Industry Overview

Telecommunications is a mammoth industry, comprising companies that make hardware, produce software, and provide services. Hardware includes a vast range of products that enable communication across the entire planet, from video broadcasting satellites to telephone handsets to fiber-optic transmission cables. Services include running the switches that control the phone system, making access to the Internet available, and configuring private networks by which international corporations conduct business. Software makes it all work, from sending and receiving e-mail to relaying satellite data to controlling telephone switching equipment to reducing background noise on your cell phone call.
 

Course Description

The Telecommunication Industry is one of the most exciting and fastest growing industries in the world today. As an essential part of Information Technology, it offers great professional and business opportunities.

Engineers wishing to advance their careers in Telecommunication Engineering need to master the leading edge technologies and to enhance their business, management and people skills.

The courses are aimed at graduates in Computer, Communication, Electronic or Electrical Engineering, or equivalently qualified technologists, who wish to :

- Develop expertise in the analysis, design, implementation and operation of telecommunication devices, systems and networks,

- Develop oral and written communication skills, teamwork skills, business and management skills.

- Advance their career and leadership roles in the telecommunication industry

 

Career Prospects

Rapid technological development and exponential growth in global telecommunication industry and business present exciting career opportunities for telecommunication engineering graduates.

Graduates from this course will have acquired leading-edge knowledge and skills in telecommunication technologies. They will also have further developed effective oral and written communication skills, teamwork skills, and business and management skills. They are therefore well prepared for Career Advancement and Leadership roles in the telecommunication industry.

In the private sector, they may work in the design, manufacture and supply of telecommunication products, systems and services. Their functions may span from technical experts, technical or business managers, to executive officers. They may also establish their own business operating in the local and international telecommunication market.

In the public sector, they provide the community with essential services in areas such as telecommunication, transport, security, defence, health, emergency services, and the environment