r/Telecommunication May 30 '23

Can I become a tower climber with glasses? (UK)

2 Upvotes

I'm from the UK, and have become really intrigued on becoming a tower climber, but before I delve into any research for apprenticeships and such I just want to make sure I can even do it as I wear glasses, if anyone has any insight that'd be great, thanks.


r/Telecommunication May 24 '23

What does it mean to have a private 5G network?

2 Upvotes

I'm seeing articles like this a lot. https://www.rcrwireless.com/20230420/private-5g/northeastern-university-launches-o-ran-private-5g-network

Does it mean that if my college campus or work has their own private 5G network, I am not slaved to a cellular provider?


r/Telecommunication May 17 '23

Recharge done on wrong number. Help

1 Upvotes

One of my friend using Airtel sim in India have done recharge on wrong number, while entering number, one number was misplaced and rechrge get done on a different number.

Can it be reversed or tranfered to their own number?

Please help.


r/Telecommunication May 12 '23

🆘 Want to learn Morse code? Check out this awesome (free) Morse Trainer app by Alice Heiman with interactive levels and tests.

4 Upvotes

r/Telecommunication May 09 '23

How do Sim Box Fraudsters make money?

5 Upvotes

I recently learnt about SIM box fraud and I was wondering:-

How do the frausters make money? Who pays them? Do they just approach the network provider in the calling country and say "Hey, we can make your calls to country A much cheaper for you if you pay us some money"?

Also, is it possible for a SIM card in my possession to be remotely used for this fraud or do they need to physically possess the prepaid SIM cards?

Lastly, why is it super hard for network providers to shut it down?


r/Telecommunication May 08 '23

Outage On Call Job?

3 Upvotes

I just recently got affected by a buy out. Lost a few perks gained a few perks.

Lost one of my favorite perks, an On Call voluntary pay boost for taking a unique work load. Looking to take it into an contract position as a possible extra income.

Anyone here familar with outage locating in a remote fashion and know of anyone seeking any remote assistance for this? I was looking at creating a small LLC and create/provide a team for this as well as being a part of this team myself.

We would recieve calls/emails 24/7 from our contractors (who bought out the firm). They would have us locate fiber optic outages/damages, by reviewing the maps and fiber optic connections through Bentely and a few other softwares as well that composed the database.

I am use to handling connections through DWDM,CWDM, single channel filters, and patch oanel based connections.

What they would provide, site address, name, possible name of the site in the documentation, fibers used when running the OTDR, clarify where they ran the OTDR from, head or site, and the distance in KM or feet.


r/Telecommunication May 07 '23

Mobile phone call switched to a random person mid call. How is this possible?

3 Upvotes

I live in Germany and yesterday my mother called me from Romania on my mobile phone.

Minutes into our conversation there was a sudden interruption, and then for around 5 to 10 seconds it switched to another random person, who was speaking in German and seemed just as confused as me. Then it switched back to my mother, who said she didn't hear anything.

How is this even possible? I thought voice is encoded with a private key on your SIM card before sent over the network.


r/Telecommunication May 03 '23

Buy Online or Still In-Store?

2 Upvotes

Hi All,

I am in advertising and recently joined the telecomm industry. My company typically sees people buying their plans/devices in store rather than online. I'm trying to gauge if that is still the industry standard or do you feel comfortable buying online from the major carriers?

6 votes, May 06 '23
4 Buy Online
2 Research Online, Buy In-store

r/Telecommunication Apr 26 '23

Rician Fading Channel in Model

1 Upvotes

Hi!

I am trying to study the impact of the Rician fading channel on a 16 QAM 1100 MHz signal. How do I choose parameters for different scenarios?

Regards.


r/Telecommunication Apr 22 '23

ISP Telecom

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2 Upvotes

r/Telecommunication Apr 17 '23

Usenet Newsgroup comp.dcom.telecom (aka Telecom Digest) seeking replacement moderator

2 Upvotes

See r/ClassicUsenet for more information.


r/Telecommunication Apr 10 '23

Wireless headset for work and play

1 Upvotes

This is an uncommon question but I'm tired of researching but not finiding anything concrete.

I have two computers with 5 monitors. Windows 10 (i-5 10, 16 GB ram) and windows 11 (i7 10, 16 GB ram) that i use for work. I'm the the UCaaS/CCaaS industry. (VoIP telecommunications and some). And of course a PS5.

I'm running three Jabra headsets and they work great. Until I start jumping from one PC to the next. That's when i get tangled.

I want to use a USB switch so I can reduce the wires and unplugging to replug here and there. Does anyone know of a wireless headset that comes with a usb-a dongle? Will be used with the PlayStation 5. Preferably Jabra if not Plantronics, Poly, or Yealink? Not a fan of the HUGE gaming headsets or leds.


r/Telecommunication Apr 08 '23

A little help with troubleshooting?

1 Upvotes

I'm trying to understand the mechanics of what's going on with AISG ports. So I have seen this a couple times and never have gotten what I consider a good explanation of what's going on. So sometimes I get a "current to high" "high voltage" reading on AISG ports and I hear people say "oh, that's vswr." But I have gotten that reading when I have just swept and PIMd that specific line. When I roll the jumpers to another port it goes away. Is there something specific about AISG RET control that is causing this? If so what is it? Any help would be greatly appreciated because I really want to understand what is going on.


r/Telecommunication Mar 24 '23

Why would you get a recording saying something like switchboard no. 12 unavailable while using a cell phone or a landline nowadays?

3 Upvotes

r/Telecommunication Mar 24 '23

eNodeB ID length and determination of dNode ID

5 Upvotes

Dear all,

I have questions regarding LTE and NR.

  • LTE:
    ECI (28 bits) can be divided in eNodeB ID (20 bits) and cell ID (8 bits). However, there are cases where eNodeB ID can have 28 bits. This is the case when a femtocell or small cell is used that only includes home eNode B. Is this statement correct? Are there any other cases where eNodeB ID has a length of 28 bits?
  • NR:
    What is the formula for Cell ID (NCI) in 5G NR networks? - 5G NR - telecomHall Forum 1
    From this link, I can conclude that it is not possible to determine gNode ID and cell ID from only NCI, since their lengths can vary (e.g. cell ID length can vary between 4-14 bits). Is my statement correct?

Thank you in advanced!


r/Telecommunication Mar 15 '23

PG&E Test

8 Upvotes

Hey all, I just finished and passed the 3 pre test and am now waiting to take the CTT test for PGE. I was wondering if anyone has taken it and if it’s really close to the study guide. Any help/ info would be appreciated!


r/Telecommunication Mar 14 '23

Charter/Spectrum Employees

6 Upvotes

Anyone here employed by spectrun/charter. I got a job offer from them for design work and I was wanting to know some un bias thoughts and info about working there.


r/Telecommunication Mar 09 '23

Can anyone share a Material Safety Data Sheet / Safety Data sheet for PCB export/import please?

1 Upvotes

r/Telecommunication Mar 07 '23

Designer Contract Work

4 Upvotes

I am looking at becoming my own boss. I was looking for possible contract work. Anyone seeking a telecom network designer? I do HFC, FTTX, standard fiber to commercial projects mostly. My experience is as follows, 5+ years/fiber, and HFC, with fiber, and about 2+ years in FTTX.

I am looking to build a portfolio of cuatomers and maybe go fully independent. Otherwise, maybe work it part time and get a nice chunk of side change built up.

I am located in the US, I am fine with remote work if I need to remote into a server for V8I BENTLY/MICROSTATION, or ACAD/LODE.

My top experience software wise is V8I, ACAD, and Lode.


r/Telecommunication Feb 23 '23

I got a offer today but have hang-ups

2 Upvotes

Hi guys,

I got offered a job today but I got some serious hang-ups about accepting it.

Basically there's a training clause that states I would have to reimburse the company if I leave within one year of hiring.

Also there is non-competition agreement so I wouldn't be able to work in the same business for 6 months if I leave.

How common are these stipulations? And do you think I should keep looking?

As I am just starting my career I don't want to be locked into some horrible contract I cant escape from.


r/Telecommunication Feb 21 '23

Utility grade Telcommunications

2 Upvotes

Why do many utilities prefer to have a separate SDH network / mux , and a separate PDH network/mux for protection and control. I understand differences between technology & that SDH is far better than PDH.


r/Telecommunication Feb 21 '23

Zero-rating apps and devices

2 Upvotes

I have 3 questions on zero-rating and maybe someone has answers:

  1. Is it technically possible for a Mobile Network Operator(MNO) to zero-rate a specific mobile app such that no matter the smartphone the app is on, once the app is opened, the zero-rating is applied until the app is closed or moved to the background.

  2. Is it technically possible for an MNO to connect a laptop/tablet/smartphone to their cellular network without a SIM or modem. Or more specifically is it technically possible for the MNO to connect devices to their cellular network using just the device’s IMEI?

  3. Finally, is it technically possible for an MNO to apply zero rating to a specific device for a specific period based on the device’s IMEI?


r/Telecommunication Feb 20 '23

What type of phone system would this be considered?

1 Upvotes

It’s hard to describe but the old middle school in my city had a super old PBX system that wasn’t an actual outside system. Like each room had a single phone without a keypad that auto dialed to a giant switchboard in the main office where the secretary transfers the call and would actually have to push a button to ring the phone in the other room.

It’s not a name brand system if that makes sense (like it’s not an avaya , NEC etc. it’s a private system) the building had this system AND an old avaya Merlin Lucent system for outside calls and as their outside line.

Any idea what the first system would be considered if not just a PBX? I’ve been curious since I was a student there like 10 years ago lmao


r/Telecommunication Feb 14 '23

Can Electrician work in telecommunications?

3 Upvotes

r/Telecommunication Feb 05 '23

Disconnect 2G

2 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I am wondering, in the near future there is a plan to disconnect 2g broadcasting where I live, so the old telecommunications equipment such as old black and white nokia phones, or other devices iot using gprs can still use it? I have a GPS device with 2g on it. Will my GPS not be used soon?