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TELCOMA Certified 5G IoT Specialist

The certification exam for the TELCOMA RedCap, eRedCap & Ambient IoT course — choosing a device class by rate, reach, power and cost; what each RedCap and eRedCap cut costs in peak rate and coverage; how a cell admits reduced-capability devices; battery life as a computed budget with eDRX and MICO mode; how a battery-free Ambient IoT tag answers by backscatter; and a class defended for six reference devices against LTE-M, NB-IoT and Cat-1bis. Pass to earn a verifiable TELCOMA certificate.

42 questions

60 minutes

65% to pass

Verifiable certificate

What's assessed

6 domains, 42 questions in total — drawn from the course lessons.

  • Device-class selection basics: rate, reach, power, cost

    7 questions

    Place RedCap, eRedCap, Ambient IoT and the incumbents on specification and field rails, turn sleep current into battery days, read reach in decibels, and make a first-cut class choice for six reference devices.

  • RedCap Rel-17 trims and eRedCap: what each cut costs

    7 questions

    Price each RedCap trim in cost, peak rate and coverage, read what RedCap keeps and drops, and how eRedCap caps data on a full-width radio.

  • RedCap cell admission: SIB1, bandwidth parts, capacity bill

    7 questions

    Read the SIB1 flags that admit RedCap and eRedCap, place their bandwidth parts, trace early indication to the core, weigh the capacity cost and prove admission.

  • Battery life as a computed budget: tail, eDRX, MICO and listening less

    7 questions

    Work out where each report's energy goes, including the tail the network operator sets, and how far eDRX, MICO mode and wake-up signalling stretch a battery's derated life.

  • Ambient IoT: backscatter, readers and the release train

    7 questions

    Trace Ambient IoT backscatter, budget both links, walk the Rel-19 inventory, sort device names by document, and weigh the 3GPP tag against RAIN RFID.

  • Device-class selection: incumbents, acceptance, a defended design

    7 questions

    Weigh LTE-M, NB-IoT and Cat-1bis against RedCap and eRedCap, clear device acceptance, defend six classes with computed numbers, then stress-test the fleet against network exits.

Earn your TELCOMA Certified 5G IoT Specialist

Pass it and you get a QR-verifiable certificate you can put on LinkedIn. It comes with Prime Membership, along with every lesson and lab on the site — or you can buy this certification on its own.

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