6th Conference on

Telecommunication Techno-Economics

14-15 June 2007, Helsinki, Finland


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Day 0

Welcome event

 

19:00-21:00

Welcome event in Dipoli (see Location). Registration desk open, conference material available. Light buffet food and drinks.

 

 

 

 

Day One

Opening Session

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

Notes

 

08:00-09:00

Registration, coffee

     
 

09:00-10:15

Opening session
(opening words + keynote)

 

Keynote Speaker:

Erik Bohlin

presentation (pdf)

 

 

 

Session 1a: Behaviour and Demand Forecasting (Chair Dimitris Varoutas)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

Notes

  10:15-11:15 Applying user segmentation and estimating user value in techno-economic modeling   Margareta Björksten, Olli-Pekka Pohjola, Kalevi Kilkki  
 

 

Hedonic Price indexes for Mobile Telephony services and Firms Pricing-Quality Behaviors in France

 

Chiraz Karamti, ENST

 

Coffee Break (11:15-11:45)

Session 1b: User Behaviour and Demand Forecasting (Chair Dimitris Varoutas)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

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11:45-12:30

Mobile Data Adoption in Finland 2005-2006

 

Antero Kivi

 
    Demographic Analysis for Consumer Spend in Communications   Ossi Pöllänen, Lauri Eloranta  
 

 

 

Lunch Break (12:30-13:30)

Session 2: Techno-Economic Modeling (Chair Ilari Welling)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

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  13:30-15:00

Impact of sensitivity and iterative calculations on cost-based pricing

  Koen Casier, Sofie Verbrugge, Jan Van Ooteghem, Didier Colle, Raf Meersman, Mario Pickavet  
   

Service cost modeling and cost comparative study

 

Carmen Mas Machuca, Joerg Eberspaecher, Oyvind Moe, Andreas Gladisch, Monika Jaeger

 
   

Analyzing the WiMAX Investment Costs and NPV Distributions for Real Option Valuation

 

Vesa Riihimäki

 

 
   

Analysis of Signaling Load and Negotiation Complexity using Network Composition

 

Nadeem Akhtar, Jan Markendahl, Olav Queseth

 

 

Coffee break ( 15:00-15:30 )

Session 3: Business Case Studies (Chair Thomas Monath)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

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15:30-17:00

A Techno-Economic Analysis of 3G Long-Term Evolution for Broadband Access

 

Anssi Hoikkanen

 
   

Techno-Economic Analysis of Beyond 3G Mobile Technology Alternatives

 

Jarmo Harno

 
   

Free Space Optical Technology as an Alternative Last-Mile Solution: A Techno-Economic Analysis

 

Theodoros Rokkas, Thomas Kamalakis, Dimitris Katsianis, Dimitris Varoutas, Thomas Sphicopoulos

 
   

Analysis of Concept and Incentives for Digital Content Superdistribution

 

Nonna Kostamo, Timo Koskela, Otso Kassinen, Mika Ylianttila

 
 

17:50

Boat ride from Otaniemi to Café Ursula. The boat leaves at 17:50 from the pier in front of the Otaniemi Radissons SAS hotel.

     
 

19:00

Conference dinner: Café Ursula, Kaivopuisto, Ehrenströmintie 3

 

 

 

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Day Two

Session 4: Wireless Business Models (Chair Jarmo Harno)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

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09:00-10:30

Ad-hoc Networks Extending Wireless Broadband Coverage and Capacity for Mobile Internet Usage

 

Aki Happonen, Mika Forssell, Pasi Ojala, Seamus Moloney, Péter Boda, Samu Kontinen, Esko Luttinen

 
   

Use of Ad Hoc Networks for Wireless Internet Access

 

Jouni Mäenpää

 
   

Wireless Sensor Networks: Business Models and Market Issues

  Panaghiotis Kikiras, Dimitris Drakoulis, Dimitris Dres, George Stamoulis  
   

Analysis of Business Models and Market Players for Local Wireless Internet Access

 

Jan Markendahl, Östen Mäkitalo

 

Coffee Break (10:30-11:00)

Session 5: Techno-Economics of Convergence (Chair:Ossi Pöllänen)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

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11:00-12:30

Scenarios for Management of Digital Homes

 

Timo Nordlund, Mathias Tallberg, Heikki Hämmäinen

 
   

Digital Convergence, Pricing Strategies and Firms' Profits in the Telecommunication and Entertainment Media Industry

 

Jan Krämer

 
   

Fixed-Mobile Convergence: An Integrated Operator Case Study

 

Renjish Kumar Kaleelazhicathu, Theodoros Rokkas, Dimitris Varoutas, Mario Kind, Dirk Von Hugo, Jarmo Harno, Timo Smura

 
   

Customer preferences for bundles of managed content services

 

Timber Haaker

 

Lunch Break (12:30-13:30)

Session 6: Regulation and Policy (Chair: Timo Smura)

 

Hour

Paper / Topic

Author(s) / Presenter

Notes

   

Could Asymmetric Regulation of Access Charges Improve the Competition between Mobile Networks

 

Francesca Di Pillo, Nathan Levialdi, Livio Cricelli, Massimo Gastaldi

 
   

Asymmetric competition and collection rates differentials: determinants of prices in international telephone service markets

 

Alberto Nucciarelli, Massimo Gastaldi, Nathan Levialdi

 
   

A Research Model for Examining the Influence of Government Policy on Broadband Internet Access: the Case of Australia

 

Qiuyan Fan

 
   

The regulation of leased lines

 

Ewan Sutherland

 

Coffee Break (15:00-15:30)

Session 7: User Behaviour and Demand Forecasting II (Chair: Ewan Sutherland)

 

Hour

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15:30-17:00

Analysis of Inter-Regional Mobile Services Growth in India

 

Varadharajan Sridhar

   

Empirical Insights on the Evolution of the Finnish Mobile Market

 

Hannu Verkasalo

 
   

Development of a demand model for the simultaneous estimation of the interaction between a product diffusion and price: an application to telecommunications

 

Christos Michalakelis*, Georgia Dede, Antonia Zerva, Dimitris Varoutas, Thomas Sphicopoulos

 
 

17:00-17:30

Closing session

     

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