Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

Catalog description

Overview of technology of electronic media and related societal issues. COMM 484 Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (3) COMM 484 introduces advanced topics related to the technologies in telecommunications and information processing. The course investigates old, new and prospective technologies primarily through analysis of incumbent or emerging companies bringing products and services to market. Students will examine materials not customarily used by undergraduates including stock prospectuses, company annual reports, and Internet searches. The class will consider recent strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions (whether consummated or not) in the context of whether and how technologies drove the deal.