ITS 5110 - Pricing of Telecommunications Services

Examination of pricing, price-setting and price changes for telecommunication services. Pricing topics examined include: competitive market pricing; regulated pricing; flat-rate and measured service pricing; pricing of equipment; pricing of local, interconnection, and long-distance services; and the pricing of mobile and Internet-based telephone services.

Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to analyze the impact of different forms of regulation on wholesale and retail prices.
Students will be able to analyze the differences between market-driven changes in price and cost-driven changes in price.
Students will be able to analyze the impact of wholesale prices and wholesale price reforms on retail prices.
Students will be able to explain the role of prices in a market economy.
Students will be able to analyze why, when and where competitive policy initiatives can have a positive impact on consumer prices.
Students will be able to explain price levels across the many telecom markets, their history and future trends.
Students will be able to explain how prices are set and how they change in different market structures.
Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of price changes on consumer demand for products and services in different and related markets.