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!
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.
CVA – Certified VOIP Analyst Course 2222 VoIP Architectures and Implementations Lesson 3 – VSPs: Internet to Phone e.g. Gmail Client
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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.
TCO Certified Wireless Analyst
Course 2232 Mobile Communications
Lesson 1 Introduction to Mobile Network Components and Operations
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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
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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.
Benefit from the week-long BOOT CAMP training, with the same instructors, materials, interaction and knowledge transfer via live videoconferencing.
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?
TCO Certified Wireless Analyst Course 2231 Wireless Fundamentals Lesson 1 Introduction and Radio Fundmentals
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Course 2231 Wireless Fundamentals
Radio fundamentals • Spectrum • Digital radio • Modems and Modulation • Propagation, Penetration and Fading
Wireless Fundamentals is the first course in the CWA Certification Package. We begin with the basics: what radio is, how it’s organized and how and it’s used to communicate information.
We begin by understanding what radio actually is, and why we use it for communications. We’ll understand how radio frequencies are in the Gigahertz range, used within frequency bands measured in the Megahertz wide.
Then we will look at the spectrum, i.e. standardized bands of frequencies, how they are allocated and the need for licenses. You will learn which bands are used for what, from cordless phones to WiFi and cellular, including the new 700-MHz bands.
Next, we’ll understand how information is represented using radio. The first stop is a quick review of old-fashioned analog radio and TV, followed by what most systems use today: digital. We’ll spend some time understanding digital, how 1s and 0s are communicated by modems and familiarize you with jargon and buzzwords like QAM and QPSK.
We’ll finish off with radio transmission issues, including propagation, penetration and fading.
Course Lessons 1. Radio Fundamentals 2. Wireless Spectrum and Radio Bands 3. Analog Radio 4. Digital Radio: How Modems Work 5. Propagation, Penetration and Fading
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This is just a small sample of the vast online telecommunication training and certification available through Teracom Training.
Mobile Network Operator (MNO) is the term
usually used to refer to a facilities-based carrier, i.e. a company that owns
base stations, a mobile switch, backhaul between them, and spectrum licenses,
and sells services to the public… and to other carriers.
The MNO implements external links to other
carriers for PSTN phone calls and for Internet traffic.
For PSTN phone calls, the MNO implements a
fiber optic connection to a building traditionally called a Toll Center or
Class 4 switching office. The termination of their fiber in that building is
called a POP. It is their physical point of presence in the building.
Many other carriers have POPs in the
building, including the ILEC, IXCs, CATV companies, other mobile carriers, and
any other company that wants to connect phone calls to a phone on the MNO’s
network.
The operator of the toll center, usually the
ILEC, provides a switch in the Toll Center to switch phone calls from one
carrier’s POP to a different carrier’s POP.
For Internet access, the MNO implements a
fiber optic connection to one or more Internet Exchange buildings, where they
pay the operator of the IX to route packets to other carriers with whom the MNO
has established IP packet transit and peering arrangements.
9.7.2 Mobile Virtual Network Operator
Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is the
term used to refer to a non-facilities-based carrier… one that does not own
the hardware or spectrum licenses or POPs.
Instead, the MVNO enters into a long-term
contract with one or more facilities-based carriers to have them supply a
“white label” service that the MVNO sells.
Typically the MVNO will develop a unique
branding and sell smartphones and tablets to go along with its service.
When the MVNO deals exclusively with one
carrier, the MVNO bill to the customer would be typically generated by the
facilities-based carrier as a white-label service.
If the MVNO is very large and deals with
multiple carriers, the MVNO may operate their own billing system, which is a
significant investment.
The facilities-based carrier charges to the
MVNO includes a volume-discount rate for IP addresses and Internet traffic,
voice-minute airtime and switched access to the POP for PSTN phone calls.
The MVNO also has to pay for connectivity
from the POP to other toll centers for “long-distance” connections,
and the switched-access charge at the far end.
The rate plan the MVNO pays could be a mix of
fixed-rate leases and usage-based billing.
Unless the MNO is obliged to sell capacity to
MVNOs through regulations and tariffs, the nature of the plan is confidential
business information.
9.7.3 Roaming
Roaming service is very similar to the
service provided to MVNOs, in that it is the MNO that is providing the airlink,
base stations, backhaul, mobile switch and connections to the PSTN and
Internet.
In the case of roaming, the visitor uses
their own phone, and billing is usage-based.
Roaming is an important feature for smaller
players: they are facilities-based in selected cities, but to offer a national
and international service to their customers, they must have roaming agreements
in place with MNOs in other locations.
By denying roaming service to smaller or
startup carriers, or charging an exorbitant price for roaming, an incumbent
carrier can erect a barrier against competition.
In many countries, the right to roam and the
wholesale cost of roaming is regulated to encourage competition.
