Tackling the digital sector's biggest challenge, which is the lack of practical skills, he employs active learning to guide the telecom industry's transformation.
Algerian entrepreneur and telecommunications specialist Samir Tahraoui is the co-founder and CEO of LabLabee, an educational technology company that aims to close the practical skills gap in the telecom and digital sectors.
Founded in 2021, LabLabee designed a hands-on training platform to support telecom teams in learning and upskilling. It offers a framework for users to train, experiment, and certify their expertise using real-world scenarios. Each learning path includes comprehensive follow-up, ranging from initial assessment to daily on-the-job assistance.
The solution caters to both technical roles, such as engineers, architects, and developers, and non-technical profiles, including team managers. The platform facilitates learning through tangible tools and structured guidance. By integrating artificial intelligence, the platform assists in searching for telecom standards, vendor documents, and internal corporate knowledge with a high degree of precision.
Focus on Next-Generation Telecoms
LabLabee's content covers key areas of sectoral transformation, including cloud-native environments, 5G, network automation, and other core technologies. Users access concrete use cases that bridge theory and practice. LabLabee also offers "Learning Labs," which are immersive virtual environments promoting active learning from discovery through to certification.
Tahraoui is a graduate of the IMT Atlantique engineering school in France, where he earned a master’s degree in computer networks and telecommunications in 2017.
His professional background includes stints at major telecom players. In 2016, he worked as a network engineer at Nokia. The following year, he joined Capgemini as a telecom cloud consultant. He then spent three years as a telecom network engineer at Orange in France before moving to Mavenir, a U.S. communications technology company, in 2020. At Mavenir, he served as the technical lead for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region until founding LabLabee.
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