TKK | Tietoverkkolaboratorio | Opetus
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.
Participants should have good prior knowledge on networking technology (e.g. S-38.188 or S-38.2188 - Computer Networks) and general economics (e.g. TU-22.101, TU-22.1101 or TU-22.1102 - Introduction to Industrial Management).
Lectures are held in English language on Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:15-10:00 in hall S1.
An obligatory exercise will be arranged in a form of a mobile operator business game (MOB) session in late April. Questions about the business game can be asked by email from Turo Brunou.
The mobile operator business game will consist of a short preliminary exercise (per team), the actual business game session, and a short final report (per individual).
The dates for the mobile operator business game sessions are (4-6 teams, 3-4 members/team):
- Tuesday April 15 at 9:00-18:00 (Maari-E)
- Thursday April 17 at 9:00-18:00 (Maari-E)
- Saturday April 19 at 9:00-18:00 (Maari-B and Maari-E)
Register to the MOB business game session by sending an email to the course assistant. You need to register by April 10. If you have wishes for who you would like to have in your team (4 team members) and on which date you would like to participate to MOB please include also that in the registration email. Also indicate if all the dates are fine for you! Remeber also to add your studentID in your registration email! The teams will be published 11.04.2008.
The game sessions will be held at Maari building. There will be a lunch break at approximately 12:00-13:00 during each session. You can check how the sessions were held 2 years ago from here.
The exercise will be graded. The amount of additional bonus points that a student can receive is 6 exam points. All the parts in the exercise will be graded, i.e. the preliminary report, the actual game session, and the final report. The bonus points cannot turn an unacceptable exam result to an acceptable one. The bonus points received from the MOB game will be valid in all the exams held before the start of next years Operator Business course.
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 final report question paper for the MOB exercise can be found here.
Final season results for MOB game sessions can be found here: session1 session2 session3 session4.
The completion of the course requires an acceptable performance in the exam and active participation to the obligatory business game session. In the exam there will be 5 questions a 6 points, yielding max 30 points. The student may also receive additional points from the exercise. However, the bonus points cannot turn an unacceptable exam result to an acceptable one. The bonus points received from the MOB game will be valid in all the exams held before the start of next years Operator Business course.
A list of possible exam questions for year 2008.
The first exam will be held on Wednesday May 7 at 9:00-12:00 in hall S4.
The responsible teacher is prof. Heikki Hämmäinen (HH) and the course is coordinated by course assistant Turo Brunou (TB).
Other lecturers:
- Timo Smura (TS)
- Antero Kivi (AK)
- Hannu Verkasalo (HV)
Registering required via WebOodi before 30.03.2008.
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 (to be available on web before each lecture) and the following readings:
- Core readings:
- Other recommended readings:
- ICT Regulation Toolkit (free, on-line). www.ictregulationtoolkit.org.
- Intermediate Microeconomics, H. Varian, 2002.
- Network Services Investment Guide, M. Gaynor, 2003.
- The Telecom Managers Survival Guide, S. Medcroft, 2003.
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.
Date Topic Slides 14.03.2008 Course introduction. Big picture. (HH) Slides 19.03.2008 Consumer customers (HH) Slides 21.03.2008 No lecture (Easter)
26.03.2008 No lecture (Easter)
28.03.2008 Enterprise customers (HH) Slides 02.04.2008 Operators (AK) Slides 04.04.2008 Transport pricing (AK) Slides 09.04.2008 Mobile operator competition (TB) Slides | Slides 11.04.2008 Content pricing (HV) Slides 16.04.2008 Investments (TS) Slides 18.04.2008 Interconnect and roaming (HH) Slides 23.04.2008 Charging and billing (HV) Slides 25.04.2008 Regulation (TS) Slides 30.04.2008 Spectrum, course wrap-up (TS) Slides
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