The CITC will offer education in IP telephony, IP applications and advanced IP internetworking. NEC will provide a hands-on, live laboratory environment for ITE students to gain practical experience in IP networks. Course topics will include basics on IP hardware and software, as well as SIP architecture and the evolution from legacy to IP systems.

At the CITC, NEC is deploying its Univerge server for the first time. The NEC Univerge SV700 Multi-purpose Server is a Linux-based IP voice communications platform with an SIP-based telephony server.

The first course at the CITC is expected to commence in July 2006 with 90 students. The centre is expected to train around 250 ITE students per year.