by Teracom Training Institute

Take advantage of Eric Coll's unique ability to get across key ideas in plain English!

If you've been needing to fill in some gaps, understand the fundamentals, and get a clear picture of technologies and how they work together - everything from broadband to wireless to VoIP to traditional telephony, protocol stacks, routers, TCP/IP, MPLS and the Internet... this is an ideal opportunity.

We'll start with the foundational principles and progress through in a logical order covering the latest standards and technologies.

You'll gain valuable insight and a solid understanding of the key concept-level knowledge, jargon, buzzwords and technologies -- and how they relate to one another.

These online courses are in the same style as our live seminars, using the same great analogies and get-to-the-point discussions, the same graphics and course materials we continue to use for telecom training seminars for non-engineers at companies like Cisco, Nortel, Qualcomm, AT&T, the US Air Force and hundreds of others across North America since 1992.

This is as close as you can get to a private lesson from the Course Director of the Institute... at your own pace!

These courses are comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-date, and priced at less than half of comparable offerings from other companies. Our objective with these courses is to give you the best information product at the best price.

We have grouped the courses into certification packages which provide you with TCO certification upon completion of the online exams.

Five great certification packages to choose from:

THE ONLINE ADVANTAGE
Courses and exams are delivered through the myTeracom online Learning Management System. They are self-contained and can be completed online without any written materials - making them easily accessible from anywhere in the world.
MULTI-MEDIA COURSES
The instructor talks to you - the next best thing to being there. High-quality online multimedia courses - animated bullets, imbedded videos, plenty of crisp graphics, navigation menus and more.
TESTING AND CERTIFICATION INCLUDED
Each certification package comes with unlimited access to the courses and exams, TCO certification, a full-color TCO Certificate suitable for framing, and a personalized Letter of Reference.
OPTIONAL COURSE MATERIALS
Check out the optional printed reference materials.

Descriptions and Previews

CTNS - Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist

Eight full-length courses covering all major areas of telecom, datacom and networking.
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We begin with an overview of all major topics in the Introduction to Broadband Converged IP Telecom course, updated in 2021, followed by fully up-to-date courses on VoIP and SIP, Cellular and Wi-Fi, the PSTN, OSI Layers, IP, LANs and Optical Ethernet and MPLS.

CWA - Certified Wireless Analyst

Three high-quality self-paced multimedia courses covering the core knowledge needed by everyone in the wireless business today.
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A Certified Wireless Analyst has knowledge in the whole range of wireless technologies: Mobility network design and operation; Radio fundamentals and spectrum; Propagation, penetration and fading; Digital radio and QAM modems; Radio technologies including 5G OFDMA, LTE, CDMA, TDMA and FDMA; 5G low bitrate for IoT; 5G mmWave ultra-broadband; 3.5 GHz Broadband wireless home Internet; Full-duplex Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax); Low Earth Orbit satellites; Point-to-point microwave and more.

CVA - Fundamentals of Voice over IP

Six courses totaling 59 lessons to give you a complete understanding of VoIP and SIP.
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All aspects of VoIP are covered in CVA: the variety of ways Voice over IP is implemented; using softswitches and SIP to set-up calls; SIP trunking; connecting to carriers; packetizing voice; the issues affecting sound quality; using MPLS for network quality; classes of service; and service level agreements.

CTA

CTA - Certified Telecommunications Analyst

Sixteen courses providing the most comprehensive telecom certification available.
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This package covers the whole telecommunications story and the big picture in the following areas: Fundamentals of Telephony and VoIP; The Telecommunications Industry; Telecom Equipment; Digital; Wireless Telecommunications; Transmission Systems and Fiber Optics; Introduction to Datacom and Networking; Representing Bits over Radio and Copper using Modems; Data Coding, Frames and Packets; LANs, VLANs, Optical and Wireless Ethernet; Network "Cloud" Service Implementation; IP Routers, Networks and Addresses; OSI Layers and Protocol Stacks; Carrier Networks and MPLS; IP Security; and The Internet.

CTSME - Certified Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert

Five internationally-recognized certifications in telecommunications and networks including twenty-six high-quality full-length online courses.
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Certified Telecommunications Subject Matter Expert - the most comprehensive broadband, telecom, networking, datacom, wireless, VoIP and SIP training plus certification available anywhere. CTSME includes all four TCO Certification Packages: CTNS, CWA, CVA and CTA. Complete them all and you earn the CTSME Certification - the ultimate recognition of telecom knowledge. Includes a hand-signed framed CTSME Certificate and a personal letter of reference from the Course Director of the Institute describing your very extensive knowledge, and a contact at Teracom Training Institute for a reference.