Trends in Economics and Finance – Use of Economic Modelling in
Telecommunications –
Volume II
List of Acronyms
Introduction
Chapter
1: Economic modelling: An introduction
1.1 Economic theory
and modelling
1.2 The uses of economic
modelling
1.3 Anatomy of a model
1.4
Classes of models
1.5 The application of modelling in
telecommunications
1.6 Conclusions
Chapter 2: The use
of economic modelling: Survey results
2.1
Respondents
2.2 Types of modelling
2.3 Software used
2.4 The benefits and challenges of
modelling
2.5 Conclusions
Chapter 3: Case
Studies
Case Study I – Czech Telecom: Service Costing
Model
1 Market
context
2 Objectives and history of the
model
2.1 External
audiences
2.2
Internal audiences
3 Structure of the
model
3.1 Process
cost model
3.2
Network cost allocation
3.3 Integration module
4 Technical implementation of the model
5 Testing and validating process
6 Costs and benefits
Case Study IIa –
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission: Monte Carlo Analysis of Weighted
Average Cost of Capital
1 Market
context
2 Objectives of the
model
3 The model
4 Data sources
5
Costs and benefits
Case Study IIb – Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission: ADSL Margin Squeeze Model
1 Market context
2
Legal context
3 Objective of the
model
4 Structure and development of
the model
5 Costs and
benefits
Case Study III – France Telecom: Capacity
Forecasting under Uncertainty
1 Market
context
2 Forecasting the demand for
copper
3 Model
development
4 General lessons from FT
modelling
Case Study IV – Comisión de Regulación de
Telecomunicaciones, Colombia: Market Overviews
1 Market context
2
CRT models
2.1 Core
fixed line LRIC cost model
2.2 Econometric demand models
2.3 Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
model
3 General lessons from CRT
modelling
References
Annex A – Annotated Bibliography
Annex B –
Questionnaire