Maricopa Community Colleges  TLT210   20012-20025 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/28/00
TLT210 20012-20025 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Emerging Technologies
Explores business issues and emerging technologies in telecommunications. Topics reflect the rapid changes in the field of telecommunications that relate to new technologies, FCC regulations, and business/government issues. Prerequisites: TLT101, and TLT102, and TLT204, and TLT203, or permission of instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
TLT210   20012-20025 Emerging Technologies
1. Use the Internet to research information issues in telecommunications and emerging technologies. (I)
2. Research emerging technology concepts and present the information as a written report and through an oral presentation. (II)
3. Explain emerging technologies in wireless telecommunications. (III)
4. Explain emerging technologies related to telephony (voice) systems. (IV)
5. Explain emerging technologies related to video technologies. (V)
6. Explain emerging technologies in the convergence of telecommunications to digital telecommunications. (VI)
7. Explain emerging technologies in satellite communications. (VII)
8. Explain how telecommunications has influenced business (e- commerce). (VIII)
9. Explain management regulatory issues, FCC issues, and government issues related to telecommunications. (IX)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
TLT210   20012-20025 Emerging Technologies
    I. Internet
        A. Researching On the Internet
        B. Important Web-sites
      II. Research Reports
          A. Written Paper
          B. Oral Presentation
        III. Wireless Telecommunications Emerging Technologies
            A. Wireless LANS
            B. Wireless Mobile Phones
            C. Issues in Wireless Telecommunications
          IV. Telephony Emerging Technologies
              A. VoIP
              B. Video Telephone
              C. Issues in Telephony
            V. Video Emerging Technologies
                A. HD TV
                B. Cable vs. Broadcast TV
              VI. Convergence
                  A. Video, Voice, Data
                  B. Cable, Fiber, Wireless
                VII. Satellite
                    A. Emerging Technologies
                  VIII. Business and the Internet
                      A. E-commerce
                      B. Business Issues
                    IX. Regulatory Issues
                        A. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
                        B. Government Regulations and Issues
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