Business planning for ICT infrastructure development

This online self-paced course by the International Telecommunication Union is aimed at regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders to have a practical approach for the accurate economic evaluation of broadband infrastructure installation and deployment plans.

OBJECTIVES:

• Explain a practical methodology for the accurate economic evaluation of broadband infrastructure installation and deployment plans;

• Describe the principles and technical practices related to building business plans focusing on 5G technologies, that support policy and regulatory decision-making for infrastructure development. 

• Recognise the main aspects regarding using business planning as a public policy tool;

• Apply the key elements for a successful business planning implementation for ICT infrastructure development (estimating demand, revenues, CAPEX, OPEX and WACC);

• Discuss financing mechanisms for the implementation of a broadband public policy and broadband infrastructure projects.

• Compare different infrastructure projects in order to evaluate a given public policy based on solid technical parameters;

CONTENT:

1. Broadband Business Planning

2. Estimating demand for broadband services

3. Estimating revenue from broadband service provision

4. Estimating investments in broadband networks (CAPEX)

5. Estimating operational expenditures (OPEX) for broadband service provision

6. Estimating Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)

7. Financing Mechanisms to Enable Broadband Infrastructure Projects

8. Case for 5G networks

9. Case for Satellite networks

Duration: 3 hours

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