MIT 510 - Convergence of Telecom & Business

This course focuses on the business and strategic, implications of data networks and, telecommunications. The emphasis in this course is, not so much on technical details but on the ways, in which communications technology can be, exploited within an organization. It describes the, convergence phenomenon, a dynamic ongoing process, that comprises not only technological convergence,, but the convergence of companies and services, as well. It also addresses the fact that, convergence is much more than a telecommunications, phenomenon: it affects every industry to one, degree or another. The course addresses the, interrelationships of technologies, companies and, services.
Prerequisites: MIT-500
Credits: 3