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Broadband • Convergence • Network Core and Edge • Last Mile Copper, Fiber and Wireless • Protocols • Network Equipment • Residential, Business and Wholesale Services • Carrier Connections
11 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2021.

Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist - telecom certification package

Broadband Converged IP Telecommunications provides a broad introduction to all of the different aspects of modern IP telecommunications. In subsequent courses, we take another pass and go deeper into key areas including VoIP, Wireless, PSTN, IP, Ethernet and MPLS.

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Mobile Network Fundamentals • Principles of Cellular • Mobile Internet • Digitized Voice over Radio • FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, OFDM • 4G LTE OFDMA • 5G, New Spectrum, Ultra Broadband, IoT • Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax • Satellites
10 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2020.

Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist - telecom certification package

Wireless Telecommunications is an up-to-date comprehensive course on cellular, Wi-Fi and satellites designed for non-engineering professionals. You'll gain a solid understanding of the key principles of mobility and cellular, radio, network components and operation, mobile phone calls, mobile Internet access, digital radio, spectrum-sharing technologies such as OFDM, and LTE and 5G.

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VoIP System Components and Operation • LANs and WANs • SIP, Softswitches & SIP Trunking • VoIP Phones • Voice Packetization • Cloud • The Future • Jargon & Buzzwords
9 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate.

Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist - telecom certification package

This course is designed for anyone who wants to come up to speed on all aspects of VoIP.

Broadband IP Dial Tone is where this is headed. In the future, the telephone network and the Internet will be the same network. You'll learn the fundamentals of VoIP telephone calls and the different kinds of equipment used in telephone calls on a broadband converged IP telecom network.

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LECs, CLECs and IXCs • Analog • Voiceband • Loops and Trunks • Circuit-Switching • POTS • DTMF • SS7
8 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2020.

Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist - telecom certification package

Understanding the structure and operations of the PSTN, the Public Switched Telephone Network, is one cornerstone of a well-rounded knowledge of telecommunications. The Public Switched Telephone Network was built over the past 135 years and is still operating in every country around the world. This knowledge is necessary to understand how to connect the PSTN to IP telecom technologies, which are steadily replacing the PSTN.

In this course, you’ll gain a solid understanding of telephone system fundamentals: Central Office, customer premise, trunks, loops, remotes, circuit switching, and connecting a telephone call end-to-end.  We cover LECs, CLECs and IXCs, twisted pair, sound, analog and the voiceband, DTMF and SS7.

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Protocols & Standards • OSI Model • Layers • Open Systems • Protocol Stacks • FedEx Analogy
14 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2020.

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Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist - telecom certification package

The course begins the "IP telecom" courses in the Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist (CTNS) certification package and is the first course in the Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist (CIPTS) package. It establishes a framework for the discussions in subsequent lessons and courses: the OSI 7-Layer Reference Model, which represents the functions to be performed in groups called layers.

You'll learn the purpose of each layer, examples of protocols at each layer, and how a protocol stack actually works using the famous "FedEx Analogy" in an embedded video by Eric Coll, our top instructor.

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Frames • MAC Addresses • Layer 2 Switches • VLANs • 1000BASE-T • Cable Categories • Office Wiring Plan • Ethernet on Copper • Power over Ethernet • Wireless Ethernet (Wi-Fi) • Ethernet in the Core, MANs and PONs • Optical Ethernet • SFP Transceivers • Fiber Types • Optical Ethernet Field Installation
7 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2020.

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Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist - telecom certification package

In this course you will learn about Ethernet including the fundamentals, equipment and implementations, twisted-pair copper wires, optical, wireless, in-building, in the network core, in MANs and in PONs. We demystify Ethernet, LANs and VLANs, MAC addresses, Ethernet on copper wires, Ethernet on fiber (Optical Ethernet), and Ethernet over the Ether (Wi-Fi).

Master the jargon and buzzwords of LANs and Layer 2 switches. register today for a Certification Package


Networks • IP Packets • Routers • Static, Dynamic, Public, Private Addresses • DHCP • NAT • IPv6
11 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2020.

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Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist - telecom certification package

On completion of this course, you will be able to explain the concept of statistical multiplexing, also known as oversubscription, overbooking and bandwidth on demand, why and how it can be implemented and its benefits; what a private network is; what a router is and how it implements the network by connecting data links; how packets are moved by routers between broadcast domains, including VLANs; how routers also act as a point of control for traffic, called packet filtering; the Customer Edge; the basic contents and structure of a routing table; IPv4 address blocks; static addresses and dynamic addresses - and how and why DHCP is used to assign both; private and public addresses - how, why and where each is used; network address translation for interfacing domains where public addresses are used with those where private addresses are used; the improvements and changes between IPv4 and IPv6; and the types of IPv6 addresses, how IPv6 addresses are allocated to ISPs then assigned to users where each residence can use 18 billion billion IPv6 addresses.

Understand the whole IP story, including what routers do and how they do it, DHCP, NAT and IPv6. What's not to like? register today for a Certification Package


Carrier Packet Networks • Technologies • SLAs • CoS • MPLS • MPLS VPNs • Integration & Aggregation
11 interactive multipart lessons, multiple-choice exam and certificate. Produced in 2020.

Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist - telecom certification package

Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist - telecom certification package

If you work for a carrier, or deal with carriers, this course is for you. It is a comprehensive introduction to the current state of telecommunications networks, services and standard practices. With the Unlimited Plan, you can repeat the course as many times as you like, now and in the future.

This course explains traffic profiles, Service Level Agreements, virtual circuits, Class of Service, Differentiated Services, QoS, network technologies like MPLS - how they relate to TCP/IP, integration, convergence and aggregation, without bogging down in details. register today for a Certification Package


Learn the fundamentals, jargon, technologies and practices in the telecom business today... and get a certificate to prove it.
These courses are used by many telecom companies for internal training!  Benefit from decades of experience, insight and understanding, in courses right up to date, distilled into clear lessons, logically organized to deliver structured knowledge that lasts a lifetime.
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The Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist certification package - Unlimited Plan gets you all eight of these courses, with unlimited repeats of the courses and/or exams, your CTNS Certificate and Certification and all the benefits of TCO Certification including a Letter of Reference.
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Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist - telecom certification package

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  • L2241 Introduction to Broadband Converged IP Telecom
  • L2206 Wireless Telecommunications
  • L2221 Fundamentals of Voice over IP
  • L2201 The PSTN
  • L2212 The OSI Layers and Protocol Stacks
  • L2211 LANs, VLANs, Wireless and Optical Ethernet
  • L2213 IP Networks, Routers and Addresses
  • L2214 MPLS and Carrier Networks

The Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist certification package - Unlimited Plan gets you the four "IP" courses, with unlimited repeats of the courses and/or exams, your CIPTS Certificate and Certification and all the benefits of TCO Certification including a Letter of Reference.
There is a 30-day, 100% money-back no-questions-asked guarantee. If you're just interested in IP networks, this is the package for you.
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Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist - telecom certification package
  • L2212 The OSI Layers and Protocol Stacks
  • L2211 LANs, VLANs, Wireless and Optical Ethernet
  • L2213 IP Networks, Routers and Addresses
  • L2214 MPLS and Carrier Networks


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CTNS Certification Study Guide

7" x 10" available in hardcover, softcover and eBook • 406 pages • published 2021 • available from Teracom Training or on iBooks, Google Play Books and Kindle

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  • Introduction to Broadband Converged IP Telecom
  • Wireless Telecommunications
  • Fundamentals of Voice over IP
  • The PSTN
  • The OSI Layers and Protocol Stacks
  • LANs, VLANs, Wireless and Optical Ethernet
  • IP Addresses, Packets and Routers
  • MPLS and Carrier Networks
Study Guide for the Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist (CTNS) Telecommunications Certification

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Boot Camp (5 days)
  Day 1-3: Telecom, Datacom and Networking for Non-Engineers (Course 101)
  Day 4-5: Understanding Voice over IP (Course 130)

Course 101: Telecom, Datacom and Networking for Non-Engineers (3 days)
  Module 1: Fundamentals of Telecommunications
  Module 2: Telecom Technologies
  Module 3: Equipment, Carriers and Interconnect
  Module 4: Networking

Course 130: Understanding Voice over IP (2 days)
  Module 1: Voice over IP and SIP
  Module 2: Security
  Module 3: 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT)

Course 133: Fundamentals of VoIP & IP Telecom Networks (3 days)
  Module 1: The Big Picture
  Module 2: VoIP and SIP
  Module 3: The IP Network