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$100 off CTNS Limited-Time Offer:
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$100 off CTSME Limited-Time Offer:
Follow the instructions here to add CTNS, CTA, CVA and CWA to your cart, then use coupon 1338 at checkout to get CTSME for $1495, $100 off list price.
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Course L2241 Broadband Converged IP Telecommunications, and
Course L2221 Introduction to Voice over IP have been added to CTNS.
If you purchased CTNS before April 12, 2021, you can add the two new courses to CTNS on your dashboard at no charge by following these instructions.
This offer also applies to CTA and any Certification package bundles which included CTNS or CTA including CTSME.
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BOOT CAMP is running strong during the pandemic Live Online!
All you need to join BOOT CAMP Live Online and get this world-famous training is Internet, a laptop with a webcam and Zoom.
We’ll ship you the high-quality printed color course books in advance of the BOOT CAMP, and you’ll be part of a class that runs 9 – 5 ET Monday – Friday.
The best part: BOOT CAMP was totally updated for 2020, with 5G, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Smart Cities & more, just before the pandemic struck! This is the most up-to-date telecom-for-non-engineers training that can be found anywhere. This is truly career-enhancing knowledge.
Teracom BOOT CAMP Live Online is a great opportunity:
Get the training you need!
You’ll get the course materials shipped to you: two printed color books totaling over 500 pages with copies of all graphics and detailed text notes. You will also get immediate access to the included TCO Certification Packages: CTNS, CTA and CVA and their twenty full-length online courses, with no time limits and unlimited repeats.
You’ll get the full BOOT CAMP with a live instructor, as close as you can get without actually being there.
If you are an international participant, this is your opportunity to take BOOT CAMP if you can’t travel to the USA for a public seminar. No travel visa required!
Here’s a cut and paste training request form to send to your boss!
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.
Terms and Conditions:
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.
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!
Only 6 weeks away. Register today!
Specifically designed for non‑engineers, Teracom’s renowned telecommunications training is two courses back-to-back to make a full week called BOOT CAMP:
Core training Course 101: Broadband, Telecom, Datacom and Networking for Non‑Engineers Monday – Wednesday, then
Course 130: Voice over IP, SIP, Security, 5G and IoT Thursday and Friday.
You may register for individual courses or the full week as best meets your needs. Most people attend all five days, designated as Course 111 BOOT CAMP, to get the most comprehensive and highest quality telecommunications training available, at a discounted price, with three TCO Certifications included: CTNS, CVA and the prestigious TCO CTA Certification.
You will bust the buzzwords, understand the jargon and technologies, and most importantly, the underlying ideas, and how it all fits together …knowledge you can’t get on the job, talking to salespeople or reading articles.
Plus, you’ll get two printed course books with detailed notes bringing all of this material together and sure to be valuable references for years to come. With a total of 25 bonus online certification courses, plus 3 TCO Certification exams, both with unlimited repeats and no time limits.
Your knowledge skills, accuracy, productivity and buzzword-frustration level will all be improved with this career-enhancing training. What’s not to like?
Do you need a foundation in telecommunications beginning from the ground up? The Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist, CTNS, is the place to begin. It lays a foundation on which all other telecommunications concepts are built.
Click here to watch the Lesson 1000 the Introduction to POTS and PSTN video.
The coursework for CTNS is a set of six high-quality online multimedia courses:
• 2201 POTS AND THE PSTN
• 2206 WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• 2212 THE OSI LAYERS AND PROTOCOL STACKS
• 2211 ETHERNET, LANS AND VLANS
• 2213 IP NETWORKS, ROUTERS AND ADDRESSES
• 2214 MPLS AND CARRIER NETWORKS
The CTNS Certification Package includes the six CTNS Courses and CTNS Certification Exam, both with unlimited repeats – which means guaranteed to pass if you’re willing to do the work, and refresh your knowledge anytime.
Optional printed or eBook study guide available.
CVA – Certified VOIP Analyst
Course 2222 VoIP Architectures and Implementations
Lesson 3 – VSPs: Internet to Phone e.g. Gmail Client
Enjoy this free preview from CVA – Certified VOIP Analyst
Course 2222 VoIP Architectures and Implementations
VoIP over the Internet • VoIP at Carriers • VoIP-Enabled PBX • PBX Replacement • Softswitches • Hosted PBX • Cloud Services • IP Centrex • Asterisk & Open-Source • SO/HO VoIP Phone Features
VoIP Architectures and Implementation Choices is a comprehensive overview of the many flavors of VoIP, comparing and contrasting the various implementation and architecture choices.
Progressing from talking between computers over the Internet through Internet telephony, Managed IP Telephony, PBX enhancement, PBX replacement with call manager / softswitch systems, IP Centrex, Hosted PBX and Cloud Services, you’ll gain the knowledge to confidently differentiate VoIP architectures and discuss pros and cons of options.
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Course Lessons
1. Intro + Internet Telephony: Computer-Computer VoIP over the Internet
2. Internet Telephony Example: Skype
3. VSPs: Internet to Phone e.g. Gmail Client
4. VSP Phone to Phone over Internet e.g. Vonage
5. VoIP Becomes The New POTS
6. VoIP at Carriers
7. VoIP-Enabled PBX and Migration Options
8. Premise Softswitch: PBX Replacement
9. Cloud Services and Hosted PBX: Softswitch as a Service (SaaS)
10. IP Centrex
11. Asterisk and Open-Source Softswitch Software
12. IP Phone Features and Uses
Based on Teracom’s famous Course 130, tuned and refined over the course of over 20 years of instructor-led training, you will gain career- and productivity-enhancing knowledge of all of the different things someone could mean when they say “Voice over IP”, and the pros and cons of each.
This is just a small sample of the vast online telecommunication training and certification available through Teracom Training.
CVA Unlimited Plan $459
Six courses covering everything VoIP and SIP.
Check out the CTNS+CVA package deal $659.
The foundations of telecommunications plus everything VoIP and SIP.
TCO Certified Wireless Analyst
Course 2232 Mobile Communications
Lesson 1 Introduction to Mobile Network Components and Operations
Enjoy this free sample from CWA.
Wireless Fundamentals is the second course in the CWA Certification Package.
We begin with basic mobile network concepts and mobility terminology including base stations and transceivers, mobile switches and backhaul, handoffs and cellular radio concepts.
Then, we cover spectrum-sharing technologies and their variations: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA and OFDM, the generations of technology 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G, and the technologies GSM, 1X, UMTS, HSPA and LTE.
We’ll understand how mobile Internet access is implemented for a smartphone, and how you can keep kids quiet on car trips by turning your phone into a mobile WiFi base station.
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Course Lessons
1. Mobile Network Components and Operation
2. Cellular
3. 1G: Analog Frequency-Division Multiple Access
4. Second Generation: Digital Cellular
5. Digital Cellular: Voice Communications
6. Internet Access via Cellular: “Data” Communications
7. 2G: TDMA (IS-136) Time-Division Multiple Access
8. 2G: TDMA (GSM) Time-Division Multiple Access
9. 2G: CDMA Code-Division Multiple Access
10. Spread Spectrum
11. CDMA Operation and Patents
12. 3G: CDMA 1X and UMTS
13. 4G: LTE
14. 4G: OFDM
15. Dynamic Assignment of Subcarriers
16. Spectrum-Sharing Roundup: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM
This is just a small sample of the vast online telecommunication training and certification available through Teracom Training.
TCO Certified VoIP Analyst (CVA)
Course 2221 Fundamentals of Voice over IP
Lesson 1: Introducton to the Fundamentals of VOIP
Enjoy this free sample from CVA
Fundamentals of Voice over IP is a complete introduction to everything Voice over IP. You’ll learn the fundamental ideas and principles of a VoIP telephone system, VoIP, SIP & all the other jargon – what it actually means and how it all works together.
At each step, we’ll also cover supporting and related technologies like Ethernet MAC frames and codecs and video over IP.
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This is just a small sample of the vast online telecommunication training and certification available through Teracom Training.