1st ECON@TEL TRAINING SCHOOL
3-5 May 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
TECHNO-ECONOMICS OF MOBILE NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET
Lecture
Topics and Presentations
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Welcome presentation from School Chair
o
Dr. Antonis M. Hadjiantonis, Kios
Research Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks, University of Cyprus,
Cyprus
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Keynote Speech:
Regulation of Communications Networks in Denmark
o
Dr. Finn Petersen, Deputy Director
General, National IT and Telecom Agency, Denmark
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Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations
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Diffusion of ICT Innovations in the
Information Society - case broadband in Finland
o
Prof. Dr. Lauri Frank, Dept. of CS & IS,
Faculty of IT, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
o
Introduction to the lectures. Participants will
learn the basic concepts and theories related to the Innovation Diffusion Theory
(IDT) and be able to relate these to the ICT field. Participants will also
familiarise themselves with the basic concepts related to Information Society
and be informed on the development of Information Society within the European
Union. Participants will be informed on the case of broadband diffusion in
Finland
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Charging & accounting technologies for the
Internet
o
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Stiller,
Communication Systems Group CSG, Department of Informatics IFI, University of
Zürich UZH, Switzerland
o
The charging of Internet services requires,
depending on the layer and technology, a set of suitable technological and
protocol hooks, which can deliver via technical accounting approaches those
type of data and information that are needed for the charging itself. Thus, on
one hand, this lecture will outline major charging models for the Internet and
will derive major technical accounting needs. On the other hand, the set of
available tools and protocols for the technical accounting will be discussed to
determine, which aspects of charging schemes cannot be supported as of today or
which accounting needs still require technical developments to progress.
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Foresight methods and business model
planning
o
Prof. Dr. Erik Bohlin, Division of
Technology & Society, Chalmers University, Sweden
o
This lecture will review foresight
methodologies, such as trend analysis and scenario planning, and business
modelling. The lecture will also provide concrete examples of how these
methodologies have been used in policy advisory studies.
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Value network design for Internet
o
Prof. Dr. Heikki
Hämmäinen,
Dept.
of Communications and Networking (Comnet), Aalto University, Finland
o
The objective of this lecture is to improve
understanding about theory and design processes of value networks in Internet.
The basis of lecture is the STOF model but also other methods such as scenario
planning and system dynamics will be introduced. Design examples include
different domains such as application level services and Internet access
services. The relationship between technical and industry architectures will
also be elaborated.
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International Roaming, Competition Policy In
Telecom
o
Prof. Dr. Morten Falch, Center for
Communication, Media and Information Technologies CMI, Aalborg University,
Denmark
o
One of the most important issues in the debate
on interconnect regulation has been use of forward looking costs for setting of
interconnection charges. This debate has been ongoing within the EU as well as
in US. This lecture discusses the European experiences and in particular the
Danish experiences with use of cost based interconnection charges, and their
impact on competition in the telecom market.
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Autonomic Management of Mobile Networks
o
Dr. Antonis Hadjiantonis, Kios Research
Center for Intelligent Systems and Networks, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
o
The concept of Autonomic Management is
receiving intense interest from both academia and industry since it emerges as
an appealing solution to the increasing complexity of managing IT and Telco
systems. In this lecture we focus on the applicability and potential of AM to
Mobile Networks. The policy-based management (PBM) paradigm is often linked to
autonomic management and will be also examined. The specification of high level
objectives and their automated deployment and lifecycle management within
complex mobile networks make PBM approaches and technologies important
candidates for Autonomic Management realisation.
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Technoeconomic Modelling In
Telecommunications
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Dr. Dimitris Katsianis, Dept. of
Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece
o
In this lecture, a techno-economic evaluation
of the business prospects of selected large scale telecommunications networks is
carried out. The evaluation is based on a Techno-Economic (TE) tool which,
taking into account network topology, area characteristics, service demand and
price evolution forecasting as well as risk analysis, estimates key economic
figure-of-merits. In the first part the techno-economic methodology will be
presented and analysed. In the second part selected business cases will be
presented and discussed for European Market concerning technical, business and
economic aspects.
Early
Stage Researchers (ESR) Presentation and Discussion Sessions
Session 1 on
Technical and Architectural Issues
Chair: Antonis Hadjiantonis
Session 2 on
Technology Diffusion and Forecasting Issues
Chair: Lauri Frank
Session 3 on
Game theoretic and Business Issues
Chair: Antonis Hadjiantonis
Session 4 on
Strategy and Regulatory Issues
Chair: Dimitris Katsianis
Organisation
The Training School is organised by COST
Action IS0605 Econ@Tel: “A Telecommunications Economics COST Network” (www.cost605.org).
School and Program Chair:
Dr. Antonis M. Hadjiantonis , KIOS Research Center, University of Cyprus
Program Committee:
Prof. Erik Bohlin , Chalmers University, Sweden
Prof. Patrick Maillé, Télécom
Bretagne, France
Dr. Bruno Tuffin, INRIA-IRISA,
France
Local Chair:
Prof. Morten Falch Alborg University (AAU)
, Denmark
Hosted by
the Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies (CMI)[cmi.aau.dk]
of Aalborg University Copenhagen, located at Ingeniørhøjskolen (IHK)
Participants Comments
Alexandru Smeureanu (Romania): The
course was an excellent opportunity to get in touch with the telecommunication
policies and understand the problems that regulators from European Union
countries face in their endeavour to promote market competition. A unique chance
to meet people that are involved in various interesting technical and economical
projects and to listen to personal perspectives in the information diffusion
theory. The course will be very useful in my PhD research program because it has
revealed new directions to be followed.
Charisios Christodoulos (Greece): The
training school was well organized. The lectures were variant of and greater
interest in the greater area of techno-economics of mobile networks and the
Internet. It was definitely a useful experience for every PhD student.
Felix Limbach (Germany) : The
complementary lectures and presentations have been very inspiring for my further
research activities and have been helpful to get an overview of the research
fields in the telecommunication industry. The ECON@TEL Training School was a
perfectly organized event and I would be very glad to keep contact and continue
to exchange ideas.
Ellie Demetriou (Cyprus): The training
school was well organized and gave me the opportunity to understand how the
companies face the new technologies and what procedure is followed in order to
decide if they will “adopt” or “reject” it. Scientists should have these issues
in mind when they design/propose new protocols/network technologies etc. I also
understand the telecommunication policies, something that I found really
interesting.
Shafi Mohd Othman (Malaysia): I am from
the national regulatory authority in Malaysia. I came on my own to Copenhagen as
I felt that the values that I learned during the sessions were invaluable
indeed. In my country, we have yet to fully embrace the multidisciplinary
research approach. Yet this is the most important and relevant in today's ever
changing business and societal landscapes.
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