AØKK08058U Seminar: Telecommunications Economics

Volume 2014/2015
Education
M.Sc, of Economics
(Only available for Master students at Department of Economics)
Content

To give the participants an extended understanding of the national and global development of the ICT sectors (telecommunications, the Internet, media and IT) and an understanding of the economic relationships that are relevant for that development. Regulatory issues are part of that.

Learning Outcome

To give the participants an extended understanding of the national and global development of the ICT sectors (telecommunications, the Internet, media and IT) and an understanding of the economic relationships that are relevant for that development. Regulatory issues are part of that.

 

Headlines to be used as inspiration for decisions of the different topics for the memorandums. Suggestions from the participants are also welcome:

  • Trends and economic relationships for demand and supply in the ICT sectors (telecommunications, the Internet, media and IT).
  • Regulation – sector specific regulation and competition legislation.
  • Cost models, cost concepts and tests used in regulatory governance (LRAIC, fully allocated cost, bundle tests, predatory pricing etc.).
  • Prices.
  • Investments.
  • EU’s governance of the ICT sectors.
  • Universal Service Obligations.
  • Interconnection: Payment or “peering”.
  • Fixed and mobile telephony: Complementary or substitution?
  • Governance of the Internet. Network neutrality.
  • Broadband access.
  • Cable TV and OTT players.
  • Mobile telephony, wireless broadband access and roaming.
  • E-commerce.
  • Mergers, acquisitions, industrial structure and globalisation.
  • Influence on society and economic growth.
  • Auctions regarding mobile licenses.

The syllabus for the course in Telecommunications Economics.

As introduction: See Blackman and Srivastava: “Telecommunications Regulation Handbook – Tenth Anniversary Edition!”. The World Bank and infoDev, 2011.

It is an advantage – but not a requirement - that the participants have followed the course in Telecommunications Economics.
Planning meeting ind the begining of the semester,informed by the teacher, writing seminar paper during the semester and presentations at the end of the semester. More informations will be uploaded at Absalon by the teacher.

Planning meeting: 25.02.2015 at 15.15 – 17.00.
A plan for the seminar (who is writing about what topic, and who will be opponents to which topics – two opponents per memorandum) will be made at a start-up meeting for the seminar.

The seminar will be organized as two times 2 hours sessions per week in week 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. In week 18 one of the sessions will be 4 hours. The two times 2 hours sessions will take place Mondays from 16.05 – 17.50 and Wednesdays from 16.05 – 17.50 (an adjustment of these times can be made at the start-up meeting, if there is an agreement about it among the participants).
In each session a memorandum from one of the participants will be discussed. Opponents are especially preparing this, but all participants are expected to be active.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Exam
  • 0,3
  • Seminar
  • 0
  • Total
  • 0,3
Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment
Oral examination, 20 min under invigilation
A written seminar paper and a oral presentation for the others participans at the seminar.
Exam registration requirements
Attendance on the seminar. The mandatory commitment paper and seminar paper have been handed in at deadline.
Aid

Al aids for the written seminarpaper.

For the oral presentation the slices for the presentation. The teather can specifiy what els is allowed.

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
up to 20 % censorship at the seminarpaper
Exam period
Is informed by the teacher at the compulsive planningmeeting.
Re-exam
As ordinary.
Criteria for exam assesment

The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course.