The objective of this course is to present students with a firm understanding of fundamentals, as well as the state-of-the-art of telecommunications in a business oriented manner. Telecommunication technology will be reviewed and current practices discussed. Topics include distributed data processing, communication techniques, network design, LANs and PC networking, and if time allows introductory topics in management and security will be presented. This course is focused on the TCP/IP architecture, but the OSI model is introduced and discussed. Topics like OSI reference model, architecture of circuits, message and packet switching networks, network topology, routing, flow control, capacity assignments, protocols, coding and multiplexing, will be presented with case studies related to business scenarios to give students the hands-on experience as well.