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TOPICS: Telecom and Energy & Utilities.
Telecom

Network Cost Modeling

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Telecom operators face massive capital and operating costs in building and maintaining networks. This course provides the tools and frameworks to model those costs in a structured, transparent, and decision-ready way. Learners will work through real-world cases to analyze fixed versus variable cost structures, investment trade-offs, and long-term cost recovery models — essential for ensuring both financial sustainability and competitive pricing.

  • Develop robust network cost models incorporating infrastructure, maintenance, and technology refresh cycles.
  • Differentiate fixed, variable, and shared costs to improve allocation accuracy.
  • Evaluate cost recovery and ROI for new technology rollouts (e.g., 5G, fiber).
  • Apply scenario analysis to test the impact of regulatory changes, pricing shifts, and customer demand trends.

Best suited for telecom costing teams, financial analysts, strategy consultants, and network operations managers who need to justify investments and optimize cost efficiency in network expansion and modernization.

Profitability in telecom doesn’t stop at the product level — it varies dramatically by customer type and geographic region. This course equips learners with practical methods to measure, analyze, and manage profitability across diverse customer bases and markets. By exploring both high-ARPU and low-ARPU segments, participants will learn how to tailor strategies to maximize growth and margin.

  • Segment customers and regions by profitability contribution, not just revenue.
  • Build analytical models that capture cost-to-serve across urban, rural, and emerging markets.
  • Identify unprofitable customers or regions and develop corrective strategies.
  • Apply profitability insights to guide pricing, marketing, and expansion decisions.

Designed for telecom costing teams, finance managers, pricing specialists, and strategy professionals who want to optimize customer and regional portfolios for sustainable profit growth.

Bundles are a cornerstone of telecom strategy, yet they present unique costing and profitability challenges. This course trains learners to evaluate bundled offerings — such as voice, data, and streaming services — to ensure they are priced competitively while maintaining profitability. Real-life simulations and case studies will show how bundled services affect customer behavior, churn, and margin

  • Understand the economics of bundled pricing models across multiple services.
  • Allocate costs accurately within bundled offerings to avoid hidden margin erosion.
  • Model customer lifetime value impacts of bundle adoption and churn.
  • Design bundle strategies that balance market competitiveness with financial sustainability.

Perfect for costing teams, product managers, commercial finance analysts, and pricing strategists in telecom aiming to refine bundled service portfolios and improve profitability outcomes.

Tariff structures are vital for balancing cost recovery with affordability and fairness. This course equips learners to design and evaluate tariffs that meet regulatory and financial goals.
  • Build tariff models aligned with cost recovery objectives.
  • Assess tariff impacts on customer groups.
  • Balance regulatory compliance with profitability.
  • Support sustainable utility business models.

For energy costing teams, pricing analysts, and regulatory managers designing tariffs and rate structures.

Energy providers face major challenges in managing demand peaks. This course provides tools to analyze peak versus base-load costing, guiding pricing and investment decisions.

  • Differentiate cost structures for peak and base-load supply.
  • Model capacity and cost implications of demand patterns.
  • Support investment in demand management programs.
  • Improve financial resilience of energy providers.

Best suited for costing teams, energy analysts, and finance managers working on capacity and pricing strategies.

Energy assets carry long lifecycles and growing sustainability demands. This course provides frameworks for lifecycle costing and integrating carbon adjustments into financial models.

  • Calculate full lifecycle costs of energy assets.
  • Integrate carbon costs into asset evaluations.
  • Assess trade-offs between short-term and long-term costs.
  • Support sustainability and investment strategies.

Designed for costing teams, asset managers, and sustainability finance professionals optimizing energy asset portfolios.

Energy & Utilities