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ITU CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE NETWORK FOR ASIA PACIFIC REGION

ADVANCED LEVEL TELECOM TRAINING CENTRE (ALTTC), GHAZIABAD(U.P.), INDIA

TRAINING ON

“NGN PROJECT PLANNING & COSTING”

8th – 12th FEBRUARY, 2016

TRAINING OUTLINE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Title TRAINING ON NGN PROJECT PLANNING & COSTING

Method of delivery Face-to-face

 To provide participants with necessary background, international experiences, practical cases, concrete exercises and hands-on practice using template training models so that the participants can have an in-depth Objectives understanding of cost model development and its use.  Discussion sessions along with field visit of deployed NGN network nodes will also be conducted to promote dialogue and exchange of experiences among participants. Dates 8th – 12th February, 2016 Duration One Week Registration deadline 7th January, 2016 USD ($) 225.00/- INR 15019/- per participant (excluding lodging and boarding Training fees charges) Course code ...... LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to understand:

 The key business drivers of NGN, Telecom Network Elements, Network Architectures in NGN environment  How to collect, analyse, enter data and select suitable model approach.  The types of cost model, their advantages and disadvantages and working and use of each type of model.  The various cost standards and their areas of useful application in telecommunications/ICTs.  The necessary enquiries, choice and judgments on costing of NGN project planning, deployment of Class-4 NGN (IP- TAX) and Class-5 NGN – IMS in field units of BSNL (India), learn about the actual cost model adopted for NGN deployment in BSNL(India).  The relationship between price regulation and costing.  Project Planning of C-DoT MAX NG deployed in field units of BSNL (India).  NGN Project Planning in an NGN Converged environment.

TARGET POPULATION

Participation of experts from regulators, government organisations and telecom operators, in-charge of costing and network planning issues are welcome.

TUTORS/INSTRUCTORS

S.No. NAME OF TUTOR(S)/ Position CONTACT DETAILS INSTRUCTOR(S) 1. Mr. Anil Kumar Jain Chief General Manager, BSNL, +91 98688 87007 NCNGN Circle, New Delhi [email protected]

2. Mr. M. K. Seth Chief General Manager, +91 94122 18777 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

3. Mrs. Nalini Verma, Sr.General Manager, +91 94127 16444 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

4. Mr. S.K. Mishra Sr.General Manager, [email protected] Maharashtra Telecom Circle, BSNL +91 94220 43334

5. Mr. Arvind Kumar Advisor, +91 11 23220209 TRAI, New Delhi [email protected]

6. Mr. Satyen Gupta Expert NGN, New Delhi +9199103 27489 [email protected]

7. Mr. D.N. Sahay Addl.GM(EB), +94127 39215 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

8. Mr. Sanjit Srivastava Addl.GM(TX &Mob.), +91 94127 39201 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

9. Mr. Ashok Kumar DGM(NWP-CFA), +91 98681 83876 BSNL CO, New Delhi [email protected]

10. Mr. R. P. Singh DGM(BB & IT), +91 94127 39217 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

11. Mr. P. K. Agnihotri DGM(CFA), +91 94127 39206 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

2 12. Mr. M. K. Mishra Assistant General Manager (CFA), +91 9412739234 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

13. Mr. Nitin Kumar Garg Assistant Director (CFA), +919412000810 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

14. Mr. Om Pal Singh Assistant Director (CFA), +919412739244 ALTTC, BSNL [email protected]

15. Mr.J.N.Mandal Team Leader, NGN Project +919868270044 C-DoT, New Delhi [email protected]

EVALUATION

The assessment of the participants shall be based on the - time spent on the training and the following parameters: Evaluation Parameter Weightage ( in %)

Exam / Group activity / assignments / case studies / 60 presentations Attendance 10 Quiz 30

The Minimum passing requirement is 60%.

TRAINING SCHEDULE AND CONTENTS / AGENDA Agenda (for face-to-face trainings) DAY 1: 08-02-2016 (Monday) “NGN Environment” TIME TOPIC

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:30 Inauguration  Welcome Remark  Welcome Address Introductory Session: Session 1: Course Overview  Course Objectives  Course Methodology & Workshop style 10:30 – 11:00  Learning Outcomes  NGN Overview 11:00 – 11:15 Tea/ Coffee break

Session 2: Key business drivers - [of NGN] 11:15 – 12:00 Objective: Four key business drivers of NGN: CAPEX advantages, OPEX advantages.

12:00 – 13:00 Session 3: Telecom Network Elements – An Overview Objective: Introduction of various telecom network elements viz. Core Network, Intelligent Network (IN), Standalone Signalling Transfer Point (SSTP), OSS & Billing etc.

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:30 Session 3: NGN Network Elements – An Overview Objective: Introduction of various network elements in migration of Circuit Switched Network to Class-4 Next Generation Network.

15:30 – 15:45 Tea/ Coffee break 3 15:45 – 16:30 Session 5: IP Transport/ MPLS Objective: Introduction of MPLS, Building IP Transport Network.

16:30 – 17:00 Session 6: IMS Network Architecture Objective: Introduction of various network elements in migration of Circuit Switched Network to IMS based Class-5 Next Generation Network.

DAY 2: 09-02-2016 (Tuesday) “Network Costing & Cost models”

TIME TOPIC Session 7: Presentation by participants 09:30 – 10:30 A brief presentation by participants on their planning, pricing and costing situations and strategies. 10:30 – 11:00 Session 8: ITU Recommendations on IMS/NGN Objective: To review key recommendations of ITU. 11:00 – 11:15 Tea/ Coffee break Session 9: Cost Standards and their Application 11:15 – 12:00 Objective: To provide a high level overview of the various approaches that may be applied to costing for telecommunications/ICTs services pricing. 12:00 – 13:00 Session 10: Top Down and Bottom Up Models and Benchmarking Objective: To distinguish between top down and bottom up models and benchmarking in order to understand when each might be appropriate for determining network service prices. 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:30 Session 11: Weighted Average Cost of Capital – Theory and practice Objective: To explain the theory behind the various elements those form the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) and details of the methodologies for estimating them in practice.

15:30 – 15:45 Tea/ Coffee break 15:45 – 16:30 Session 12: Data Sourcing, Building and testing a model Objective: To understand the issues that arises in the course of building a model and making it robust. The latter process will include discussion on whether and how there should be public consultation on a model as well as data collection strategies. 16:30 – 17:00 Session 13: Group Work Exercise – ‘A’ Objective: To review key aspects of the day’s presentations, and in the process, to become accustomed to working within the assigned teams.

DAY 3: 10-02-2016 (Wednesday) “NGN model selection & Field visit to training & live NGN sites’’

TIME TOPIC 09:30 – 11:00 Session 14: Group Work Exercise- ‘B’ - Selecting Suitable Model Approaches Objective: To examine situations described in handout material and to report back to the plenary session on findings and recommendations. 11:00 – 11:15 Tea/ Coffee break 11:15 –13:00 Session 15: Visit to training labs with different NGN Models. The objective of this lab visit is to make participants look into the actual equipments of Broadband Access & Core Networks. 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:30 Session 16: Field visit to understand live NGN deployment in field units of BSNL. The objective is to describe the NGN Network elements & their roles in the network. 15:30 – 15:45 Tea/ Coffee break

4 15:45 – 17:00 Session 17: Field visit (Continued.) The objective is to describe the NGN Network elements & their roles in the network.

DAY 4: 11-02-2016 (Thursday) “NGN Cost Models & Limitations”

TIME TOPIC

09:30 – 10:15 Session 18: Actual cost models for Next Generation Networks Objective: Presentation on actual cost models adopted for C-DoT MAX NG in BSNL(India) 10:15 – 11:15 Session 19: Actual cost models for Next Generation Networks Objective: Presentation on actual cost models adopted for Class-4 NGN (IP-TAX) in BSNL(India) 11:15 – 11:30 Tea/ Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 Session 20: Actual cost models for Next Generation Networks Objective: Presentation on actual cost models adopted for Class-5 NGN-IMS in BSNL(India) 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:30 Session 21: Limitations of Network Cost Modeling Objective: Various possible ways of addressing and overcoming the limitations of network cost modelling will be discussed at length. 15:30 – 15:45 Tea/ Coffee break

15:45 – 16:15 Session 22: Briefing on Group Work Exercise – ‘C’ Objective: To brief all Groups on the exercise and how they should structure themselves to best complete it as a team, with responsibilities allocated to each team member. 16:15 – 17:00 Session 23: Group Work Exercise –‘C’ – Reporting Results Each Group will report its results for key service costs and give reasons for the options they took and choices made on the way.

DAY 5: 12-02-2016 (Friday) “Regional Experiences and Future Issues”

TIME TOPIC 09:30 – 10:15 Session 24: Price Regulation and Costing Objective: To examine the circumstances under which regulators seek for tariff regulation to determine prices for services in telecommunications/ICT markets and the basis on which they do so. 10:15 – 11:00 Session 25: Group Work Exercise- ‘D’ – Presentations Each Group will present its results for key service costs and give reasons for the options they took and choices made on the way. 11:00 – 11:15 Tea/ Coffee break 11:15 – 12:00 Session 26: Cost modelling in practice – country case study - India Objective: This session would provide a detailed country case study of cost modelling exercise carried out by the Regulator ‘TRAI’ in India. 12:00 – 13:00 Session 27: Modelling in an NGN converged environment Objective: The session will provide the types of Network being planned, implementation for the future converged NGN network and its cost modelling. 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break 14:00 – 15:30 Session 28: Strategic Management Session- ‘A’ Objective: To discuss the implication of the cost modelling issues and practices in strategic management of telecommunication/ICT services.

5 15:30 – 15:45 Tea/ Coffee break 15:45 – 16:30 Session 29: Strategic Management Session- ‘B’ Objective: To discuss the implication of the cost modelling issues in a competitive market and practices in strategic management of telecommunication/ICT services. 16:30 – 17:00 Final evaluation, Discussions & Closing

METHODOLOGY

 For face-to-face trainings: The training will include  Instructor-led presentations,  Case studies,  Group exercises  Assignments  Field visit to NGN labs etc.

TRAINING COORDINATION Institute coordinator: Training coordinator: ITU coordinator: Name: D. N. Sahay, 1) Name: P.K. Agnihotri, Mr. Ashish Narayan, Addl.GM(EB), Program Co-ordinator, Room No. 717, DGM(CFA), Room No. 721, International Telecommunication Admin Building , ALTTC, Admn. Building, ALTTC, Union Raj Nagar, Regional Office for Asia & the Ghaziabad(UP), Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad(U.P), Pacific, INDIA-201002 5th Floor, Thailand Post Training INDIA-201002 Centre,111Moo3 Chaengwattana E-mail: [email protected] Road, Phone: +91 120 272 8259 Laksi Bankok 10210,Thailand Mob: +91 941 273 9215 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +66 257 500 55 Phone : +91 120 2755132 FAX: +66 257 535 07 Email: [email protected] Mob. : +91 94127 39206

2) Name: R.P. Singh DGM ( BB), Room No. 720, Admin Building , ALTTC , Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad(UP), INDIA -201002 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +91 120 275 5158 Mob: +91 941 273 9217

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT

Registration and payment should be made online at http://academy.itu.int/

1. A training fee of USD($) 225.00 (Two hundred twenty five)/ INR 15019 (Fifteen thousand nineteen) per participant is applied for this training. Payment instructions can be found at the afore mentioned link.

2. Pick up and Drop arrangement between Airport, New Delhi & ALTTC (training centre),Ghaziabad and field visit shall cost USD($) 155.00(One hundred fifty five) 6 3. Boarding and Lodging charges of the training centre are in addition to the above charges as applicable.

4. Rates for Lodging and Boarding at ALTTC, a. J.C. Bose Hostel at ALTTC: USD($) 50.00(Fifty) per person per day (inclusive of all taxes)

b. Hotel Stay at Ghaziabad:The nearest hotel is ‘Fortune Inn Grazia’. The charges of this hotel are as below :

NAME OF HOTEL Per Day charges inclusive of taxes(Deluxe Room Single) With Breakfast Breakfast + Breakfast + Lunch Dinner +Dinner ‘Fortune Inn Graziabad’

Plot No.1, Sector-23,

Sanjay Nagar District Centre, INR(Rs.) 3500.00 INR(Rs.) 4200.00 INR(Rs.) 4700.00

Ghaziabad- 201 002 Phone :+91-120-3988442 Fax :+91-120-3971-170

Note : Conversion rate 1USD($)= …INR(Rs.) (Rate as applicable on start date of training i.e. 8-2-2016)