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Learn About the Services Offered By Modern Telecommunication Networks

Posted on: Monday, 2 October 2006, 15:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42917) has announced the addition of E-Learning Course: Telecommunications Services to their offering.

"Telecoms Services" is aimed at people, perhaps new to telecoms inc. sales and marketing personnel, who need an appreciation of the capabilities of modern telecoms services.

Pre-requisite: It is recommended to those considering studying this course as a "technical introduction" that StarTel course C "Telecoms networks" is studied first.

Course Aim: After completing this course a trainee will be able to describe the services provided by modern telecommunications networks.

The course:

Is accredited by e-skills UK as supporting the achievement of a telecoms National Vocational Qualification at level 3.

Provides in-depth, authoritative technical training.

Employs interactive simulations, hypertext links and question sessions to fully involve the trainee in the learning experience.

Provides personalised training with each trainee able to make his/her on notes and place bookmarks. A record of progress and level of achievement is recorded for each trainee.

Provides a structured assessed course and can also be used to browse for revision or reference.

Can be studied in isolation or as an integrated suite; each course includes revision links to relevant subjects covered in the other StarTel courses.

Target audience:

The StarTel suite of courses have been designed for those who:

Are studying in preparation for a career in the telecoms or ICT sector

Have recently joined the telecoms sector

Are in the telecoms or ICT sector and want to develop their knowledge of modern networks and services

Accreditation of StarTel courses by e-skills UK, the national, telecoms industry representative body in the United Kingdom

e-skills UK is the national, industry representative body responsible for addressing the IT and Telecoms skills needs of employers in the United Kingdom, for a world class workforce in the Information Age.

This "introduction to telecoms" suite of four courses have been accredited by e-skills UK as together "providing the underpinning knowledge to support the achievement of a Telecommunications National Vocational Qualification at level 3". e-skills accreditation of courses is recognised by all major telecoms employers in the UK and beyond.

Certificates issued to trainees completing StarTel at the "Technical introduction" level include the e-skills logo and a statement of accreditation.

StarTel

Is a suite of interactive, e-learning courses designed to run under Windows™ 98, 2000 or XP.

Provides an introduction to the technical and service aspects of modern telecommunications.

Consists of four separate but integrated courses:

A Telecommunications fundamentals

B Principles of voice processing and transmission

C Telecoms networks

D Telecoms services

The topics covered by this course are:

PSTN services: Capabilities and features of a POTS service and modern PSTN services

PABX and Centrex services.

ISDN equipment and services: Basic components of ISDN inc. NTU and TE

typical applications of the 2B + D channels.

Wide Area Networks: Applications and features of public X25, Frame Relay and ATM services explanations of CIR, Class of Service and Quality of Service.

Local access to data services: Capabilities of analogue modems, ISDN, ADSL, SDSL and HDSL broadband connections features and capabilities of cable modem access to the Internet.

Introduction to the Internet: Open standards

Internet administration

The role of ISPs and NSPs

Basic structure of the Internet

Function of Web and name servers

WAP based mobile radio data services.

Mobile radio: GSM and PCS networks and services

PSTN interfacing

Roaming

Tariffs

Enhanced data services Inc

GPRS and HSCSD

Introduction to 3G mobile services: The need for 3rd Generation (3G) mobile systems differences between GSM and 3G systems.

3G services including enhanced messaging and location services and faster Internet access.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42917

Source: Business Wire

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