You have selected Mini MBA for Telecom Professionals Course


Course ID 100 
Course Type On-site & Public 
Course Briefing

 

 
Course Price 2,500 USD 
Course Duration 5 Days 
Description

"'Mini MBA for Telecom Professionals" is highly participative, focusing on real business, technology and industry learning. The course allows delegates to work through the various case studies to learn through experience. Each member of the faculty acts as facilitator, trainer and mentor, adapting their flexible styles to ensure that each individual benefits equally from their knowledge to develop new skills.

 
Objective

This course is a highly interactive programme designed to ensure you are better equipped in your management or technical role through a critical understanding of the following key knowledge areas and skill sets within the telecom industry:

Ø telecom industry trends and forecasts

Ø industry structure and services

Ø telecom licensing and regulation

Ø mobile networks and radio and cellular principles

Ø marketing and positioning

Ø network infrastructures and operation

Ø project management

Ø corporate finance and accounting

Ø leadership skills

Ø action planning

 
Who should Attend

The programme's design is suitable for directors, mid-senior managers, project managers, operators, manufacturers, fresh graduate, and current and future decision/policy makers within the telecoms industry. It has been developed for those whose time is limited and who work in critical roles or situations where lengthy periods away for  study is not possible.

 
Prerequisites

No Prerequiste is required.

 
Outline

Module1 -     General Introduction

Ø  Overall programme objectives

Ø  Timing and administration

Ø  Speakers

Ø  What is expected during the exercise

Ø  Delegates and their team members getting to know better each other

 

Module2 -     Introduction to Telecom

Ø  Fundamentals of Fixed & Mobile Networks

Ø  Telecom Standardization

Ø  Market Trends

Ø  Mobile

· Concept & Technology

· Networks & Generations (1, 2, 3, 4G)

· Major types of business application & the business value of telecom network

· Developments & trends in industry, application, & technology

· Basic components, functions & types of networks

 

Module3 -     The Telecom Industry

Ø  A comprehensive analysis of the current situation 

Ø  Predicting future trends

Ø  Growth markets & technologies

Ø  Mobile Broadband, Mobile TV

Ø  User trends

Ø  Market Segmentation

Ø  Technology Forecasts

 

Module4 -     Market Trends & Customer Needs

Ø  Services & Applications

Ø  Mobile Business Models

Ø  Ease of use

Ø  Access to content from the user perspective

Ø  Role of the operation

 

Module5 -     Mobile Network Infrastructure and Operation

Ø  A focused insight into the basic network elements

· The core network

· HLR, VLR, AUC & EIR

· BTS (Base Transceiver Station)

· BSC (Base Station Controller)

· GPRS (General Packet Radio Services)

· Adding EDGE (Enhanced Data)

· Evolution to 3rd Generation

· UMTS

Ø  Technology choices

Ø  Interoperability

Ø  Compatibility

Ø  Authentication Process

 

Module6 -     Telecom Management Network "TMN"

Ø  Introduction

Ø  TMN Principles

· TMN Recommendations from ITU-T

· Relationship of a TMN to a Telecom Network

· TMN Functional Architecture

· TMN Information Architecture

· TMN Physical Architecture

· Logical Layered Architecture

Ø  TMN Architectures

Ø  TMN Management Functions

 

Module7 -     Telecom Services and Technologies

Ø  Messaging

Ø  Real Time Gaming

Ø  VoIP

Ø  Video Conferencing

Ø  Voice Mail

Ø  Push To Talk

Ø  LBS (Location Based Services)

Ø  Navigation (GPS-Global Positioning System)

Ø  Access to content (WAP, iMode, xHTML)

Ø  MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator)

Ø  IPTV

Ø  VoD

 

Module8 -     Regulation

Ø  An Overview of the Telecom regulation

Ø  New Technology Regulation 

Ø  Licensing

Ø  Significant Market Power (SMP)

Ø  Interconnection

Ø  Consumer Affairs

Ø  Numbering

 

Module9 -     Project Management

Ø  Initiating Processes

Ø  Planning Processes 

Ø  Monitoring and Controlling Processes 

Ø  Executing Processes

Ø  Closing Processes

 

Module10 -   Finance

Ø  Introduction

Ø  Financial Statements

· Balance Sheets

· Income Statements

· Cash Flow Statements

Ø  Finding Meaning in Financial Statements

· Profitability Ratios

· Activity Ratios

· Solvency Ratios

Ø  The Time Value of Money

Ø  Budgeting

 

Module11 -     Accounting

 

Module12 -     Leadership

Ø  Introduction

Ø  Types of Leadership Style

· Autocratic

· Democratic (Participative)

· Laissez Faire ( Free Rein)

· Paternalistic

Ø  Change Leadership

· The Problem

· The Solution

· Selling the Idea

· Resentment & Alienation

· Resignation

· Acceptance

· Internalization

Ø  Theories of Leadership

· Trait

· Behavioral

· Contingency

· Transformational

· Invitational

· Transactional

Ø  Factors Affecting Style

· Risk Factors

· Type of Business

· Necessity for Change

· Nature of the Task

· Organizational Culture

 

Module13 -     Telco Island / Delegate Team Presentation

 

 

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