Telecoms is short for telecommunications, and telecommunications is a way of transmitting a signal over a large or short distance using satellite, radio, telephony, cable or television. As telecoms are an ever growing and changing area of business there are many jobs available for people who have little or no experience in the field of telecoms and they can be advertised and filled quite easily with on site training given once a person is in their job.
Telecommunication courses offer education to students on various telecommunication devices such as cable TV, computer networking, mobile phones, radar, satellite, navigation, aviation etc. In these ages of internet, satellite and mobile telephony, there is big need of telecommunication engineers.
Actually, there is a dearth of suitable talent in this field that has been the key cause for high salaries in this field. With latest technologies such as 3G and wimax coming in the market, there is a high demand for qualified and skilled professionals with knowledge and technical know-how in these fields. A telecommunication engineer should have a little bit knowledge of both computer hardware and software. Additionally he/she should be expert in public speech, technical writing, and project management.
Benefits of courses in telecom:
Courses of telecommunication guide students in how to design, troubleshoot, install and network. It puts special eminence on both hardware and software as well as on wireless communication, mobile telephony, GSM architecture, internet protocol media system, CDMA, GPRS network, designing of optical networks, understanding and designing data network, etc. Also you can gain the knowledge and skill of project management from a variety of projects offered by telecom companies.
Placements and prospects:
This very course offers wide range of opportunities for you. Openings for the posts of Telecom Test Engineers in the area of:
1. Line installers and repairers
2. Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
3. VLSI software Testing
4. Analog Digital Engineering Technology
5. Telecom Marketing, Protocol
6. Chip Design Engineering
Also you can get job as Network Management Specialists, Network Security Specialists and Software Engineers in Indian companies like VSNL, BSNL, Airtel and Reliance.