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The Certified Telecommunications Network Specialist (CTNS) certification offered by the Telecommunications Certification Organization (TCO) is aimed at project team members, managers, analysts, planners and developers who understand telecom networking fundamentals, including services and infrastructure requirements. A CTNS usually works for a telecommunications services provider, reseller or telecom equipment manufacturer.

TCO also offers the Certified IP Telecom Network Specialist (CIPTS) certification, which is designed for project team members, managers, analysts and so on who understand telecom networking fundamentals, services and infrastructure requirements. The CIPTS focuses on IP networking and not on telephony or wireless. TCO cites AT&T software developers working on nationwide IP VPN services as an example of the type of professional who acquires this certification.

There's more than ordinary networking involved in many of these credentials, because voice and streaming media traffic come with certain unavoidable and important requirements for limited latency and quick delivery. These are necessary for real-time voice and video communications to occur, and for streaming media delivery to provide an acceptable user experience without hiccups, interruptions and so forth. Thus, there's a vital service-level establishment, monitoring and troubleshooting component for these credentials.

There's also a larger-than-usual collection of protocols and services that certified professionals must know to install, configure, manage and troubleshoot, above and beyond the usual collection of TCP/IP basics commonly found in internet-connected networking environments.

Achieving the CTNS requires attending six courses and then passing the respective exams. Exam topics cover traditional telephony, wireless communications, carrier networks and a host of more general networking topics, such as the OSI reference model and protocols, Ethernet LANs, virtual networking, networking equipment, and addressing.

All exams and courses are administered by Teracom Training Institute (TTI). Candidates can purchase a certification package that includes all six courses, along with unlimited passes through the courseware and exam repeats, as well as a pass guarantee, for $219.

We searched several IT job boards and compiled the results. Note that these results are a snapshot in time and a number of factors affect the results. For example, you can expect to see fewer listings for the most senior certifications because fewer people actually possess those certs. Also, the results vary considerably depending on the job board.

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CTNS Facts & Figures
What can a person expect to make in the telecommunications industry? SimplyHired reports an average of $81,000 for telecommunications technicians. However, that figure is more in line with the telecommunications engineer job role salary ($71,715) reported by Glassdoor. For the telecommunications technician, Glassdoor reports an average $53,213.

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