Original contributions in one of the following areas of techno-economics are of interest to the conference:
Customer Behavior
– user adoption and service demand forecasting
– service usage patterns
– pricing strategies for current/new services
Telecom Market Analysis
– regulatory impacts on industry structure and competition
– new business models and value networks
Cost Optimization
– top-down versus bottom-up approaches
– fractional and cost-driver based models, dimensioning studies
– OPEX and CAPEX models for network and service providers as well as for regulators
Investment Analysis
– comparison of novel versus classic investment decision techniques
– quantitative value network analysis
– sensitivity studies, risk analysis and real options
Multi-actor Analysis
– game theoretic analysis
– competition opportunities
– institutional and policy supporting implications
Techno-economic Tooling and Concepts
Application areas include but are not limited to:
Mobile and wireless networks
– services and applications
– ad hoc networks/sensor networks
– in-building networks
Optical network technologies
– next-generation optical core, metro and access networks
– telecom as a utility
Distributed architectures
– P2P and content delivery networks
– grid and cloud computing
– thin clients
New media and content applications
– eHealth systems
– eGovernment
– IDTV
Green ICT