CTSME – 4 Certifications in one bundle – save $713

The TCO Certified Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert (CTSME) is the most comprehensive telecom, datacom, networking, wireless, VoIP and SIP training and certification available anywhere.

Teracom Training continues to update the training material for the 2020s.

The CTSME Certification Package includes four TCO Certification Packages: CTNS, CVA, CWA and CTA, with unlimited repeats and no time limits, the distinctive Certified Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert CTSME Certification and a signed, sealed and framed certificate for $1495.

Here’s what you get:

CTA Certification Package Unlimited Plan. 16 courses covering all major topics in telecom, datacom and networking from POTS to MPLS plus the Security module.
CVA Certification Package Unlimited Plan. Six courses providing depth on Voice over IP from packetization to SIP trunking.
CWA Certification Package Unlimited Plan. Three in-depth courses on wireless including spectrum, propagation, cellular and mobility, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and more.
CTNS Certification Package Unlimited Plan. CTNS is a subset of CTA, six of the sixteen CTA courses and exams – yet recognized as the #1 telecommunications certification worldwide and a valuable credential to add to your résumé.

We are so confident of the quality of the training, it comes with a 30‑day no questions asked 100% money‑back guarantee.

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Buy CTNS, CTA, CVA and CWA at the same time and receive the special bundle price OR buy the certifications one by one and the upgrade to the CTSME certification at the special bundled price when you are ready.

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CTNS Upgrade Coming: Buy Now to Get Two Courses Free!

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New Course 2241 Introduction to Broadband Telecommunications along with existing Course 2221 Fundamentals of Voice over IP will be added to the CTNS Certification Package before year-end.

The price of the CTNS package will increase when the number of courses increases from six to eight. Since all existing customers will automatically get the two new courses at no additional charge, you can beat the price increase by purchasing CTNS before the upgrade and get the two new courses, when they are released, for free!

Wireless Telecommunications Course Updated! New Lesson on 5G

Course 2206 Wireless Telecommunications has received a major update including 5G, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and more. Free access for current customers.

Updates of TCO Certification courses continue to roll out with a major new release of Course 2206 Wireless Telecommunications, a comprehensive course on wireless, including radio fundamentals, cellular and mobile telecommunications, LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) and more.

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Course 2206 Wireless Telecommunications

All current customers will automatically see the updated version in their dashboard.

If you’re not already registered for this course, we invite you to join the many people who have benefited from gaining these knowledge skills… and TCO Certification to prove it!

Taking this course, you will develop a solid understanding of the fundamental principles of radio, mobility and cellular, network components and operation, digital radio, mobile phone calls and mobile Internet access, spectrum-sharing technologies like OFDM, and LTE and 5G. In addition, you will get up to speed on the components, operation and latest standards for Wi-Fi, and the essentials of satellite communications.

We’ll cut through the jargon to demystify wireless, explaining the fundamentals of cellular and mobility, the buzzwords, the network, technologies and generations, the underlying ideas, and how it all works together… in plain English.

Course Lessons
1. Introduction (free sample lesson)
2. Mobile Network Components, Jargon and Operation
3. Cellular Principles
4. PSTN Phone Calls using the Phone App: Voice Minutes
5. Mobile Internet: Data Plan
6. Spectrum-Sharing: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM
7. 4G LTE: Mobile Broadband
8. 5G New Radio: Enhanced Mobile Broadband, IoT Communications
9. Wi-Fi: 802.11 Wireless LANs (free sample lesson)
10. Communication Satellites

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Course 2206 Wireless Telecommunications is available on its own, or included in CTNS, CTA and CTSME Certification Packages.

Boot Camp Live Online – Jan 25-29, 2021

A Full Week of Telecom Training for Non‑Engineers

Broadband, Telecom, Datacom, and Networking
VoIP, SIP, Security, 5G and IoT

Telecom BOOT CAMP covers the whole telecom and networking picture from fundamentals to future trends.

Major update for 2020! 5G, broadband, cloud, data centers, web services, IoT and much more!

Get up to speed on today’s telecom technologies. Fill the gaps. Demystify the jargon and build a solid knowledge base.
TCO CTNS, CVA and CTA Certifications included.

Five days of career- and productivity-enhancing training, with three TCO Certifications. You get two detailed reference books printed in color and 15 bonus online courses to refresh your knowledge any time after. Value priced at $1895.

This is the 5-day BOOT CAMP that hundreds of people have rated “excellent” across the board on evaluations over the years!

Sign up early to receive immediate access to the online certifications and to receive your workbooks in advance of the course.

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Automatic CTNS Course Updates and Package Upgrades

In the constantly-evolving world of telecom, it is essential to keep training courses up to date.

The reason why so many people appreciate Teracom’s Online Courses and TCO Certification Packages is because they are based on Teracom’s instructor-led courses, with the selection of material, its order, timing and explanations tuned and refined in the classroom over the course of years, and constantly updated.

This also means that updates to instructor-led courses are subsequently reflected in online courses, keeping them up to date.

Following the major update to instructor-led Course 101 Broadband, Telecom, Datacom and Networking for Non-Engineers (Days 1 – 3 of BOOT CAMP) in 2020, updates to many online courses will be rolling out over the next months.

Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist (CTNS) is our most popular package of six online courses plus TCO Certification.

All six CTNS courses are being updated.  Update of Course 2201 The PSTN is complete.  A significant update to Course 2206 Wireless Telecommunications will be published in the next weeks.  Updates to the OSI Layers, Ethernet, IP and MPLS courses will follow.

All customers who have purchased the CTNS package, or any of the courses individually, will automatically receive the updates in their dashboard.

Stay tuned for an exciting announcement of an upgrade to the CTNS package, increasing the package from six courses to eight, with the inclusion of a brand new course #1 in the lineup “Introduction to Broadband Telecommunications” plus “Fundamentals of Voice over IP”.

The price of the CTNS package will increase when the number of courses increases from six to eight. Since all existing customers will automatically get the two new courses at no additional charge, you can beat the price increase by purchasing CTNS before the upgrade and get the two new courses, when they are released, for free!


Carpe diem!

Certified Ethical Hacker BOOT CAMP: Vancouver Canada April 9-13

New! EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker
Get the famous Certified Ethical Hacker Certification completed and awarded in five days!
– Printed course materials included
– eBook course materials also included
– CEHv9 exam in-class
– FREE EXAM PASS INSURANCE
– Finish the week with your certification in-hand
Value pricing: CAD$3495

Compare to US$4995 from other providers, offering inferior online “virtual” classroom, without printed materials, and without exam pass insurance, and you’ll agree this is a very good deal.

Get away from distractions at your desk for a week to concentrate and learn with a professional instructor and hands‑on labs. Interact and network with classmates, write the exam in-class and finish the week with the famous and highly-valuable EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker credential in-hand.

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New video!

New video posted!  This is part of the introductory lesson of CTNS Course 2206 Wireless Telecommunications.

The length of the shadow behind an object is proportional to the frequency of the energy.

Click to watch on YouTube

For more information:

Course page: https://www.teracomtraining.com/online-courses-certification/teracom-overview-l2106.htm

CTNS Certification page:
https://www.teracomtraining.com/online-courses-certification/teracom-overview-ctns.htm

Wireless Telecommunications is a comprehensive course on wireless, mobile telecommunications plus wireless LANs and satellites.

We begin with basic concepts and terminology including base stations and transceivers, mobile switches and backhaul, handoffs, cellular radio concepts and digital radio concepts.

Then, we cover spectrum-sharing technologies and their variations in chronological order: GSM/TDMA vs. CDMA for second generation, 1X vs. UMTS CDMA for third generation along with their data-optimized 1XEV-DO and HSPA, how Steve Jobs ended the standards wars with the iPhone and explaining the OFDM spectrum-sharing method of LTE for 4G.

This course is completed with a lesson on WiFi, or more precisely, 802.11 wireless LANs, and a lesson on satellite communications.

You’ll gain a solid understanding of the key principles of wireless and mobile networks:
• Coverage, capacity and mobility
• Why cellular radio systems are used
• Mobile network components and operation
• Registration and handoffs
• Digital radio
• “Data” over cellular: Internet access
• Cellular technologies: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM
• Generations: 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G
• Systems: GSM, UMTS, 1X, HSPA, LTE
• WiFi, 802.11 wireless LANs
• Satellite communications

CWA course books released – and the first one is FREE!

The course books for the three Certified Wireless Analyst courses are now available on Google Play Books!

Course 2231: Wireless Fundamentals Course Book  – FREE
Course 2232: Mobile Communications Course Book – US$9.99
Course 2233: Fixed Wireless Course Book – US$5

We’re using Google Play Books because it allows you to read the book on any device: desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, PC, Mac, iPad, android… which is way more flexible than iTunes or other platforms.

The books are formatted the same way as Teracom instructor-led course and DVD course books, with detailed text notes on the left page and the corresponding graphics / bullets page on the right in two-page view.

To get you started, the course book for Course 2231: Wireless Fundamentals is free, downloadable and printable!

To download and print the the course book for Course 2231: Wireless Fundamentals, first add the book to your library (it’s FREE), then on the My Books page, click the three dots and choose “Download PDF” as shown in the screenshot below.

If you print the PDF two-sided then put it in a 3-ring binder, the result will be almost identical to the course books supplied with Teracom instructor-led and DVD courses!

Cheers!
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Printable course book

New TCO Certification Package: Certified Wireless Analyst (CWA)

The Certified Wireless Analyst (CWA) Certification Package is released!

CWA includes three training courses covering the full range of wireless technologies, giving you the broad knowledge base required of an analyst in the wireless business — plus certification to prove it.

Learn the fundamentals, jargon and buzzwords, principles of operation and ideas behind today’s wireless.

You get three high-quality courses with our entertaining instructor, graphics and bullets, plus your certification:

Course 2231: Wireless Fundamentals
• Radio fundamentals. Radio spectrum.
• Digital radio: modems and modulation

Course 2232: Mobile Communications
• Cellular principles. Mobility and handoffs.
• Digital voice. Mobile Internet Access.
• The generations: 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G
• The technologies: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA and OFDM
• The systems: GSM, 1X, UMTS, HSPA and LTE

Course 2233: Fixed Wireless
• Wireless LANs, 802.11 standards, WiFi, security
• Bluetooth, WiMAX, point-to-point and satellites

Upgrade your skills – and your résumé – with this training and certification today.

Guaranteed To Pass with the Unlimited Plan!

 

Quality You Can Trust
Benefit from decades of knowledge, insight and experience distilled into clear lessons, logically organized to build one concept on another… in plain English.

Join our thousands of satisfied customers including:
AT&T, Verizon, Bell Canada, Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm, NSA, CIA, FAA, US Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, Coast Guard, CIA, IRS, CRA, CRTC, RCMP, banks, power companies, police forces, manufacturers, government, local and regional telcos, broadband and fiber carriers and thousands of individuals.

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Teracom is a supplier of this training to the US Government under GSA contract GS-02F-0053X. Obtaining this Federal Supply Schedule contract involved a two-year-long process of evaluation including a customer quality rating where we scored 97%!

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30-day, 100%, no questions asked money back guarantee.
If for any reason you change your mind during the 30 days after purchase, you can get your money back.
You have nothing to lose – and a marketable knowledge skill to gain! Get started now!

 

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About TCO Certification
Teracom is a Gold Training Partner of the Telecommunications Certification Organization, authorized to administer exams for TCO certifications on the myTeracom Learning Management System and award TCO certifications.

TCO certification is proof of your knowledge of telecom, datacom and networking fundamentals, jargon, buzzwords, technologies and solutions.

It’s backed up with a Certificate suitable for framing, plus – a Teracom exclusive – a personalized Letter of Reference / Letter of Introduction detailing the knowledge your certification represents and inviting the recipient to contact us for verification.

You may list Teracom Training Institute as a reference on your résumé if desired.

Benefits of Certification for Individuals
TCO Certification differentiates you from the rest of the crowd when applying for a job or angling for a promotion.

The knowledge you gain taking these high-quality courses, confirmed with TCO Certification, is foundational knowledge in radio and wireless: fundamental concepts, mainstream technologies, jargon, buzzwords, the underlying ideas – and how it all fits together.

This type of knowledge and preparation makes you an ideal candidate to hire or promote to a task, as you will be able to build on your knowledge base to quickly get up to speed and work on a particular project – then have the versatility to work on subsequent projects.

TCO Certification will help demonstrate you have this skill… a desirable thought to have in your potential manager’s mind.

Benefits of Certification for Employers
Take advantage of these courses for individual learning, a team, or for an entire organization. The scalable myTeracom Learning Management System can register and manage all of your people through their courses, lessons and exams, and generates reports showing progress and scores.

For larger organizations, the courses and exams can also be licensed and deployed on an organization’s internal LMS.

Teracom certification packages are an extremely cost-effective way of implementing consistent, comprehensive telecommunications and networking technology fundamentals training, ensuring that existing resources and new hires are all up to the same speed, with a common vocabulary, framework and knowledge base.

Get started today with this invaluable addition to your knowledge and skills!

 

Detailed Course Outlines

Course 2231 Wireless Fundamentals is the first course in the CWA Certification Package. We begin with the fundamentals: what radio is, how it’s organized and how and it’s used to communicate information. Since most systems are digital, we spend time understanding how modems represent 1s and 0s on radio, and explain jargon like QAM and QPSK. We finish with penetration and fading.
A. Radio
B. Wireless Spectrum and Radio Bands
C. Analog Radio
D. Digital Radio: How Modems Work
E. Propagation, Penetration and Fading

Course 2232 Mobile Communications is the second course in the CWA Certification Package. With a good foundation in place, we’ll cover mobile communications from A to Z: cellular principles, digital voice, data over cellular, mobile Internet access, the technologies: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA and OFDM, and the generations: 2G GSM, 3G 1X, UMTS and HSPA and 4G LTE. This is where the money is!
A. Mobile Network Components and Operation
B. Cellular
C. 1G: Analog Frequency-Division Multiple Access
D. Second Generation: Digital Cellular
E. Digital Cellular: Voice Communications
F. Internet Access via Cellular: “Data” Communications
G. 2G TDMA (IS-136): Time-Division Multiple Access
H. 2G TDMA (GSM): Time-Division Multiple Access
I. 2G CDMA: Code-Division Multiple Access
J. Spread Spectrum
K. CDMA Operation and Patents
L. 3G: CDMA 1X and UMTS
M. 4G: LTE
N. 4G: OFDM
O. Dynamic Assignment of Subcarriers
P. Spectrum-Sharing Roundup: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM

Course 2233 Fixed Wireless is the third and final course in the CWA Certification Package. We’ll round out your knowledge with fixed wireless: WiFi, 802.11, WiFi security, Bluetooth, WiMAX, point-to-point microwave and satellites.
A. Infrared
B. Bluetooth
C. WiFi: Wireless LANs
D. WiFi Security and WPA2
E. 802.16 WiMAX
F. Point-to-Point Microwave
G. Satellite

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What You Get With The CWA Certification Package

1. High-quality, up-to-date, comprehensive training
You will get a solid foundation of structured knowledge. Understand the fundamentals, technologies, jargon and buzzwords… and how it all fits together

2. The certification exam
Each course in the certification package has an associated exam, typically ten multiple-choice questions.  You get unlimited repeats of the exam – which means guaranteed to pass.
Plus, on achieving a passing grade:

3. Your certificate, suitable for framing
A full-color TCO Certificate suitable for framing is automatically awarded by the Learning Management System on completion of the required exams.
It can be immediately printed on plain or textured paper on any color printer and framed by student as desired, with no shipping charges. It can also be attached to the electronic version of the student’s CV. An original hard copy of your Certificate, signed and sealed, can be sent to you by mail for $25 plus first-class mail cost.

4. A personalized Letter of Reference / Letter of Introduction
You also receive a personalized Letter of Reference / Letter of Introduction explaining the courses you took and the knowledge you have, and inviting anyone you give it to to contact us as a reference… excellent addition to your CV.

5. Right to display the TCO logo
You’ll have the right to display a high-resolution copy of the TCO logo on your résumé, business card, LinkedIn profile, web page, blog, or email signature.

6. TCO Certification Designation
Passing the Certified Wireless Analyst, you will be able to state that you:
– “are a Certified Wireless Analyst”,
– “hold a Certified Wireless Analyst certification from the Telecommunications Certification Organization”,
– are “certified as a Wireless Analyst by the Telecommunications Certification Organization”,
– are a “Telecommunications Certification Organization (TCO) Certified Wireless Analyst”,
– are “TCO-certified”,
and may sign your name
– “Richard Smith, CWA,” or “Jane Smith, Certified Wireless Analyst”

7. A 30-day no-questions-asked 100% money-back guarantee.
If for any reason you change your mind, for 30 days after purchase you can get your money back.

You have nothing to lose! – and a marketable skill to gain!

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Invest in yourself! Upgrade your résumé with this essential core knowledge.

HTML5 iPad-Friendly Lessons

HTML5 is here!

compatible with windows and mac desktops, laptops and notebooks, iPad, iPhone, android phones, tablets

Courses and exams labelled with this graphic on the Teracom website are HTML5, which is an open standard for displaying multimedia and interaction on webpages.

HTML5 will  run on windows and mac desktops, laptops and notebooks, iPad, iPhone, android notebooks, tablets and smartphones… and pretty much anything else.

Like regular HTML, HTML5 code is interpreted by and displayed in a browser.  We recommend using Chrome browser, as Chrome is fast and gives good results.

The new CWA courses and exams are in HTML5.
test with this free sample

 

compatible with windows and mac desktops, laptops and notebooks. runs on iPad with special browser

Courses and exams with this graphic use flash, which runs great on windows and mac desktops, laptops, notebooks.  They run on iPad, iPhone and android smartphones with a special browser.

CTNS, CIPTS and CTA use flash.
test with this free sample

Chrome browser has a built-in flash player, so CTNS, CIPTS and CTA run great in Chrome on mac or windows desktops, laptops, and notebooks.

But… when Steve Jobs invented the iPad, he wouldn’t allow flash on it. Steve had objections to flash including security, efficiency and power consumption.

The good news is there is an easy solution for iPad.
For iPad, CTNS, CIPTS and CTA run in a special $5 browser.
This one is popular     This one has a free trial
This article in macworld from the UK explains the story in detail

 

use chrome browser for best results

Online course lessons and exams are displayed in a browser. We recommend Google Chrome as it is fast and gives good results.

When using a computer with Windows 8, please download Chrome browser and use that instead of Internet Explorer.