Globalization, economic liberalization and industrial requirements have created a lot of new employment opportunities in various engineering branches. The time has passed when people considered engineering as limited to just a few areas. Today its scope has spread to many major areas. One of them is telecommunications engineering.

According to data released by the regulatory body TRAI from telecom, the total number of subscribers had reached about 1170 million. Due to this, India has become the second-largest market for telecommunications in the world. From this, it can be estimated how many opportunities are there in this area.

Some of the major courses related to telecommunication:
- BE / B.Tech
- ME / MTech
- MBA
- Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Important institutes:
- Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Technological University, Bangalore
- BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
- Bharti Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, New Delhi
- Assam Engineering College, Guwahati
- Army Institute of Technology, Pune 
- SNDT Women's University, Mumbai 

Why This Course 

In view of the demand of the telecommunication industry in the country, undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma, PG diploma level courses are in practice. Through them, designing, installing, testing, repairing, etc. of network system can be introduced with skill. Information related to software development, telecom marketing, network management, network security is also provided during the course. To get admission in the four-year (BE / B.Tech) course in the telecommunications field, the student needs to pass the 12th examination from the PCM group, whereas for a two-year postgraduate course, a BE / BTech degree in the same stream is required. A diploma or PG diploma also requires the student to graduate.

Educational requirements of Telecom Engineer:

- Minimum degree is required in electrical and electronic discipline.
- Knowledge of all telecommunication devices.
- Skill preferred for telecommunication engineers:

Skill preferred for telecommunication engineers
- Experience in networking field is preferred.
- Must possess good problem-solving ability.
- Knowledge in software that deals with telecommunication systems.
- Knowledge in C-language programming.
- Should have all basic electrical and electronic knowledge.

This field is a purely technical field, so students are required to develop technical qualities within themselves. Along with this, skills like communication skills, teamwork, computer hardware and software information, technical writing help professionals.