The Corps des télécommunications (Corps of Telecommunications) was a French Technical "

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". It is formed of the State Engineers of the Telecommunications. It is interministerial (not attached to any specific Ministry or Department within the administration) as its members are employed by a large number of Ministries. Their activities reach well beyond the traditional telecom sector, ranging from

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to conducting various public policies. Many executive positions in France's telecoms and IT industry are held by State Engineers of the Telecommunications.

History

The Corps of Telecommunications was created in 1967. It was formerly known as the Corps of Telegraphs, created in 1902.La Jaune et la Rouge, janvier 2011, Les cent sept ans du corps des Télécommunications (1902 - 2009)
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(executive order) 2009-63 signed January 16, 2009, related to the specific statute of the engineers of Mines, the "corps des télécommunications" was merged with the " corps of mines".

Admission and training

People entering the Corps are educated at the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications. Most of them are from

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; these are known as X-Telecom; the rest come from

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, regular curriculum of the École nationale supérieure des télécommunications or via internal promotion. Around 25 students are admitted yearly in the Corps of Telecommunications.

Positions held

Members of the Corps of Telecommunication work both in the French administration and in the private sector. There are about 1100 engineers currently in activity. A third is employed within the French Administration ou public services, a third in the France Telecom / Orange group and a third in other private companies. Examples of employers in France include : * French administration Departments, attached to Ministries (especially Economy & Finance, Defense, Homeland Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Relations with the European Union, Agriculture, Maritime Affairs, etc.) * National regulation authorities ( ARCEP for telecoms and postal services,

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for broadcasting, CNIL for protection of privacy in IT, etc.) * Public research institutes and labs (

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, Institut Télécom,

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, etc.) * Public Broadcasting (

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, RFO,

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, etc.) * Private Telecom operators (

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/ Orange, the former public monopole,

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, etc.) * IT manufacturers and service providers (

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, etc.) Between 5 and 10% of State Engineers of Telecommunications have set up their own venture or are entrepreneurs. Apart from the IT and telecom sectors, some engineers are also employed in the bank (including the national

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cooperating within the

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) and finance industries for instance.

Current or former members (examples)

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, CEO of

(

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) * Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of

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, previous CEO Europe Region of

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, CEO of

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, deputy CEO of

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References

External links

AIT - Association des Ingénieurs des Télécommunications
(fr)
Training at Telecom ParisTech
(fr)
Conseil Général des Technologies de l'Information
(fr) {{DEFAULTSORT:Corps des telecommunications Telecom