Overview 15.020 Competition in Telecommunications provides an introduction to the economics, business strategies, and technology of telecommunications markets, including markets for wireless communications, local and long-distance services, and telecommunications customer equipment. The convergence of computers, cable TV and telecommunications and the competitive emergence of the Internet are covered in depth. The shifting roles of technology, Federal and state government policies, and business strategies in shaping these rapidly changing markets are studied, with particular emphasis on the roles of regulation and competition and the likely evolution of technology, public policy, and market structures over the next decade. A number of speakers from leading companies in the industry will give course lectures.
Students have the opportunity to meet and have dinner with the speakers.
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