How To Get Jobs In Telecom Sector, Make Career In Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Zong & Warid
The telecom industry has been progressing for a few years and has made remarkable progress in this field. Previously, this field was not very famous, but nowadays, the demand for this field has increased because the number of cellphone users has increased to a greater extent.
Nowadays, engineers are required for this field, and most institutes offer telecom courses and education courses to students. The function of telecom is to provide communication by means of telephones, telegraphs, radars, radio, navigation ads, and so on.
They use wireless or wired devices to transmit signals and also deal with various switching systems.
Jobs Details in the Telecom Sector
There are few areas in telecom engineering are as follows:
- OSP Engineers
- RF/WL Engineers
- ATM/Sonnet Engineers
- Network Engineers
- Transmission Engineers
- AV Engineers
Now, I am going to define those telecom fields that are offered to students and are totally associated with telecom engineering.
- Satellite Communication
- Signal and Image Processing
- Optical Fiber and Phonetics
- Mobile Satellite Communication
- Data Networks
- Data coding, compression, encryption, and transmission
- Software systems, including e-commerce
- Microelectronic devices and systems
- Real-time embedded system
After completing the courses, students can find jobs in various sectors, which I am going to mention below:
- Communication/signal processing company, e.g., DSP design and implementation, cellular mobile, RF planning, Broadband system, Migration from 2G to 3G, and 3G to 4 G communication.
- Electrical and electronic industry
- Aerospace and defense industry
- Teaching career at a university
- Pursuing a PHD research, Engineers can apply to multinational companies such as PTCL, Jazz, Telenor, Warid, Zong, Onic, Nokia, Siemens, Ericson, Pakistan Atomic Energy, NDC, Air Weapon, NESCOM, etc.
After that, I am going to mention Pakistan’s telecom sector.
The telecom sector has 3 categories:
Operators: We have six operators:
- Ufone
- Warid
- Mobilink
- Telenor
- Zong
- PTCL
Vendors: Operators hire a network and install telecom equipment on operators’ call site. Here is the list of vendors who are working in Pakistan.
- Huawei
- ZTE
- Nokia Siemens Network
- Ericsson
- Motorola
- Alcatel
Sub cons: Now vendors hire sub cons which have majority of work to do. Here is a list of sub cons which are working in Pakistan:
- Netcom
- Tire-4
- Ace Works
- Celeros
- Dancom
- Apollo Telecom
- Myson
- Many other subcon are working in Pakistan.
After reading and getting all this information, you must be aware of getting a job in this telecom sector. So, there are some detailed information and requirements for getting a job in such a sector.
Firstly, students must be educated at a university or institution and have completed the degree with proper skills.
If a student has good contacts and references, he/she will be given a good job. If a student does not have this, he/she will have to start with an entry test and work as an intern in the company to learn the tactics.
When working as an internet, he/she must drop their CV in various telecom fields.
You can start the job from a Subcon by dropping his/her CV there. At that moment, one shouldn’t think about salary but try to learn the steps of this organization and field.
In the beginning, the salary will be from 10,000 to 20,000 RS, but gradually, it will increase. For increments, you have to struggle a lot and should carefully learn from seniors all the steps and techniques of this field.
Eligibility Criteria for Applying In Ufone, Zong, and PTCL:
Applying in UFONE:
- The candidate must be a graduate and postgraduate from any recognized university and have experience in this field.
- Applicants must acquire a good financial status and donate money to the networking and sales department.
Applying In ZONG:
- Students must be graduates and post-graduates with experience in relevant fields and a CGPA of 2.7 or 70 %marks.
- The maximum age of a candidate at the time of hiring should be 26.
- Business graduates must have an MBA in finance, HR, Marketing, or a relevant equivalent degree.
- For IT Computer Science/ Engineering Graduates, a minimum qualification in BCS/BIT/BEE is preferred.
- The graduate must not have more than one year of experience.
Applying In MOBILINK:
- Students who are graduates or have a bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply along with experience.
- The application forms are available online, and one can easily complete and submit them online.
Applying In PTCL:
- All candidates are supposed to submit their CVs online and register. The applicant must hold a matric, intermediate degree, or graduation diploma from any recognized institute.
- Candidate must have obtained at least 60% marks in the last board exams.
- Documents that are required for submission include:
- Copy of CNIC
- Enrollment cards for schools or colleges with the exam board and a copy of the most recently passed exam slip duly signed by the principal.
- Mark sheet of last board exams.
- Copy of last paid bill PTCL or Electricity.
- Optional documents include:
- Copy of CNIC parents/guardian.
- Photograph of a student.
- Bank statement and salary slip of parent’s income.
So, these are the eligibility criteria for applying in the telecom sector.