Introduction to telecoms

StarTel provides the most comprehensive online "Introduction to Telecoms" available. This telecoms primer is packed with interactive simulations and hypertext-linked technical definitions. Sound clips are used to illustrate effects such as distortion and compare voice encoding techniques. As with all learntelecoms courses, StarTel also provides an extensive range of training facilities including question sessions after modules to test understanding and provide additional guidance.

StarTel consists of six courses:

Analogue and digital signals
Transmission fundamentals
Data communication principles
Principles of voice encoding and transmission
Telecoms networks
Telecoms services

The StarTel courses can be studied together as an integrated suite or individually when focussing on a particular aspect of telecoms.
The six StarTel courses studied together provide the ideal introduction to telecommunications for technical staff joining, or planning to join, the telecoms industry. They can also assist in preparations for the achievement of a Telecommunications or Communications Technology National Vocational Qualification at level 3.

The "telecoms services" course provides an ideal overview of modern telecoms services for non-technical personnel such as sales and marketing staff.

For those requiring an in-depth understanding of IP networks, it is suggested that the StarTel course "Data communication principles" is studied before the TransNet courses "Introduction to Wide Area Networks" and "IP networks and the Internet".

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