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S-38.041 Networking Business (2 credits) L

Spring 2004

Latest news

• The results from the third exam (20.12.2004) are now published. If you have questions about the grading of the exam please contact the course assistant. (Updated 23.12.2004)
• NEW! The next exam will be held on Monday December 20 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S2. There will be no exam in January 2005! (Updated 08.11.2004)
• The results from the second exam (31.08.2004) are now published. If you have questions about the grading of the exam please contact the course assistant. (Updated 28.09.2004)
• NEW! The next exam will be held on Tuesday August 31 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S1. (Updated 17.06.2004)
• The results from the first exam (05.05.2004) are now published. A complaint session will be held on Wednesday May 19 at 9:00-10:00 in room E322. (Updated 13.05.2004)
• The list of possible examination questions based on the course materials including lecture slides, Pricing communication networks (Courcoubetis, Weber), Telecommunication Regulation Handbook (Intven,Tetrault), and Seamless mobile IP service provision economics (ed. Loizillon) is now published (doc / pdf). (Updated 30.04.2004)
• 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. (Updated 28.04.2004)
• There will be no summer exam for the Networking Business course. After the exam in May, the next exam will be held in the beginning of next semester, presumably in September. (Updated 28.04.2004)
• The excercise paper for the final report for the mobile operator business game has been published. The deadline is on Friday May 07 at 24:00. (Updated 27.04.2004)
• The results (i.e. pass/fail) from each phase of the mobile operator business game can be found from the teams page. (Updated 23.04.2004)
• The documentation and the preliminary exercise for the mobile operator business game has been published. You can find them under Exercises. (Updated 07.04.2004)
• Some small CHANGES have been made to the teams for the mobile operator business game. (Updated 31.03.2004)
• The teams for the mobile operator business game are now published. (Update 26.03.2004)
• The teams for the mobile operator business game will be published on Friday March 26 on the course home page. (Updated 24.03.2004)
• Some recommended additional reading has been added to the list of readings. (Updated 17.03.2004)
• An additional date for the mobile operator business game has been added. More information below under exercises! (Updated 17.03.2004)
• The registration to the mobile operator business game is now CLOSED. More information about the game and its requirements will be published during the incoming weeks. (Updated 08.03.2004)
• The registration to the mobile operator business game will be CLOSED on Sunday March 7 at 24:00. Those who want to participate to the game and still has not registered, please register via email to the course assistant. (Updated 23.02.2004)
• The first exam will be held on Wednesday May 5 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S4. (Updated 02.02.2004)
• The registration to the course is now CLOSED. If you still have not registered and want to attend the course, please contact the course assistant. (Updated 29.01.2004)
• Lecture time and place CHANGED, see below! (Updated 16.01.2004)
• First lecture to be held on Wednesday Jan 28 at 8:15-10:00 in hall S2. (Updated 16.01.2004)

General

This is a new core course 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). The number of participants is max 50. First priority goes to Telecom Management students (S-38 major, minor, and graduate).

Lectures

Lectures are held in English language on Wednesdays at 8:15-10:00 in hall S2.

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. The registration to the mobile operator business game was closed on Sunday March 7 at 24:00. Questions about the business game can be asked by email to Mathias Tallberg.

The dates for the mobile operator business game sessions are:

• Thursday April 22 at 9:00-17:00 (F401)
• Tuesday April 27 at 9:00-17:00 (F402)
• Thursday April 29 at 9:00-17:00 (F401)

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 classrooms F401 and 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 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 Sunday April 18 at 24:00 (for all the sessions). The material needed to complete the preliminary report will be published no later than on April 7 at 24:00.

The exercise paper for the final report can be found here.

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.

The first exam will be held on Wednesday May 5 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S4.
The second exam will be held on Tuesday August 31 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S1.

There will be no summer exam for the Networking Business course. After the exam in May, the next exam will be held in the beginning of next semester, presumably in September.

The results from the first exam (05.05.2004) can be found here.
The results from the first exam (31.08.2004) can be found here.

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 be available via Edita. Please subscribe to Edita.

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

• Pricing Communication Networks, C. Courcoubetis, R. Weber, Wiley, 2003 (only chapters 5-14). Check Wiley or Amazon.
• Telecommunication Regulation Handbook, H. Intven, M. Tetrault, infoDev, 2000. Download from infoDev.
• Seamless mobile IP service provision economics, ed.F.Loizillon, TONIC, EU, 2002. Download locally.

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
28.01.2004	Course introduction. Big picture.	Slides
04.02.2004	Consumer customers.	Slides
11.02.2004	Enterprise customers.	Slides
18.02.2004	(No lecture)
25.02.2004	Operators.	Slides
03.03.2004	Pricing - part 1.	Slides
10.03.2004	Pricing - part 2.	Slides
17.03.2004	Charging and billing.	Slides
24.03.2004	Investments.	Slides
31.03.2004	Roaming and interconnection.	Slides
07.04.2004	Regulation.	Slides
14.04.2004	(No lecture)
21.04.2004	Mobile operator competition.	Slides
28.04.2004	Wireless economics.	Slides

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