Professional Certificate in 5G for Telecommunication Technical Professionals

Professional Certificate

Programme Structure

Programme Name	Programme Schedule	Mode of Delivery	Programme Code
5G Telecommunication Foundation with End-to-End Technical Solution Case Studies	To be advised	Synchronous e-Learning	TGS-2022013124
	To be advised	Classroom Learning	TGS-2022013119
5G New Radio (5G NR) Radio Access Network (RAN)	To be advised	Synchronous e-Learning	TGS-2022012749
	To be advised	Classroom Learning	TGS-2022012751
5G Core Network (5GC) including MEC and 5G Cybersecurity	To be advised	Synchronous e-Learning	TGS-022013677
	To be advised	Classroom Learning	TGS-2022013670

Duration 7 days

Programme Overview

The Professional Certificate in 5G for Telecommunication Technical Professionals provides a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of mobile networks from 1G to 5G, emphasising the shift towards virtualisation, cloud infrastructure, and microservices. Learners will gain expertise in 5G core elements, radio functionalities, optimization strategies, as well as management, charging, and cybersecurity protocols at both radio and core levels, including endpoint devices. The programme delves into 5G network security, exploring vulnerabilities, threat surfaces, and effective mitigation techniques. Additionally, it covers the emerging paradigm of edge computing, including its drivers, architectural frameworks, and diverse application scenarios. Through in-depth case studies, learners will explore real-life deployments of 5G networks, while staying updated on the latest developments such as Network Slicing, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), Open RAN, and Private 5G.

Programme Objectives

This Professional Certificate will equip learners with the following competencies:

Understand and articulate features and functions of mobile networks from 1G to 5G end-to-end, especially in the transformation from dedicated hardware to virtualization, Cloud and microservices.
Basics of 5G Core elements and 5G Radio functionalities and their optimisations.
Management, charging and cybersecurity for a 5G network at Radio and Core levels, and endpoint devices.
5G Network Security: Exposures, threat surface and mitigations.
Edge Computing: drivers of adoption, architecture and use cases.
In-depth case studies of real-life scenarios and deployments of 5G networks.
Latest developments in 5G applications, Network Slicing, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC), Open RAN, Private 5G networks.

Job Role Readiness

It will prepare learners in the following job roles to perform their responsibilities more effectively/ It will prepare learners for the following job roles:

Application and product developers porting existing product to 5G networks or developing new products on 5G.
Architects and technical managers who are new to 5G and telecom networks.
Architects, core network engineers, radio engineers who need to upgrade to 5G from 4G or from IT networks.

Who Should Attend

Architects and developers of products and applications running on IP or 4G/LTE networks.
Architects, technical managers and developers.

Prerequisites

Participants with a background in ICT. Experience in telecom network preferred but not necessary.

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Instructors

Mr Chia Wai Kong

Mr Chia Wai Kong is the Director and Principal Consultant for Jakkolab Pte Ltd, a business consulting company that specialises in technology training and business process optimisation consulting. Wai Kong has 30+ years of experience in technology and business consulting, and system integration and project management with infocomms technology (ICT) multinational companies such as HP, Agilent, Ericsson, Lithium Technologies and Huawei. He has taken up various roles in these companies as Project Director, Chief Architect, Principal Solution Consultant, Practice Principal and Senior Business Consultant. He has a truly global consulting experience, having managed project deliveries and done consulting projects on every continent except Antarctica. This included whole of Asia, Australasia, UK, Ireland, Germany, East Africa and South America, with delivery teams coming from SE Asia, China, Japan, Korea, France, Germany, Switzerland and USA. Key projects include Digital Transformation of Hong Kong Telecoms Enterprise Business, launching Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) for Indonesian operator, Business Case development for fibre-to-the-home launch in Kenya, Business case for enterprise fibre project for Vodafone Germany, Smart Kingdom for Bahrain, Telecom Transformation for Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Project Director of multi-team consulting projects for Smart Communications and a Greenfield service provider in the Philippines, and Project Director for all-India subscriber registry rollout. As part of HP and Ericsson, Wai Kong was responsible to enforce Consultant Skills Inventory and to build the Global Solution Repositories. While in Huawei, he has conducted training and workshops in various telecom business processes and technologies related to the above projects. He was also a trainer of the Business Model Canvas (BMC) at Huawei University. Wai Kong founded Jakkolab with the intent of transferring his extensive international consulting and project management experience to local and regional companies. He has delivered 5G and IOT training to corporations and undergraduates. He has also delivered Digital Transformation training to Myanmar Imperial University MBA class and coached a Myanmar team of undergraduates for the ICAEW Business Challenge 2019. He is an Associate Trainer for a Malaysia-based premium technology provider where he has three 5G courses listed. He is also providing consulting in Business Process Improvement to drive Digital Transformation for SMEs in Singapore and Myanmar. Wai Kong is a Singapore Certified Management Consultant (SCMC) under Singapore Government’s Consultant Quality Initiative (CQI), under Singapore standards TR 43:2015 using guidelines from international standard ISO 20700. He also has a Certificate in Digital Marketing from AVADO (jointly developed with Google) and is a Lithium-certified Online Community Manager, and also a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nanyang Technological Institute/National University of Singapore in 1987.

Mr Paul Soon

Programme Fees

Singapore Citizens		Singapore PRs	Enhanced Training Support for SMEs	International Participants
39 years old or younger	40 years old or older	Singapore PRs	Enhanced Training Support for SMEs	International Participants
S$2,076.45	S$806.45	S$2,076.45	S$806.45	S$6,921.50

Total Nett Programme Fee Payable, Including GST, after additional funding from the various funding schemes
Participants must fulfill at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment components for all short courses within a professional certificate in order to be eligible for SSG funding.
GST shall apply at prevailing rates.

Mr Chia Wai Kong

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