| 1. | Course Title | Strategic Planning for Telecom and Internet Innovation | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ10026 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 11-IBS, 12-KIT, 17-REEKS, 20-IMSA | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Toni Janevski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
After completing the Strategic Planning for Telecom and Internet Innovation course, the student is expected to be able to understand the main principles of strategic planning and innovation in the telecom and Internet environment. It is expected to be ready to create development policies and strategies as well as to possess knowledge of telecom management and Internet innovations. New digital markets and innovative challenges for future telecommunications cloud/IoT/AI services and OTT services over the public Internet. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Convergence in telecommunications. Broadband strategies and innovations. Policy development. The role of standards. Innovation management. Google model, user generated content. Apple iPhone model. Mobile and Internet telephony. Innovations in television (IPTV applications). Innovative services/applications in telecom/ICT. Net neutrality, spectrum neutrality. Management and regulation of the Internet and telecom services. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lectures; independent study and presentation of papers from journals and conference proceedings; independent study and presentation of practical examples from the field; interactive discussions. |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | None | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | It is done by taking an exam or two colloquiums (50% of the grade) and making a thesis-seminar work (50% of the grade). | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | ITU, Telecommunication Development Sector | Regulatory & Market Environment – Regulating Broadband Prices, ITU Broadband Series | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | 2012 | |||||||||
| 2. | Toni Janevski | NGN Architectures, Protocols and Services | John Wiley & Sons | 2014 | |||||||||
| 3. | International Telecommunication Union – Development Sector | Emerging technology trends: Artificial intelligence and big data for development 4.0 | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | 2021 | |||||||||
