AØKK08058U Seminar: Telecommunications Economics CANCELED
M.Sc. of Economics
The seminar is primarily for students at the MSc of
Economics
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.
Planning meeting: 11.02.2016 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 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 (depending o the numbers of participants). In week 18 one of the sessions might 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
- 1
- Preparation
- 175
- Seminar
- 30
- Total
- 206
for enrolled students. More information about registration, schedule, rules, courses etc. can be found at the student intranet (KUnet) for courses (English) and student intranet (KUnet) for courses (Danish).
More information about seminars is available in KUnet for Study Programme (UK) and Study Programme (DK).
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Written assignmentOral examination, 3 hours under invigilationA written seminar paper and a oral presentation for the others participans at the seminar. The presentation and discussion is app. 2 hours and 45 minut.
- 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 (memorandum).
The memorandum for the oral presentation.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
up to 20 % censorship at the seminarpaper
- Exam period
Deadline commitmentpaper: Marts 1 2016
Deadline final paper: 1 week before the presentationmeetings
Presentationsmetings: Monday and Wednesday in week 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, 16-18 o´clock.
For enrolled students more information about examination, exam/re-sit, rules etc. is available at the student intranet for Examination (English) and student intranet for Examination (KA-Danish).
- Re-exam
Submission of a written assignmetn and an oral exam in which you may be examined in the presentations of the other students participating in the seminar during the enrolment period in question.
Criteria for exam assesment
The student must in a satisfactory way demonstrate that he/she has mastered the learning outcome of the course.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- AØKK08058U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Spring
- Schedule
- Spring (week 6-21)
- Study board
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Course responsibles
- John Frederiksen (4-6e6a76694478686732686f)