Handbook was updated. (Updated 21.03.2005)
• NEW! Please inform the course assistant via email if there are sessions on which you can not participate and why. You have time until 29.03.2005 at 24:00 after which the teams will be divided by the course assistant. You can also give suggestions for team members, however the course assistant has the final saying how the teams are divided. (Updated 21.03.2005)
• NEW! Updates to MOB information has been published. The dates for the sessions are now decided and published here. (Updated 21.03.2005)
• There were a few updates made to the slides for the first lecture. (Updated 09.03.2005)
• A list with the student IDs for those that have registered to the MOB sessions has been published. If your student ID is not found on the list please contact the course assistant before Thursday February 24. (Updated 22.02.2005)
• A list with all the student IDs for those that have registered to the MOB sessions will be put on the course web pages tomorrow Tuesday February 22. If your student ID is not found on the list please contact the course assistant before Thursday February 24. (Updated 21.02.2005)
• REMEMBER! The last registration date for MOB is Monday February 21. (Updated 18.02.2005)
• REMEMBER! There will be no lecture on Tuesday February 22. (Updated 18.02.2005)
• If you want to participate to the mobile operator business game (MOB), you need to register by Monday February 21. (Updated 01.02.2005)
• The slides for the first lecture are now available. (Updated 31.01.2005)
• LAST MINUTE CHANGE! The lectures will be held in hall S1. (Updated 31.01.2005)
• First lecture to be held on Tuesday February 01 at 8:15-10:00 in hall S2. (Updated 10.01.2005)

General

This course is targeted to Telecom Management students. The course gives insight to the business dynamics of networks and services. Network-related value nets are handled from the viewpoints of different players. Theory is clarified with case examples.

Suitability

Participants should have good prior knowledge on networking technology (e.g. S-38.188 - Computer Networks) and general economics (e.g. TU-22.101 - Introduction to Industrial Management).

Lectures

Lectures are held in English language on Tuesdays at 8:15-10:00 in hall S1.

Exercises

A voluntary but useful exercise will be arranged in a form of a mobile operator business game (MOB) session at the end of April. More information about MOB will be published later. Questions about the business game can be asked by email to Mathias Tallberg.

The dates for the mobile operator business game sessions are:

• Monday April 18 at 9:00-17:00 (F402)
• Wednesday April 20 at 9:00-17:00 (F402)
• Friday April 22 at 9:00-17:00 (F402)
• Monday April 25 at 9:00-17:00 (F402)

The mobile operator business game will consist of a short preliminary exercise (1/ group), the actual business game session, and a short final report (individual). The game sessions will be held in the computer classroom F402 at the Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering. There will be a lunch break at approximately 12:00-13:00 during each session. The process will change slightly from 2004! However, you can check how the sessions were held last year from here.

The teams for the mobile operator business can be found here.

The player instructions for MOB can be found here.

The preliminary exercise can be found here.

The deadline for the preliminary report is on the day before each session at 12:00 (not 24:00). Please check the player instructions before the MOB session and while completing the preliminary exercise.

The question paper for the MOB final report can be found here.

The deadline for the final report is on May 07 24:00.

Completion

The completion of the course requires an acceptable performance in the exam. Active participation to the voluntary business game session helps in the exam by substituting one exam question. There will be 5 questions a 6 points, yielding max 30 points. However, substitution points cannot turn an unacceptable exam result to an acceptable one. The substitution points received from the MOB game will be valid in all the exams held before the start of next years Networking Business course.

A list of possible exam questions for year 2005.

The first exam will be held on Monday May 9 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S4.

Personnel

The course is lectured by prof. Heikki Hämmäinen and coordinated by course assistant Mathias Tallberg.

Registration

Registering required via WWW-TOPI.

Material

The course is structured around the lecture slides which will appear on this web page prior to each lecture. Additional course materials will not be available via Edita, i.e. no need to subscribe to Edita.

The core course material includes lecture slides and the following readings:

• Pricing Communication Networks, C. Courcoubetis, R. Weber, Wiley, 2003. Check Wiley or Amazon.
• Telecommunication Regulation Handbook, H. Intven, M. Tetrault, infoDev, 2000. Download from infoDev.

Note that the exam will include lecture slides that go beyond the scope of the readings list above. Thus attending lectures is likely to improve student's performance in the exam. In addition, the following list of readings is recommended and may help passing the course:

• Network Services Investment Guide, M. Gaynor, Wiley, 2003.
• The Telecom Managers Survival Guide, S. Medcroft, Amacom, 2003.
• The i-mode Wireless Ecosystem, T. Natsuno, Wiley, 2003.
• E-commerce, K. Laudon, C. Travor, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
• Total Cost of Charging and Billing: CapEx and OpEx, M. Swan, 2003. Download locally.

Topics and timetable

Date	Topic	Slides
01.02.2005	Course introduction. Big picture.	Slides
08.02.2005	Consumer customers.	Slides
15.02.2005	Enterprise customers.	Slides
22.02.2005	No lecture.
01.03.2005	Operators.	Slides
08.03.2005	Transport pricing.	Slides
15.03.2005	Content pricing.	Slides
22.03.2005	Charging and billing.	Slides
29.03.2005	No lecture.
05.04.2005	Lecture cancelled.
12.04.2005	Competition and MOB process.	Slides Slides
19.04.2005	Investments & Interconnect and roaming.	Slides Slides
26.04.2005	Regulation.	Slides
03.05.2005	Wireless Spectrum Economics.	Slides

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