Course Overview

This four-week, self-paced course considers the history and technical evolution of mobile telecommunications before moving on to cover the core functions of the spectrum manager.

Participants will learn about how spectrum is used, the characteristics of spectrum bands and the progression of mobile technologies. The course also covers the principles of spectrum planning at national and international levels and includes a deep dive into spectrum licensing and an overview of the regulatory issues related to spectrum.

Course Objectives

• Understand the processes and approaches to spectrum allocation and licensing.
• Learn how spectrum management is changing in the ever-evolving communications sector.
• Understand how these concepts can be applied to the spectrum conditions in your own country.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

• Heads and vice presidents of regulatory policy
• Policy managers and directors
• Heads of network design
• Telecommunications managers

Course Structure and Study Time

This self-paced course consists of eight sessions and an assignment. Each of the sessions includes a knowledge check.

It should not take you more than two to three hours of study time per week to complete the course in four weeks. You will have, however, seven weeks to complete the course.

Course Completion Certificate

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will need to:

• view the eight course sessions;
• correctly answer all the questions in the knowledge checks you will find as you progress through the sessions (you will have unlimited attempts to pass the knowledge checks);
• submit an assignment, which will need to be approved by the GSMA; and
• fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$790.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

This three-week, self-paced course will provide telecommunications professionals with the insights they need to understand the multifaceted relationship between mobile technologies and climate change. The course discusses how the mobile industry is reducing its impact on climate change and enabling climate action in other sectors, as well as how other stakeholders can facilitate climate action across the mobile ecosystem.

By bridging mobile technology and environmental concerns, professionals are empowered to develop strategies, products, and services that promote sustainability while mitigating environmental impact. Equipped with this knowledge, organisations can better align efforts, drive positive change, and position themselves as leaders in sustainable practices through the power of mobile innovation.

This course has been created by the GSMA.

• Understand the nature of climate change, what is causing it, and how it can be addressed.
• Learn how digital and mobile technologies are affecting climate change.
• Think about the carbon footprint of the mobile industry and how the industry is progressing on climate action.
• Understand the benefits of energy efficiency in general and for the mobile sector in particular.
• Learn how to measure, track, and improve the energy efficiency of mobile networks.
• Reflect on the benefits of renewable energy for the mobile sector.
• Learn about the challenges and opportunities that renewable energy poses to mobile network operators, including policy and regulatory implications.

Who Is This Course for?

This course provides a holistic understanding of leveraging mobile technologies for climate action across organizational functions. The course fosters a cross-functional mindset and is suitable for people in different areas of the industry, including:

• Finance and HR
• Operations
• Strategy
• Sustainabiltiy / ESG teams
• Engineering
• Technical

The course consists of four sessions, and each session includes a knowledge check and an assignment task. You will be granted access to the first session as soon as you enrol on the course.

It should not take you more than two to three hours of study time per week to complete the course in three weeks. You will have, however, ten weeks from enrolment to complete the course.

• view the four course sessions;
• correctly answer all the questions in the knowledge checks you will find at the end of the sessions (you have unlimited attempts to pass the knowledge checks);
• submit four assignments, which will need to be approved by the GSMA; and
• fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$790.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

Course Overview

The effect of radio transmissions on health has been studied extensively, leading to international standards for network antennas and exposure limits for workers and the public. Despite the ever-growing body of scientific knowledge, many people continue to be concerned about electromagnetic fields (EMFs) and their impact on health.

This four-week self-paced course looks at the state of the science, standards for mobile technologies, regulatory compliance, and public awareness and education.

Course Objectives

• Understand public concerns and the accumulated knowledge about the health effects of EMFs.
• Learn about internationally accepted safety requirements for radio transmissions.
• Learn how to respond to public safety concerns and increase awareness of the science.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

• Individuals who have recently moved into a regulatory position and need to gain insights into people’s concerns about radio signals and health.
• Regulatory or legal professionals who need to respond to public safety concerns and increase awareness of the science.
• Entry and mid-level engineering staff who need to understand the policy and regulatory aspects of radio signals and health.

Course Completion Certificates

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course sessions and correctly answer all of the quiz questions you will find as you progress through the sessions. You will also need to fill out the course survey. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the quizzes.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$790.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

Competition in mobile telecommunications is multifaceted and dynamic. Telecommunications professionals must be alert to the regulation affecting mobile infrastructure. 

This four-week, self-paced course provides a foundation for understanding the rules of competition and the regulatory powers that apply to the telecommunications sector, taking into account the wider competitive landscape, which now includes Over-The-Top players.

This course has been created by the GSMA.

• Understand the application of competition law as it applies to the telecommunications sector, especially abuse of dominance and merger control.
• Look at the interaction between competition law and regulation, especially Significant Market Power/Dominant Carrier regulation.
• Compare the treatment of the telecommunications sector in regulation and competition law with the situation in the wider communications ecosystem.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

• Regulatory professionals who want to understand the latest challenges shaping competition policy in the digital age.
• Entry and mid-level managers who are new to the telecoms sector and want to quickly get up to speed on the key issues and trends in competition policy and digital markets.
• Engineers moving into management roles who need to develop an understanding of competition policy as it relates to the telecommunications sector.

This self-paced course consists of six sections and an assignment. Each of the sections includes a knowledge check.

It should not take you more than two to three hours of study time per week to complete the course in four weeks. You will have, however, seven weeks to complete the course.

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will need to:

• view the six course sections;
• correctly answer all the questions in the knowledge checks you will find as you progress through the sections (you will have unlimited attempts to pass the knowledge checks);
• submit an assignment, which will need to be approved by the GSMA; and
• fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$790.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

Course Overview

The Internet of Things (IoT) involves connecting devices to the internet across multiple networks to allow them to communicate with humans, applications and each other. IoT is set to have a huge impact on our daily lives, helping us to reduce traffic congestion, improve care for the elderly and create smarter homes and offices.

This four-week, self-paced course provides a high-level overview of IoT concepts from a mobile perspective, outlines the role IoT can play in enhancing the quality of life of citizens, and explores the policy and regulatory implications of IoT.

This course has been created by the GSMA.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you will understand:

• The technology behind IoT
• Operational aspects of IoT
• IoT business models
• The policy and regulatory implications of IoT

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

• Heads and vice presidents of regulatory policy
• Policy managers and directors
• Heads of network design
• Telecommunications managers

Course Structure and Study Time

This self-paced course consists of seven sessions and an assignment. Each of the sessions includes a knowledge check.

It should not take you more than two to three hours of study time per week to complete the course in four weeks. You will have, however, seven weeks to complete the course.

Course Completion Certificate

• view the seven course sessions;
• correctly answer all the questions in the knowledge checks you will find as you progress through the sessions (you have unlimited attempts to pass the knowledge checks);
• submit an assignment, which will need to be approved by the GSMA; and
• fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$790.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

Course Overview

Course Objectives

• Understand the key aspects of mobile privacy, data protection, security concepts and consumer trust.
• Consider the role of mobile operators, internet content providers and consumers in respecting and protecting the privacy of consumers.
• Discover how regulation can be applied effectively to protect consumer privacy and security in a converged world.
• Explore practical solutions and initiatives that enable the operationalisation of privacy and security within mobile operator environments.
• Establish a good foundation in privacy and data protection as well as security principles as they apply within the mobile industry.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

• Heads and vice presidents of regulatory policy
• Policy managers and directors
• Heads of network design
• Telecommunications managers

Course Completion Certificates

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you must view all of the course sessions and correctly answer all of the quiz questions you will find as you progress through the sessions. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the quizzes. You will also need to fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$790.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

Course Overview

Today’s telecommunications networks are complex mixtures of legacy technologies coupled with the latest generation of both fixed and mobile architectures.

This six-week, self-paced course seeks to offer a grounding to those who are new to the telecoms industry, providing them with a foundation of knowledge which will allow them to explore the telecommunications ecosystem in greater detail. As such, the course is all-encompassing, providing technical detail on fundamental concepts, network architectures, and today’s services environment.

This course has been created by Mpirical.

Course Objectives

• Outline the telecommunications ecosystem, including factors affecting the telecoms landscape, standardization and the main components of a telecommunication infrastructure.
• Consider the principles and origins of circuit switching, voice digitization, optical transmission systems and SS7.
• Understand the fundamentals associated with packet transport networks, including protocol stacks, IP addressing and routing basics, multi-protocol label switching, Carrier Ethernet, DHCP, DNS and NAT.
• Examine the security of packet transport networks, including the current threat climate, key threats and data protection, using techniques such as IPSec, digital certificates and PKI.
• Outline the architecture used for voice services in fixed network architectures, from legacy PSTN switches to modern-day soft switches.
• Explain the architecture of the global internet, including the notion of peering, IXPs and internet regulation, as well as routing protocols and CIDR.
• Discuss the high-level architecture required for a typical mobile network, including RAN and core architectures for all cellular technology generations.
• Highlight voice call procedures for both fixed and wireless networks.
• Explain mobile data services for 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks, including focus on mobility.
• Examine the concepts of over the top (OTT) services associated with voice calls, messaging and video streaming.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

This course has been designed for a semi-technical audience who may have a technical background but are new to the telecoms industry. It provides learners with a foundation for technical understanding as well as with the terminology used across the industry.

Course Structure and Study Time

The course consists of eleven modules, which you will gain access to as soon as you complete your enrolment. You will need to view the modules sequentially.

We estimate that it should not take you more than three hours of study time per week to complete the course in six weeks. You will have, however, nine weeks from enrolment to complete the course.

Course Completion Certificate

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the tests of understanding at the end of the modules. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the tests. You will also need to fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$999.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

Course Overview

This five-week, self-paced course explores the mobile networks in operation today, and in so doing describes the technologies, services, and markets.

Comprising eight modules, this course begins by reviewing the current market position prior to describing how mobile technology has evolved over the past 30 years – from the early networks through to the potential of 6G. Emphasis is placed on the networks which are in commercial operation today as a means of describing evolving services and applications. The growth in machine-type communications is explored, and the new critical communication-based services such as V2X, extended reality and the metaverse are analysed, before finally taking a brief glimpse into what 6G has in store.

This course has been created by Mpirical.

Course Objectives

• Understand the current mobile ecosystem, the coexistence of different generations of mobile networks, and the complexities of managing these networks.
• Describe the basic building blocks of a mobile network.
• Understand the importance of data and the impact of video streaming services on data usage in mobile networks.
• Understand the basics of digital radio communication in mobile networks, including frequency bands, channel bandwidths and modulation.
• Explore the services and capabilities of legacy networks (2G and 3G).
• Explore the development and evolution of 4G networks.
• Understand the basic principles of voice telephony and the difference between circuit-switched voice and IP-based voice.
• Explore the rise of the smartphones and mobile app marketplaces.
• Understand how 4G and 5G networks can interwork with Wi-Fi and other access technologies.
• Explore cellular IoT and mMTC (Massive Machine Type Communication) applications.
• Outline the key performance capabilities of 5G.
• Understand how MEC (Multi-access Edge Computing) is used to support URLLC (Ultra Reliable and Low Latency Communication) applications.
• Understand the relationship between modern mobile networks and the Cloud.
• Explore the SBA (Service Based Architecture) of the 5G core.
• Explore potential use cases such as V2X, AR/XR and private cellular networks.
• Look ahead to the potential capabilities of a future 6G network.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

This course has been designed for all audiences but is particularly suitable for those with some technical experience. The course will provide a foundational understanding of the evolution and relationship between different generations of mobile technology, as well as key terminology and use cases.

Course Structure and Study Time

The course consists of eight modules, which you will gain access to as soon as you complete your enrolment. You will need to view the modules sequentially.

We estimate that it should not take you more than two and a half hours of study time per week to complete the course in five weeks. You will have, however, eight weeks from enrolment to complete the course.

Course Completion Certificate

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the tests of understanding at the end of the modules. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the tests. You will also need to fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$999.

For group registrations, email [email protected].

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the test of understanding. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the test of understanding. You will also need to fill out the course survey.

Course Overview

This two-week, self-paced course provides a technical introduction to Open RAN in the 5G radio network and describes the role of the O-RAN Alliance in defining the open 5G RAN architecture. You will identify key drivers and benefits of virtualized and Open RAN initiatives supported by the O-RAN Alliance.

This course has been created by Awards Solutions.

Course Objectives

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

• Identify key drivers for virtualized and Open RAN.
• Show examples of virtualized gNB components like vCU, vDU.
• Sketch O-RAN architecture and identify O-RAN components.
• Identify the role of SMO, RIC and their interfaces to RAN components.
• Identify the role of artificial intelligence and external apps for RAN analytics.

Who Should Enrol on This Course?

This course has been designed for a broad audience of personnel working in the wireless industry.

Course Structure and Study Time

This is a self-paced course and you will gain access to all of its content as soon as you complete your enrolment.

We estimate that it should not take you more than one hour of study time per week to complete the course in two weeks. You will have, however, five weeks from enrolment to complete the course.

Course Completion Certificate

To qualify for a course completion certificate, you will have to view all of the course content and correctly answer at least 80% of the questions in the final assessment. You will have unlimited attempts to pass the final assessment. You will also need to fill out the course survey.

Course Fee

The course fee is US$175.

For group registrations, email [email protected].