Career In The Telecom Sector

India has grown through leaps and bounds, the sector which has lead the whole economy to grow and develop, and reach where it is today. Students are always encouraged to choose the career of their choice, to make them put their whole- hearted efforts in the work. Almost all the industries provide great opportunities for the students to show their creative side, and work according to their interests. One sector which has grown to a great extent and in many ways the basis for many other industries to develop is Information Technology.

Telecommunications, a part of the IT industry, has grabbed the attention of a large number of students as their career prospects. Also, the career in telecom sector is very flourishing, with the industry booming and showing great growth rate. Telecom industry is said to be the industry, which even faced the recession well enough, and was not much struck by the same. Therefore, one can find a lucrative as well as a promising career in telecommunications sector. For pursuing a career in telecommunications, a student can opt for any of the following telecom courses, depending on his level of education:

Bachelors of Science in Telecom Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Technology
Certificate in Computer Forensics
Diploma in Telecom Engineering
Certificate in Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Mobile Internet Communication Informatics
Certificate in Information Technology

The degree courses require a time period of four years, in which the student is made to learn all the technicalities of the subject. A student needs to have physics, chemistry and maths as his subjects in the senior secondary examination to pursue his career in the telecom sector. There are many subjects in the telecommunications industry, which the student can choose as his specialisation, some of them are:

Telecommunications and System Lab
Statistical Signal Processing
Optical Communication & Networking
Cryptography & Network Security
Speech And Audio Processing
Advanced Computer Networks
Image & Video Processing
Wireless Communication
Satellite Communication
Multirate Systems And Filter Banks
Antenna Theory And Design
DSP and Micro Controller Lab

Telecommunication sector is so vast, that it provides opportunities for all the students, whether he is a degree or diploma holder. The various sectors and job responsibilities in the telecom sector are:

Software:

Telecom Software Engineer
Telecom Systems Solution Engineer

Hardware:

Telecom Hardware and Software Engineer
DSP Chip Design Engineer
Real-time Computer Systems Developer
Performance Optimizer

Communication:

Communication Engineer
Mobile Communication Engineer

Multimedia:

Image Processor
Video Engineer

Design:

Antenna Design Engineer
Telecommunications Equipment Designer

Management:

Trainer
Research Project Supervisor
Technical Support Provider

With the advancement of every sector, and the booming technology sector, the growth of telecommunications as a sector is very bright, and even scholars have predicted the industry to grow at a great rate in the upcoming years. The career prospects of the students in this field are also very brilliant, due to the vastness and the number of opportunities provided by this sector to the students. Students in any field are very finicky about their future as a whole; therefore, they make it sure that the career they are opting for is worth it and would definitely help in producing lucrative results overall. Companies like Bharat Sanchar Nigam, MTNL, ISRO, Oracle, TCS, WIPRO, Airtel, siemens Communications, TATA, Vodafone, Honeywell, IT Solutions, Infosys are few of the companies, covering private as well as public sector, which holds the future of the telecommunication students.

Telecommunications Science & Technology

The value of information technology (IT) software exports from Tamil Nadu rose by 29 per cent in 2008-09 to Rs 36,680 crore in 2008-2009 from Rs 28,426 crore, a year ago. The employment opportunities generated by Indias information technology (IT) should be dispersed to all parts of the state, according to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister, Mr K Anbazhagan. Information technology parks are being established in Municipal corporations like Coimbatore, Madurai and Trichy. TIDEL information technology Park at Coimbatore will be completed by May 2010 and will be established at an estimated cost of Rs 380 crore.

Syntel, Inc is planning to invest around US$ 50 million in its recently inaugurated global development centre located in Sipcot’s information technology (IT) special economic zone at Siruseri in Tamil Nadu. The centre, upon completion in the next two years, will provide jobs for over 10,000 professionals.

Significantly, the government has relaxed employment visa norms for the over US$ 60 billion information technology (IT) industry, allowing companies to hire foreign nationals as per their requirements.

Furthermore, the Indian information technology (IT) industry’s revenue from Germany, Austria and Switzerland could increase four fold to US$ 10 billion by 2020, according to a recently released NASSCOM report.

Delhi-based HCL Technologies Ltd has signed a US$ 500 million (Rs 2,225 crore) strategic pact with pharmaceutical major Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (MSD) for a period of five years. HCL will offer software-led information technology solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and business and knowledge process services to MSD.

According to Ms K Ratna Prabha, Principal Secretary, Information Technology and Communications Department, Andhra Pradesh is targeting to achieve an export turnover of Rs 70,000 crore (US$ 15.8 billion) and create direct information technology (IT) employment for 125,000 people by 2015.The state level technical committee (STC), headed by the secretary, science and technology (S&T) department of the Government of Orissa, has cleared eight more solar power projects with an aggregate power generation of 230 mega watts (MW).

Significantly, the success rate of incubated companies in India is 60-70 per cent, comparable to that in America, according to ‘First Status Report on Technology Business Incubation’, the first such survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).Meanwhile, technology company IBM has tied up with Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Delhi and Roorkee to jointly promote research in areas of common interest, like green technologies, energy-efficient computing and data mining.