Telecommunications Certification Organization

Welcome to the Telecommunications Certification Organization (TCO). TCO provides knowledge skills certification in the areas of telecommunications, VoIP, networking, IP, MPLS and wireless technologies, and works with training organizations to develop courses for the certifications.

TCO Telecommunications Certification confirms and demonstrates that an individual possesses specific knowledge of telecommunications, including broadband, convergence, the Ethernet/IP/MPLS components of the modern telecommunications network, broadband and mobile wireless, Voice over IP and SIP, the PSTN and carrier connections.

Taking courses to obtain a telecommunications certification is an ideal way to prepare for a job in the telecommunications business. Whether you're a programmer looking for that extra edge to be working for a telecom company, or a sales, finance, marketing, analyst or management person involved with telecommunications, building a broad knowledge of telecommunications networks, services and technologies, and obtaining a certificate to prove it can only help your prospects.

For employers, online training on modern broadband converged telecommunications, networking, wireless, VoIP and SIP, covering fundamentals, network technologies, equipment, services and mainstream practices is a highly cost-effective and consistent way to train new team members - or get your whole department up to a common speed, increasing productivity, accuracy and performance.  The cumulative benefit of this training will far, far outweigh its cost.

What is TCO certification? Consider these definitions:

cer·ti·fy: verb

1. to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm: He certified the truth of his claim.

2. to testify to or vouch for in writing.

3. to guarantee; endorse reliably: to certify a document with an official seal.

4. to award a certificate to a person attesting to the completion of a course of study or the passing of a qualifying examination.

5. Archaic . to assure or inform with certainty.

6. to give assurance; testify; vouch for the validity of something (usually fol. by to ).

cer·ti·fi·ca·tion

1. the act of certifying.

2. the state of being certified.

TCO telecommunications certification is obtained by taking courses and passing qualifying examinations.

This has benefits both for individuals and for employers. Individuals may use TCO certification to demonstrate to an employer or potential employer that they have valuable and desirable knowledge skills. TCO testing and certification allows an employer to ensure that their employees, either individually or at a group level, have required knowledge skills.

TCO certification may be able to be used as the basis for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) contact hours credits for self-study in telecom, broadband, convergence, Voice over IP (VoIP), SIP, data communications, TCP/IP, MPLS networks and wireless.

TCO Certifications are awarded on successful completion of the relevant certification exam, usually following training courses provided by one of our training partners.

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Definitions from the Random House Dictionary of the English Language