Course Number: 95-705

Telecommunications Management

Units: 12

This course will help students to understand the technical, business, and industry fundamentals necessary for the effective management of organizations that develop, operate, and/or use telecommunications. These issues will be explored in the context of the decisions they influence in areas of strategic telecommunications planning, developing and deploying business applications, procuring and delivering services, and managing technical personnel and processes. Topics will include the underlying technical fundamentals of voice and data networks, the protocols and services built from those fundamentals, industry and regulatory structures and practices, and practical questions that arise from these issues.

The goals are for students to understand the telecommunications technology and industry well enough to make intelligent short-term and long-term business and technical decisions, and to manage technical people wisely and effectively.

Syllabus

Faculty:
Riaz Esmailzadeh
Danny F. Fernandes
Pedro Ferreira
Ramayya Krishnan
Rahul Telang
Sakir Yucel