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Leading specialist telecoms training academy Wray Castle has announced its membership of TCCA, the global representative organisation for the critical communications sector. Alongside the continued strength and ongoing development of narrowband services for critical communications, mobile network operators are emerging as key players in delivering mission critical services. How this commercial technology is, or could be, utilised to enhance services for critical communications users is therefore of increasing interest to those in the critical communications sector.Wray Castle delivers training courses across a range of telecommunication technologies with a focus on professional mobile radio covering mission critical broadband, TETRA and DMR....

1st December 2022 (10-11am, UK) The Environmental Sustainability in Telecoms – the Road to Net Zero  Webinar is brought to you by Wray Castle, one of the world’s most established telecoms training providers and City Science, the UK’s leading specialist in modelling net-zero and carbon accounting. This combination of in-depth telecoms insight with powerful carbon modelling skillsets is uniquely positioned to provide both net-zero advisory and training services to the TMT markets. The environment -- with energy-use and -management being the overriding consideration -- is one of the three pillars of sustainability, and the telecoms industry has a long journey ahead as...

3GPP Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) | 17th November 2022  Join Les Granfield on 17th November (10-11am UK time) for this live training webinar looking at 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) (17 Nov) This webinar looks at how 3GPP propose to use the 5G New Radio (NR) to provide 5G cellular coverage in hard-to-reach locations such as ships at sea, airborne aircraft, trains and remote geographical locations using non-terrestrial flying objects.   The flying objects are more commonly known as satellites but the NTN will also include High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS), Air-to-Ground Systems as well as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).  Topics include: Competing commercial satellite systems...

Recorded | 4th November 2022 To be able to satisfy the 3GPP defined ‘use cases’, including enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive Machine Type Communications (eMTC) and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) demands additional radio spectrum, in particular millimetric radio spectrum. Never before has this spectrum been used for cellular mobile communications and this requires a different approach to cell planning.This webinar examines millimetric radio propagation and how cells can be effectively planned to match use cases in different environments. Topics to be discussed include: 5G Frequency bands 3GPP use cases Why do we need to plan? Overall planning process Radio propagation at 26GHz...

We're pleased to announce that Wray Castle will be at Africa Tech Festival 2022 in Cape Town (7-11 November). If you're going to be in Cape Town come and meet us on at the exhibition and learn how we empower the global telecoms world by providing the specialised knowledge, skills, and competencies required by organisations to build, manage, optimise, and operate cutting-edge telecommunications networks. If you’d like to arrange a time to meet please email phastings@wraycastle.com. We’d love to meet with you and discuss how we can help you and your organisation build the skills and competencies you need to succeed. 

Our portfolio of business focused on-demand online training courses are designed for those working in mid-senior roles or identified talent looking to accelerate their career.Each self-contained on-demand course takes around 11 hour study time and have been developed to help you build the skills you need to thrive in todays telecoms industry. Our course are telecoms focused and cover the key elements of Strategy, Leadership, Finance, Business Transformation, Business Model development and Customer Propositions. Strategy in Business - Looking at the nature of Strategy; building awareness (industry, market, business dynamics, company-specific); strategic Analysis; strategy Development; strategy Execution; and Key Performance Enablers. Leadership...

Designed as foundation building blocks for organisations seeking to build skills and organisational competencies, our foundation courses are designed both for those who are new to the industry wishing to build a thorough understanding of the technologies on which modern telecoms networks are built, and, for those who are working in the industry who aspire to continue their professional development towards becoming an industry expert.  In addition, these courses are enjoyed and appreciated by those in non-technical roles who need to develop an awareness of the technology, its capabilities and the services it can enable. 2G to 5G Mobile Technologies...

Recorded 13th September 2022 The energy and utility sectors are going through a time of unprecedented change, driven largely by the drive for “net zero” and “smart grids”.  A shift towards renewable and more localised energy sources, coupled to a greater reliance on digital technology and automation, has transformed these industries. The sector is now actively envisioning how new wireless broadband communications technologies, and the cloud, can help them harness the power of the growing wave of connected devices and data. These technologies will replace traditional narrowband telemetry, tele-control and tele-protection systems, and enable utilities to move increased volumes of data...

The design of a national spectrum policy requires a significant amount of planning.Every regulator has to interact with international, regional, national and local agencies and users when embarking upon the design of a national spectrum policy.Current spectrum useIt is imperative that the national spectrum regulatory body establishes a database of the current use and users of the national spectrum resource. There will be a range of bodies which have access to information regarding their own use of spectrum. Such bodies will be the defence forces, police forces, broadcasters, telecommunications service providers etc. All of this information should be input to...

The GSMA over the last few years, and with the support of over 90 organisations within the mobile industry, has created and currently maintains two specification suites; one for M2M and IoT applications, and another for Consumer applications.The M2M specification was developed first and is built around the PUSH model, where all subscription provisioning operations are managed by a backend server. This is well suited to the M2M environment where devices are generally left unattended and cannot make decisions regarding connectivity themselves.The Consumer specification came along later and is the opposite model (PULL) because here, it is the consumer that...

Wray Castle teamed up with Delta Partner's to help build and deliver their first TMT Accelerator in London in July that brought together Consultants from across the world. The TMT Accelerator is unique proposition that covers advanced TMT concepts and leadership skills with the focus on efficiently developing the skills, knowledge and competencies Consultants need to become TMT experts. We focused on building and delivering sessions covering TMT Strategy, Business Model and Leadership and featured interactive learning sessions and discussions, in-depth case studies and mini innovation sprint. You can learn more about the TMT Accelerator by watch the wrap up video below.

The high level architecture of O-RAN includes three main areas: the Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) framework, O-RAN Functions and the O-Cloud.The SMO is a collection of a variety of management services and provides a range of network management functions. The management functions may go beyond that of the RAN, but may include Core Management, Transport Management and End to End Slice Management. But in terms of RAN management the key operations include: support of the O1 interface to the O-RAN Network functions, the Non-Real Time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) for RAN optimization and O-Cloud management orchestration/workflow management.The O-RAN Network...

Our focused, practical and highly relevant courses enable emergency services professionals to maintain maximum awareness and understanding of the latest advanced telecom technologies, providing a solid basis for investment and operational decisions on the future of their critical communications networks - including the adoption of LTE and 5G cellular network technologies. As a preferred training provider of The Critical Communications Association (TCCA) we are trusted by industry leaders to deliver effective learning and development for a range of professionals with individual or structured learning pathways.  In this brochure we’ll feature: Featured Courses - Live and on-demand course that our especially...

Recorded 24th June 2022 5G improves performance in areas critical to many of the new use cases that it has been designed to support - providing a toolkit of techniques that we can use to support Connected Innovation, Smart Technologies, and the Internet of Things. These 5G capabilities build on 4G techniques and provide significant revenue opportunities for telecoms and adjacent industries. This talk focuses on some of the key 5G tools and techniques available to us (including those adopted from 4G), specifically in support of the Internet of Things (IoT). We cover the device, radio, and core network aspects;...

We're pleased to announce that Wray Castle will be attending TCCA Critical Communications World 2022 in Vienna (21-23 June 2022). Meet us as Critical Communications World and learn and learn about how our focused, practical and highly relevant courses enable emergency services professionals to maintain maximum awareness and understanding of the latest advanced telecom technologies, providing a solid basis for investment and operational decisions on the future of their critical communications networks. As a preferred training provider of The Critical Communications Association (TCCA) we are trusted by industry leaders to deliver effective learning and development for a range of professionals with individual or...

Recorded: 10th June 2022 5G enables cost effective capacity provision whilst at the same time improving performance in areas critical to many of the new use cases that 5G has been designed to support. In particular, the low latency capabilities of 5G are seen as essential in enabling connectivity for industrial automation / robotics and for connected vehicles – among many other applications. Starting with the requirements and performance targets, this talk explores how low latency (and ultra-low latency) is achieved in 5G from a technical perspective. We delve into the different mechanisms and features that are available and the flexible...

Recorded: 23rd May 2022 The developments within 4G LTE provides much of the foundation for 5G. In fact, 5G incorporates 4G (but not 2G or 3G) as part of the ongoing 5G system development. Whilst 5G introduces more flexibility and efficiency into the overall cellular system (in a number of ways, including enabling efficient use of mm Wave spectrum), 4G will remain an integral part of the system for many years to come. Effective technology decision making is made easier because many of the improvements that LTE Advanced and Advanced Pro bring to cellular will remain relevant and fully utilised as...

Businesses and individuals may elect to migrate some or all of their applications and systems to the cloud for a number of reasons, among the most frequently quoted are: Competitive AdvantageBusinesses judge that moving to cloud-based services will provide them with a competitive advantage over other companies. There may be many ways in which an advantage may be quantified but they could include faster or more flexible responses to changing market conditions and the ability to roll new products and services out more quickly than would have been possible with a legacy IT architecture. The three following drivers can also...

Our Online Rail Academy help address the skills gap and delivers effective integrated training programmes that truly engage employees in their own development, whether its new starters, identified talent or experienced engineers. Our proven platform combined with our Gold Standard training material covers the major rail communications systems, (Incl. GSM-R, ERTMS/ETCS and FRMCS) as well as a thorough ground on the technologies that underpin them, and effectively enables knowledge transfer and upskills staff across an organisation. We empower industry giants like Vodafone and Network Rail to fill their skills gap and develop, retain and attract the industries best talent and ensure they...

Recorded: 3rd May 2022 This webinar aims to clarify why there is a requirement for more radio spectrum for 5G systems, what bands have been identified, and why, and the challenges and solutions these new bands bring.      Topics covered include: The relationship between bandwidth and bit rate The relationship between frequency band and coverage Bands identified for 5G by regulators Impact of radio channel bandwidth on spectrum allocations Impact of wavelength upon antenna dimensioning Propagation issues associated with Millimetre wave bands (mmWave) How higher frequencies facilitate the realisation of massive MIMO Impact of mmWave on device power consumption Webinar Speaker: ...