Section 1 - Content, and Media in Modern Telecommunication Networks

• The Telecoms World
• Fixed and Cellular Networks and Services
• Hotspots
• Wi-Fi hotspots
• Bluetooth
• WiMAX
• Satellite Technology
• Broadcast Channels
• Integrated Approach
• Voice Applications
• Requirements
• Audio/Web Conferencing
• Music Applications
• Requirements
• Clips
• Full Titles
• Streaming
• Distribution
• Video Applications
• Requirements
• Clips
• Streaming
• Mobile Media - Content and Services
• Content
• Current Services
• Messaging
• Mobile Games
• Converged Services
• Multi-play Services
• Mobile Devices
• Fixed Terminals
• Digital Rights Management
• Global Mobile Operator Strategies
• Comparison
• Example
  

Section 2 -The User Experience (Services, Applications and Terminals / Handsets)

• What are services?
• Who provides them?
• What is their value?
• To the operator?
• To the user?
• How do we pay?
• The next step - Personalised, Location-based, High value, More-capable services
• Example services
• Messaging
• Ticketing/vending
• Vehicular
• Multimedia information
• Content
• HTML
• WAP
• XHTML
• I-Mode
• The Impact of Web 2.0
• AJAX Technologies
• Web Services
• Mobile Web 2.0
• Accessing the services
• A Virtual Home Environment
• The requirements for User Devices
• The user interface
• Forms and Form Factors
• Low end / High End
• Phone / PDA / Computer
• Multi-band and multi - system handsets
• Future devices
• Other technologies
• Bluetooth
• Wireless LAN
• WiMAX
• Current Mobile Handsets and capabilities

Section 3 - Service Delivery Platform – Requirements

• The Concept
• Framework and Architecture
• Components Required
• Systems And Technologies
• Interfaces and Integration
•  Value Added Service Provision
• Content Provision
• Third Party Service Development
• The Terminal/Handset
• Requirements
• Key Attributes
• Ease of Use
• APIs
• Procedures
• Security
• Authentication
• Authorisation
• Accounting
• Billing for Services and Content
• Billing System Requirement
• Interfaces
• Content Mediation
• Charging Scenarios
• Revenue Assurance

Section 4 - Network Requirements

• Architecture And Framework
• Circuit-Switched vs Packet Switched
• Access Definitions
• Narrowband
• Broadband
• Wideband
• The Last Mile
• Networks – a Comparison of Fixed, Mobile and Satellite technologies (Dial up Access, ISDN & Leased Lines, Fibre Access, The Transition to Broadband)
• Broadband Access Technologies
• Cable - Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC)
• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• Fibre Access
• Fixed Wireless
• Broadband Internet
• Internet Infrastructure
• Accessing the service
• Dedicated vs Shared Channels
• IP in the Core Network
• Controlling the Channels
• Session Initiation Protocol
• Quality of Service
• Multicast Services
• Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS)
• Example – Streaming Video
• Architecture
• Procedures
• Managing Quality of Service
• Provisioning
• Network
• Terminal
• Example – GPRS and UMTS Core Network
• Architecture
• Procedures
• Quality of Service
• Provisioning
• Network
• Handset
• Network Toolkits
• CAMEL and Intelligent Networks
• Controlling the network
• Evolution
• SS7
• SS7 over IP Network (Sigtran)
• Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
• The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• Features
• Architecture
• Service Control and Delivery
• Security in the Network
• Integrating with BSS, OSS, and Billing

Section 5 -Messaging Services

• Messaging Systems
• Text, Multimedia and Instant
• Multimedia Messaging Service
• MMS Architecture
• Message Formats (with example message)
• Media Formats
• Information Flows
• Connection to the MMSC
• Handset Compatibility
• Interconnection Issues
• Independent Gateways and Changing MMS Service Provider
• Interworking With Different Messaging Systems
• Value Added Services and MMS
• Instant Messaging (IM) Components
• IM Features
• Protocols
• Clients
• Location Based Services
• Access To Content
• WAP Portals
• Internet Content
• Parlay and the Open Service Access
• The Concept
• The Interface
• Operation
• Configuration
• Convergence and the evolving network

                                                

Section 6 - Digital Broadcasting

• Residential Platforms
• The PC Platform
• The Extended PC
• The TV Set Top Box Platform
• The Digital Set Top Box
• Personal Video Recorder
• Games Platforms
• The Networked Home
• The Home Gateway
• Home Networking Technologies
• Features of Digital Television
• Television Delivery Platforms
• Market Forecasts
• Digital Satellite
• Digital Terrestrial
• Digital Cable
• Costs
• The Internet
• Standards
• ATSC
• DVB
• ISDB
• World DTV Adoption
• Other Standards Bodies
• Definitions
• Mobile Television Services and Technologies
• DVB-H
• DMB
• Proprietary Systems
• Technology Enablers
• Software Platforms
• Conditional Access
• Smartcards
• Widescreen
• High Definition Television
• Common Interface
• Return Path
• IP Television (IPTV)
• Features
• Technologies
• Example Services

Section 7 - Challenges and Opportunities

• Regulation and Control
• Digital Rights Management
• Current Standards Work
• Mobile industry Initiatives
• Mobile Standard Development
• Market Representation Bodies
• Internet Industry Initiatives
• Internet Standard Development
• Market Representation Bodies
• Market Trends
• User Trends
• The Overall Emerging Picture
• Operator Strategies