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Online training for telecom engineers: 13 certification courses with hands-on labs, from 5G essentials to AI, cloud and 6G, each with a verifiable TELCOMA certificate.
- Every 5G & 6G course
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See all courses →5G essentials
Start here: what 5G changes, the radio access network, and the core end to end.
3 courses · 103 lessons · ~12h of video
Start here5G Foundation
What 5G actually changes vs 4G — architecture, spectrum and the core procedures, from first principles.
5G RAN Specialist
The radio access network in depth — ORAN, scheduling, beamforming and QoS, with real traces and configs.
5G Core & E2E Specialist
Cloud-native core, slicing, security and end-to-end call flow — inspect a simulated 5G core, not a slide deck.
RAN engineering
Plan a network you can defend in a design review, then find out why it misbehaves.
2 courses · 59 lessons · ~10h of video
5G RAN Planning & Design
Radio planning as arithmetic you can defend — a link budget that ends in a cell radius, a capacity chain that ends in a site count, and the parameter sheet that leaves your desk.
5G RAN Optimisation & Performance
Why the call does not get in, why it drops, and why it is slow — told apart on evidence, with the denominator checked before the verdict.
Cloud & security
The Kubernetes platform under a running 5G core, and what keeps the network secure.
2 courses · 68 lessons · ~9h of video
Telco Cloud: Kubernetes, CNFs & GitOps
Kubernetes as the machinery under a running 5G core — why healing loses the session, how a node is tuned for a user plane, and a change you can take back out.
5G Security: SUCI to Post-Quantum
What a specification implements against what your network actually uses — the concealed identity and what it never proves, how far one token really reaches, and a migration you can defend row by row.
Private 5G & IoT
A 5G network of your own on a plant, port or campus, and the low-cost and battery-free devices that connect to 5G.
2 courses · 63 lessons · ~7h of video
NewPrivate 5G: NPN Architecture, Spectrum & the Enterprise Edge
Whose network it is, which spectrum it may use, how many cells a metal hall really needs, and where the core sits when the WAN goes down.
NewRedCap, eRedCap & Ambient IoT
Each cut that makes a 5G device cheaper — receive branches, bandwidth, listening time — and what it costs in coverage, capacity and reach, down to a battery-free tag.
AI in the network
Where AI already runs in a network, and what it changes inside the radio itself.
2 courses · 57 lessons · ~7h of video
AI for Telecom Networks
Where AI already runs in a network — forecasting, anomaly detection, the core’s own analytics, and choosing a first deployment that cannot hurt you.
AI-RAN & the AI-Native Network
AI inside the radio itself — the 3GPP hooks that went normative, apps running on live networks, and energy numbers with honest denominators.
6G & satellite
What 6G has genuinely agreed so far, and the satellite link worked as arithmetic.
2 courses · 54 lessons · ~7h of video
Road to 6G: IMT-2030 & the First 6G Specifications
6G as it actually stands, not as it is pitched — the targets ITU-R set, what the studies have genuinely agreed, and one ruler for placing any 6G claim.
NTN & Direct-to-Device: 5G from Orbit
The satellite link as arithmetic — slant range you can compute, a budget that closes in both directions, and the mobility a moving cell forces.
The engineers who run the world's networks train with us
A selection of the operators, vendors, integrators, governments and institutes where our learners work.
Stuck mid-video? Ask TelcoMentor.
A coach that knows the course you are on. Ask anything inside any lesson and get an answer grounded in what you're watching — not generic search results.
- Course-awareKnows exactly which lesson you're on and explains from its content.
- 3GPP spec referencesThe relevant specification is named where it applies, so you can check it yourself.
- Connects the dotsLinks concepts across levels — “this builds on the Core Network module.”
Beamforming focuses energy toward a specific user instead of broadcasting in every direction — same power, concentrated where it's needed.
That's how 5G NR lifts throughput without raising total radiated power. 3GPP TS 38.214
Not another bootcamp certificate.
Pass a course exam to earn a verifiable TELCOMA certificate — QR-checked, publicly verifiable and LinkedIn-ready.
Three steps to a certificate anyone can verify.
Watch
Short video lessons from working 5G engineers — 15 minutes a day, on any device.
Practice
Hands-on labs — real traces, configs and a simulated 5G core, with TelcoMentor on call.
Certify
Pass the exam and earn a QR-verifiable TELCOMA certificate, ready to share on LinkedIn.
- 18:29:50.000NOTICENGAPSudden NG-C burst detected: 220 UEContextReleases/s from gNB-MET-SEC-E-012 (utility power event upstream)
- 18:30:00.080WARNAMFue_reg_rate=1420 req/s spiking (7x baseline) from 84 gNBs
- 18:30:03.020WARNAMFue_reg_rate=2100 req/s, queue_depth=640 (target<500)
- 18:30:06.040WARNAMFue_reg_rate=2483 req/s, queue_depth=1102, p99_latency=520ms (target<200ms)
- 18:30:09.080INFOAMFAutoscaler event: HPA observing cpu=71%, no scale-up yet (threshold 80%)
- 18:30:11.010WARNSBINausf_UEAuthentication pool in_use=60/64, p50=18ms, p99=140ms — pool nearing exhaustion (the AUSF is waiting on the UDM behind it)
- 18:30:14.030INFOAMFue_reg_rate=2412 req/s, queue_depth=1350, p99_latency=780ms
- 18:30:19.005DEBUGNASAuthenticationRequest dispatched for 98 UEs in last 3s
- 18:30:22.090WARNSBINausf_UEAuthentication pool in_use=64/64 saturated, new requests queued
- 18:30:28.110WARNAMFqueue_depth=1820, p99_latency=1240ms — SLA breached (target<200ms)
Real labs, not slide decks.
You don't learn 5G from bullet points. Hands-on labs drop you into real traces, configs and a simulated 5G core you can actually poke at.
- Inspect real signalling — PCAPs, call flows and RAN procedures
- Break and fix a simulated 5G core in a safe sandbox
- TelcoMentor AI coach on call inside every lesson
One membership. The whole academy.
Prime Membership opens every certification course — and every one we add — with the labs, the full-length practice exams, TelcoMentor and the certification exams that earn a verifiable certificate.
- Every courseAll the certification courses, and the new ones as they ship
- Certification examsA numbered, QR-verifiable certificate for each course you pass
- Hands-on practiceLabs, troubleshooting scenarios and full-length practice exams
- Your price, keptYou renew at the price you joined at. 7-day money-back guarantee
We don't just teach 5G — we research it.
Whitepaper Nº02 · PDFOpen RAN in PracticeWhat 2026’s flagship deployments actually tell us — audited against primary sources.Key finding — Top-5 RAN vendors held 96% of the market in 1Q–3Q 2025, up from 95% (Dell'Oro)
Whitepaper Nº06 · PDF5G Security: fixed vs deferredWhat 5G fixed at the interconnect, and the gaps 3GPP itself still calls open.Key finding — Nine 256-bit algorithm specs published, yet zero appear in TS 33.501 (per grep)
Whitepaper Nº08 · PDF5G from orbit — NTN & D2DHow 3GPP took NR to satellites, and the direct-to-device race to reach phones.Key finding — 541.46 ms — max round trip on a transparent GEO path (3GPP TR 38.821)
Whitepaper Nº12 · PDFThe road to WRC-27How ITU-R, 3GPP and WRC-27 together decide 6G — and why spectrum is the hard part.Key finding — IMT-2030 (ITU-R M.2160) defines 6 usage scenarios and 15 capabilitiesQuestions, answered.
Can I try it before paying?
Yes — a free account opens every certification course for 7 days, with no card: every module, the hands-on labs, the full-length practice exams and TelcoMentor. After the 7 days the first module of every course stays free on your account — its first lesson plays with no account at all — along with the 20-question mock exam, our articles, glossary and tools. The certification exam and the verifiable certificate it earns come with Prime Membership, or with buying that one certification on its own — either way backed by a 7-day money-back guarantee.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel anytime from your dashboard in one click. You keep full access until the end of your billing period. No questions asked, no retention calls.
How is this different from YouTube tutorials?
YouTube teaches you to recognize concepts. 5G/6G Academy teaches you to apply them. You tune real parameters, analyze actual protocol traces, debug failed procedures, and solve engineering problems. Plus TelcoMentor answers your questions grounded in the exact lesson you're on — not generic internet answers.
Are the TELCOMA certifications recognized?
They are TELCOMA credentials, issued by TELCOMA Global, which has trained and certified telecom engineers in 150+ countries since 2009 — not a 3GPP, ITU, vendor or government accreditation. Each one carries a unique verification number and a QR code that opens its own public verification page, so an employer can check it without going through you. What it shows is that you passed a written exam on the material.
What if I get stuck on a concept?
That's exactly what TelcoMentor is for. Every lesson has a built-in AI coach that knows your curriculum and explains concepts using your lesson content — with 3GPP specification references so you can verify and go deeper.
Do I need prior telecom experience?
No. The entry course assumes no prior telecom knowledge — it starts from what actually happens when you make a call and builds up — and the path takes you through the radio network, the core, security and the road to 6G. A new account opens every course free for 7 days, so you can check the level before paying anything.