The next generation of Telecommunications Technicians
Learning Alliance aims to provide career training and placement for candidates to take on roles as network technicians. In conjunction with T-Mobile, the goal is to create long-term telecom careers where training provides job opportunities for new field service technicians who can install networks on macro towers and small cell deployments.
*As of June
2026, NextTech is provided to all applicants.
The Power of NextTech
Meeting the Network Workforce Challenge Head-On
America’s wireless networks are ready for a massive expansion in telecom. There is a need of 20,000 jobs for new network technicians and crews to build the needed infrastructure according to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr.
Learning Alliance commits to making a significant impact in
three important ways:
Certified to Succeed
Graduating and certifying all eligible program candidates.
Job Placement Assistance
Job placement assistance for all eligible candidates after graduation.
Ongoing Career Support
Supporting candidates for 12 months after job placement with career counseling, ranging from career development to financial management.
Hands-on Tower training with industry certifications
The Wireless Tower Technician program prepares entry-level students for the rigors of Tower duty. LAC’s Tower technician course features a two-week boot camp that prepares students within a structured learning environment made up of blended learning: e-learning, lecture, and hands-on training.
This ‘hands-on first’ approach allows students to gain competencies in an environment where 60% of the curriculum is done on a training or real cell tower. Upon completion of the Wireless Tower Technician Fundamentals Program, students will earn a selection of important industry certifications, including Competent Climber, OSHA 10 Construction/Telecom, CPR, Advanced Rigging, and others.
Become a Student
NextTech partners recognize the importance of expanding the workforce in the telecommunications industry.
Learning Alliance and T-Mobile will partner to recruit Network Build companies to pledge and support NextTech.
NextTech Donor Levels
The goal of NextTech is to invest in the recruiting, training, certification, and job placement of candidates. The telecom network infrastructure field offers thousands of open positions that provide long-term, rewarding careers to those with applicable skills and certifications.
We invite companies to pledge and support this initiative. Like-minded individuals and organizations can partner with us to contribute at different levels based on their investment commitment: Connector, Builder, Integrator, and Visionary. Each level of partnership requires an increasing degree of investment and commitment and provides increased visibility and benefits.
Choose Your Partnership Level
Please review the information below and select the Partner level that interests you. This will begin the process of information gathering and subsequent participation in NextTech as a Partner.
Once your information is received, a LAC representative will contact you to schedule a meeting to further explain the program and the benefits awarded based on the level of your organization’s pledge.
Disclaimer: T-Mobile reserves the unrestricted right to alter or discontinue the NextTech website at its sole discretion, without obligation or liability to any partner or donor.
Become a Partner Donor
Visionary - For companies funding 40 candidates. (One-time or Annually)
· Your company logo and website link on T-Mobile’s NextTech website for the full calendar year, or until the last candidate’s job placement.
Connector - For companies funding 1–4 candidates.
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Your company logo on T-Mobile’s NextTech website
during the applicable half-year of funding.
Integrator - For companies funding 10–39 candidates.
· Your company logo on T-Mobile’s NextTech website
for the full calendar year, or until the last candidate’s job placement.
Builder - For companies funding 5–9 candidates.
· Your company logo on T-Mobile’s NextTech website during the calendar year of funding.
NextTech: Changing Lives
NextTech is transforming lives by providing career training, certification, and long-term job placement in the growing telecommunications industry.
"NextTech gave me the opportunity to be a part of the telecommunication industry and to get the training and skills I needed to be efficient. On top of that, I'm looking forward to earning more money and having a better quality of life."
—Darius Walker
"This opportunity is going to change my life financially, mentally, and emotionally because I'll be able to have everything squared away and take care of myself."
— Rashunda Luster
"Just to have this opportunity means a lot to me. As soon as I got out of the military, I didn't have a lot of opportunities given to me. NextTech has given me a chance to have a better quality of life as I progress into the industry."
— Quantavin Fowler
"Before this, I was working as an Uber driver living with family. Because of COVID, finding a steady job was difficult. This opportunity has given me a chance to elevate my life."
— Jesus Vargas
"Previously I worked in armed security servicing ATMs and moving money, but it didn't work out in the end for me. I started looking online for apprenticeship programs and I found Learning Alliance and saw that they also provided Advanced Education within this industry, so I'm excited to see where this takes me."
— Taylor Howery
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