Telecommunication Course

With the explosion of the electronic media, telecommunication engineering is one field that is gaining immense popularity as a lucrative career option for youngsters. Basically the courses on telecommunication educate the students regarding the various telecommunication devices used today. These include cable TV, computer networking, mobiles, satellites, navigation, radar etc.

The demand for telecommunication engineers continues to rise as we move towards a more digitally enhanced era of communication devices like mobiles, internet and satellites. In order to be successful in this field the telecommunications engineer must have good technical writing skills, project management and public speaking skills. One is also required to have adequate knowledge of computer software and hardware.

Applying for telecommunications courses in India

A student who has completed his higher secondary education with chemistry, physics and mathematics is eligible to apply for a graduation course in telecommunication engineering. These students can also sit for the IITT Joint Entrance Examinations conducted by the states.

The Indian institutes also offer a post graduate degree in the course. Students that have completed their B.Tech degree in telecommunication engineering from a university approved by the All India Council of Technical Education are eligible to apply for their Masters.

Institutes offering graduation degree courses in telecommunication

Assam Engineering College
Army Institute of Technology
Babasaheb Naik College of Engineering
Bangalore Institute of Technology
Bangalore Institute of Aeronautical Engineering and Information Technology
Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College Of Engineering
Bengal Engineering College
BMS Institute of Technology
BMS College of Engineering
Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering
Dr.Ambedkar Institute of Technology

The outcome of telecommunication courses

The various training courses provided by the Indian institutes produce a professional telecommunications engineer that has all round capabilities and knowledge about the various aspects of telecommunications. A telecommunication student will have learnt everything from designing to installing and troubleshooting to networking.

The courses pay attention to both the hardware and software sides of telecommunication. Particular emphasis is placed on wireless communication, mobile telephony, GSM architecture, internet protocol media system, CDMA, GPRS network, symbian operating system, voice over internet protocol, designing optical networks and understanding and designing data network etc. In addition telecommunication companies offer project management skills to graduates in the field.

Career scope in telecommunication

Statistics tell us that the telecommunication industry has thousands of job opportunities to offer to the public. There are an overwhelming number of jobs in the telecommunication industry of India. You will be offered openings at different levels such as a Telecom Test Engineer in various branches such as Analog Digital Engineering, Telecom Marketing, Embedded Software Development, VLSI software Testing, Protocol Chip Design Engineering etc.

Other job options include seeking employment as Network Management Specialists, Network Security Specialists and Software Engineers in the different Indian companies such as VSNL, Reliance, BSNL and Tata Indicom.

There are a number of multinational companies operating in India such as Apple Technologies, Nokia, and Vodafone etc. You will be eligible to apply at a post of Test Engineers, Telecom Software Engineers, Telecommunication Product Managers, Wireless Access Protocol Specialist, GSM and GPRS network Specialist and Telecommunication Product Manager