Career route
How to become a Private 5G Network Engineer
Design the 5G network a plant, port or campus runs on — whose network it is, whose spectrum, where each function sits, and why.
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The route
- 15G Foundation
- 2Private 5G: NPN Architecture, Spectrum & the Enterprise Edge
- Courses
- 2
- Video
- ~6.9h
- Certificates
- 2
Who takes this route
RAN, core and transport engineers, and enterprise IT/OT network engineers in factories, ports, mines, campuses and hospitals.
What you'll be able to do
- Choose between an SNPN and a PNI-NPN design and place each network function on site or off
- Work out a private-spectrum route and how to synchronise with your neighbours
- Size the plant’s radio and defend a design row by row
The route, in order
2 courses · 14 modules · about 6.9 hours of video, hands-on labs throughout, and a graded exam at the end of each.
1TELCOMA 5G Foundation5G Foundation5G system architectureNSA vs SAService-based architectureCore network functionsBeginner34 lessons~3.3h7 modules
2TELCOMA Private 5G SpecialistPrivate 5G: NPN Architecture, Spectrum & the Enterprise EdgeSNPN & PNI-NPN designNetwork function placementEAP-TLS & credentials holdersDevice onboardingIntermediate34 lessons~3.6h7 modulesBefore this: Recommended: 5G Foundation. RAN and core depth are not assumed — decibels, frame arithmetic and the authentication methods are built from zero where the course needs them.
What you earn
2 verifiable TELCOMA certificates, one for each course, issued only after you pass its graded exam. Each carries a number and a QR code to a public page an employer can open without an account.
TELCOMA 5G Foundation
TELCOMA Private 5G Specialist
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