Telecommunications Senior Management Program

This program is designed for executive and senior managers responsible for the management of a telecommunications organization (PTT's as well as new entrants).

Objectives:

• To enhance the participants' decision-making skills and to impart operating methods in the areas of network administration, rural telecommunications, service development, as well as the overall management of a telecommunications organization in a competitive environment; and
• To provide the participants with first-hand experience of the nature and scope of Canada's telecommunications expertise, products and services.

Content:

• Telecommunications in Canada
• Interconnection
• New Technologies
• Regulatory Issues
• Spectrum Management
• Wireless Telecommunications
• Telecommunications Management in the New Environment:
• Case Study

Methodology:

Learning methodology comprises lectures by subject experts, case studies, group assignments and visit to telecommunications products or services suppliers.

Duration:

Two weeks

ICT Development and Management Program

Target Population:

This program is designed for senior managers from both the public and private sector (i.e. policy-makers, regulators, executives from operating entities and financial institutions) responsible for the management and development of ICT services.

Objectives:

• To develop a better understanding of policy, regulation and management issues in the evolution towards a competitive environment and an information society.
• To identify issues for consideration when formulating a sector policy and regulatory framework
• To provide participants with new managerial skills
• To provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experiences with managers from other countries

Content:

• Sector policy issues
• e-readiness
• Legal issues for e-commerce
• e-services and applications
• Regulatory issues
• Spectrum management
• Interconnection
• Universal access
• Licensing
• Telecommunications management in the new environment
• Transformation plan - an example

• Workshops and case study.

Methodology:

Learning methodology includes lectures by subject experts, case studies, group assignments.

Duration:

Two weeks