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Telecommunication Planning and Management

Lecture 1

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Major fields of Telecommunication companies

♦ Makers of Hardware

♦ Makers of software

♦ Providers of services to hardware and software

♦ Providers of service to users

♦ Providers of services to other providers of services

These are major divisions which help to understand where a major 

Business can be organized

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♦ Makers of Hardware

- What are the hardware components

Hard ware business can be categorized as

- System integration- tool providers- component manufacturers

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Some Telephone Components

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♦ Makers of software

- Source code

which is a higher level program- Object code

executable compilers output which is machine dependent language

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♦ Providers of services to hardware and software

- Application software- handset software- office system software- desktop operating system- website developers

Services to software

- Hardware design- human resource- hardware and software testing- system integration

- technology consultant

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♦ Providers of services to Users

- Telephone- cellular service- PCS- paging service- cable television- satellite carrier 

- internet service provider (ISP)

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Architecture of GSM cellular network

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Personal communication system (PCS)

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♦ Providers of services to other providers of services

- Infrastructure support- Service bureaus ( e.g. WEB based service)

- Lease service (e.g. radio spectrum or channel)

Supplier and customer In telecommunication business, there are those who buy and those who sell

Those who sell want money those buy

Process of selling and buying is known as supply and demand

Suppliers : equipment suppliers

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Equipment suppliers:

- Switch manufacturers

- Terminal device manufacturers- Tool manufacturers- Cellular/PCS base station equipment manufacturers- Power supply manufacturers

The concept of having a a single vendor resell another’s equipment

Enables a small manufacturer to have its product sold by a larger 

Manufacturer.

The larger manufacturer essentially serves as an agent for the

Smaller manufacturer 

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Sometimes two or more manufacturers discover that their respective

Can complement each other, thereby creating monetary value for all.

Such as GPRS and Internet

………….. The relationship is called original equipment manufacturer (OEM)

OEM takes raw material, like silicon, and creates a finished product, like a

Computer chip.

OEM can take component, like chip, and creates a Computer 

…. This kind of OEM is called a value-added manufacturer.

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Why a company needs to enter into an OEM relationship

-The is strategic one- interoperability and field testing- Smaller company gains skilled sales and marketing force- Working together and listening to common customer 

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Provider of service or service provider is also called carrier 

Carrier-vendor food chain

Infrastructure

vendor Terminal

Device vendor 

Terminal

device retailstores

Terminaldevice retail

storesCarrier 

User 

Customer/user are at the

Top of the food chain

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Why carrier-vendor relationship is important?

Carrier is service provider 

Vendor is supplying products or services

- Carrier can react quickly to market changes

Benefits:

- Easy business expansion for vendor - Early access to new technology for carrier 

- Vendor also does big business with largest customer with early access

of new technology

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Interdependency between carrier and vendor 

- Telecommunication companies provide equipment, software and service

- Their customers are those that supply equipment, software and service to others- The telecom industry is comprised of companies that are both

………suppliers and customers

Telecom industry is technology dependent. So, telecom industry is

Dynamic and interactive community, where the exchange of ideas is routine

There is interdependency among all the players in the telecommunications

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