Centre for Excellence in Telecom Technology and Management (CETTM) located in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai is the telecom training centre of MTNL, the incumbent operator of Government of India (GOI). It was founded in 2003 as one of the largest telecom training centres in India and amongst the biggest in Asia. The Centre provides extensive training to corporate employees, students, and MTNL's internal employees in telecom switching, transmission, wireless communication, telecom operations and management.
CETTM also conducts training in telecom, IT and management under the Ministry of External Affairs (India)- Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program for telecom professionals from developing countries.
History
Indian telecom industry was closely held by GOI until liberalisation in the 90's. The telecom training and manpower development was delivered through:
After the formation of two incumbent operators BSNL and MTNL from erstwhile DoT, RTTC's and DTTC's in their respective regions were allotted to them. BSNL retained control of ALTTC Ghaziabad and Training Centre at Jabalpur.[2] MTNL with operations in Delhi and Mumbai met its training need through RTTC's and DTTC's. In Mumbai circle the DTTC at