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5G/6G Academy
Certification Path

Become aCertified 5G Professional.

RAN, Core and the road to 6G. Certified course by course, with a credential employers can verify.

The flagship 5G career path — a stack of certification courses, each separately certified. Watch working engineers build 5G from first principles to the road to 6G, every concept grounded in 3GPP specs.

Join for freeModules 1 & 2 free — no card needed

Taught by engineers who have run live networks, and certified by TELCOMA Global, training telecom engineers since 2009. Every certificate carries a verification number an employer can check.

One path, stacked certificates

Built and certified as a stack — earn each certificate, then the roll-up credential. Follow it ~12 weeks at 15–20 minutes a day.

  1. 1
    TELCOMA 5G Foundation 34 live

    5G Foundation

    Place 5G in the real world and draw the whole system from memory — architecture, SBA, radio, and the power-on-to-first-packet journey. No prior telecom knowledge assumed.

    34 lessons3.9h7 modulesweeks 14
    The 5G Big PictureCellular Foundations5G System ArchitectureService-Based ArchitectureRadio & Spectrum FundamentalsConnecting to the NetworkFoundation Consolidation
    Prerequisite: None
  2. 2
    TELCOMA 5G RAN Specialist 31 live

    5G RAN Specialist

    Decode the NR air interface, run a handover in your head, and dimension a real 5G RAN — from the resource grid and massive MIMO to CU/DU/RU splits, Open RAN, and KPIs.

    31 lessons3.6h7 modulesweeks 58
    NR Air Interface I: StructureNR Air Interface II: Access, Channels & the StackMassive MIMO & BeamformingRAN Architecture & SplitsOpen RANMobility & Radio ProceduresRAN Planning & Performance
    Prerequisite: Certificate 1 or equivalent working 5G-architecture knowledge
  3. 3
    TELCOMA 5G Core & E2E Specialist 38 live

    5G Core & E2E Specialist

    Trace every message of the procedures that define 5G, then engineer QoS, slicing, edge, security and voice end-to-end — and hold an informed conversation about 5G-Advanced and 6G.

    38 lessons4.6h8 modulesweeks 912
    Core Procedures Deep DiveQoS, Policy & ChargingNetwork SlicingEdge & Cloud-Native Operations5G SecurityVoice, Messaging & Devices5G-Advanced, NowThe Road to 6G + Capstone
    Prerequisite: Certificate 1 or equivalent; Certificate 2 recommended
  4. Certificate per course

    TELCOMA Certified 5G Professional

    Pass the exam at the end of each video course and you earn that course’s certificate — verifiable, QR-checkable by an employer, and yours to keep. Work through the path and you collect the full set.

Expanding catalog

More specialist certifications on the way

The catalogue grows, and every future course is included in Pro at no extra cost. Beyond the flagship path, 14 more specialist certifications are in production — each a focused, standards-aligned course that stacks onto your 5G foundation. Four land every month, starting August 2026.

August 2026

4 certifications
SpecialistAugust 2026

AI for Telecom Networks

GenAI, LLMs and ML for network operations — NWDAF, traffic forecasting, anomaly detection and agentic ops.

TELCOMA Telecom AI Specialist
SpecialistAugust 2026

AI-RAN & the AI-Native Network

ML on the air interface, RIC-hosted xApps/rApps, and AI-native RAN energy and operating models.

TELCOMA AI-RAN Specialist
SpecialistAugust 2026

Road to 6G: IMT-2030 & the Rel-20 Studies

The IMT-2030 usage scenarios, the Rel-20 6G studies, and the evolutionary 6G radio — readiness, not hype.

TELCOMA 6G Readiness Specialist
SpecialistAugust 2026

Telco Cloud: Kubernetes, CNFs & GitOps

Cloud-native network functions on Kubernetes with GitOps — guided hands-on labs on the open-source stack.

TELCOMA Telco Cloud SpecialistHands-on labs

September 2026

4 certifications
SpecialistSeptember 2026

NTN & Direct-to-Device: 5G from Orbit

Non-terrestrial networks and direct-to-device — timing advance, Doppler and HARQ adaptations from orbit.

TELCOMA NTN Specialist
SpecialistSeptember 2026

Private 5G: SNPN, Spectrum & the Enterprise Edge

Standalone non-public networks, spectrum options and the enterprise edge — with hands-on labs.

TELCOMA Private 5G SpecialistHands-on labs
SpecialistSeptember 2026

5G Security: 5G-AKA to Post-Quantum

The 5G security architecture from 5G-AKA to a post-quantum crypto block on the GSMA PQ.03 spine.

TELCOMA 5G Security Specialist
SpecialistSeptember 2026

Open RAN: RIC, xApps & the Open Interfaces

The RIC, xApps/rApps and the open interfaces — aligned to O-RAN Alliance specifications.

TELCOMA Open RAN Specialist

October 2026

4 certifications
SpecialistOctober 2026

5G RAN Planning & Optimisation

Coverage and capacity planning, PCI/RACH/ANR, KPI troubleshooting and live parameter tuning.

TELCOMA RAN Planning & Optimisation Specialist
SpecialistOctober 2026

RedCap, eRedCap & Ambient IoT

Reduced-capability devices, eRedCap and Ambient IoT for the 5G IoT investment wave.

TELCOMA 5G IoT Specialist
SpecialistOctober 2026

VoNR & IMS: Voice on the 5G Core

Voice over New Radio and the IMS core — the voice call flow end to end on 5G SA.

TELCOMA VoNR Specialist
SpecialistOctober 2026

Network Slicing End-to-End: from URSP to SLA

End-to-end network slicing — from UE route-selection policy (URSP) all the way to the SLA.

TELCOMA Slicing Specialist

November 2026

2 certifications
SpecialistNovember 2026

Telecom SOC & Signaling Security

Protocol-aware security operations — running a telecom SOC and defending the signaling layer.

TELCOMA Telecom SOC Specialist
SpecialistNovember 2026

ISAC Engineering

Integrated sensing and communication — normative Rel-21 material for the sensing-native network.

TELCOMA ISAC Specialist
The Active-Recall Player

You don't just watch — you predict, then check.

Signal Checks

In-video knowledge checks keep recall built in, not bolted on.

Predict-the-message drills

Every ◆ call-flow lesson (13 of them) pauses and asks you to predict the next message before it plays.

Recaps + spaced repetition

A ≈2-min recap after every module, plus a spaced-repetition clip feed that resurfaces what fades.

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Stream the full 103-lesson certification path, run the 13 call-flow drills, and sit the certificate exams — all on one Pro plan.

  • Every module unlocked
  • Labs & full-length practice exams
  • Verifiable certificate
  • TELCOMA since 2009