15.020/14.28 Competition in Telecommunications
Hausman

UPDATE 12/19/00

See Brian's additional recitation slide overheads.  They are handwritten and scanned into gif format.

See student presentations.  Enjoy.

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This page contains important current events reading info, course recitation info, and extensive web links to important telecom sites and companies.  If you notice any problems with these links, please notify the course TA, Brian Toll, at btoll@mit.edu .

What's Happening in Telecom

There are many good sources of industry information.  Here's four that you may want to read.

• Network World Magazine On-line 

• San Francisco Consulting Group, a division of KPMG, weekly newsletter of major telecom events, SFCG In The News .  Your TA will add issues as he receives them.  Just check back on this link every couple weeks.

• Check out new reports posted on Infotrac Research Service in the telecommunications segment.  You can only access this service from an MIT on-network connection.  If you are off campus and do not use MIT Tether, contact Dewey Library for access instructions.

• The cellular industry website, http://www.ctia.org

• Telephony Magazine news website, http://www.telecomclick.com

Recitation Slides

Special thanks to Simon Hughes, Sloan MBA 00, for putting together a majority of the recitation materials.  Recitations take place in E51-145 from 10-11 am.

Recitation 1 (Sept 8th) in  PDF format

Voice and the Local Loop

Recitation 2 (NOTE:  RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY, SEPT 19 AT 4 PM in E51-315) in  PDF format

Intro to Broadband (DSL, Cable, Fixed Wireless)

Sept 22nd:  Central Office Tour - Max 45 students.  Reservation required.  Sign-up form will be passed out during class.  Tours depart central office near Harvard Square at 9, 10, and 11 am and last 45 minutes.

Recitation 3 (Sept 29th).  Last year's slides in PDF format are complementary to this presentation.

A guest speaker, Rory Altman, from Cambridge Strategic Management Group will speak about Wireless & Cellular Technologies

Oct 6th:  OPEN DISCUSSION

Recitation 4 (Oct 13nd) Last year's slides  in PDF format.  Please read these slides before recitation.

Telecom Infrastructure, Equipment & Internetworking

A guest speaker, Steve Peterson, from Lucent Technologies will introduce telecom infrastructure, including packet-based networks and optical networking.

Recitation 5 (Oct 20th) - Part 1 in PDF format, Part 2 in PDF format

Long Distance & Wide Area Networking

Internet topology, remote access and virtual private networks.

Oct 27th: OPEN DISCUSSION

Recitation 6 (Nov 3rd)   

NO RECITATION

Nov 10th:  Introduction to ASPs and Directory Services

Recitation 7 (Nov 17th) in PDF format

NO RECITATION

Supplementary Reading Lists

These books can be found in either the Barker Stacks or Dewey Library:

• The Essential Guide to Telecommunications. Dodd, Annabel. 1999.
• Telecom Business Opportunities.  Rosenbush, Steven.  1998.
• Newton's Telecom Dictionary.  Newton, Harry and Ray Horak.  2000.
• Irwin Handbook of Communications.  Green, 1997.
• The Race for Bandwidth: Understanding Data Transmission, Lu, 1998
• Globalization, Technology and Competition, The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications in the 1990s, Bradley, Hausman, Nolan, 1993
• Talk is Cheap, Crandall, Waverman, 1995
• The Telecommunications Act of 1996, Huber, Kellogg, Thorne ,1996

Telecoms Links

These links provide a starting point to the industry. 

Professor MacKie-Mason from University of Michigan maintains a comprehensive guide to telecoms information resources, which can be found at:  http://china.si.umich.edu/telecom/telecom-info.html

• US Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs)

Verizon (Bell Atlantic and GTE)

BellSouth (Southeastern states)

SBC Communications (Southwestern states, California, Nevada)

Ameritech (Mid West)

U S WEST (Western and Pacific Northwest states)

• US Inter-Exchange Carriers (IXCs) (Long Distance & International)

AT&T

MCI Worldcom

Sprint

Qwest

Global Crossing

• Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) (subset)

Nextlink Communications

WinStar Communications

Frontline Communications

Electric Lightwave

RCN Communications

• DSL Operators (subset)

Covad Communications

Northpoint Communications

HarvardNet

• Cable Operators (subset)

AT&T Broadband (formerly TCI)

MediaOne

Comcast Corporation

Cox Communications

•   Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

AOL

Mindspring

Excite@Home

RoadRunner

•   Wireless

Verizon Wireless

AT&T Wireless

Sprint PCS

• Equipment Manufacturers

Motorola

Nokia

Cisco Systems

Lucent Technologies

Nortel Networks