Course Outline and Lecture Plan: Communications Policy and
Regulations Course ELEC6006
Time: Saturday 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: Room LE-4, Library Extension
Academic period: 2 Sept 2013 – 23 Dec 2013
Teaching period: 2 Sept 2013 – 30 Nov 2013
Reading week: 14 October 2013 – 19 October 2013 http://www.eee.hku.hk/~work6006, username and password to be advised
Basic References:
Course handouts and related references will be provided in the course
Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA): http://www.ofca.gov.hk/en/home/index.html Infocomm Development Authority, Singapore (IDA): http://www.ida.gov.sg/home/index.aspx Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT): http://www.miit.gov.cn/n11293472/n11293832/n11294132/n12858447/index.html NCC in Taiwan: http://www.ncc.gov.tw/chinese/index.aspx
Regulatory agency of Telecommunications, DSRT: http://www.dsrt.gov.mo/eng/laws/index.html ICT Regulation toolkit: http://ictregulationtoolkit.org/en/index.html
Telecommunications Research Project: http://trpc.biz/?s=Telecommunications+Research+Project&submit=Go Telecommunications in Asia: Policy, Planning and Development, HKU Press (ed.
John Ure, 1997) – HKU library hardcopy
Lecture Plan:
The sequence of lectures and the suggested content are for reference only. It will be adjusted based on delivery flow, inclusion of new topics, students’ feedback on topics, etc. Advance notice will be given accordingly.
7 September 2013:
1.
Introduction to the Dynamics of Telecommunications Development:
(a) Socio-economical importance of ICT (Information and Communications
Technologies)
(b) Telecommunications liberalization
(c) Industry structure
(d) Market dynamics of telecommunications development
14 September 2013
2.
Policy, regulators and regulation
CWC/Version 1.0_7 September 2013
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ELEC6006 Course Plan
(a) Policy objectives, regulatory outcomes and principles: pro-consumer,
References: John Ure, 1997) – HKU library hardcopy Lecture Plan: