MITSOT one of the leading telecom institutes offering specialization in Telecom management, telecom being fastest growing sector across the globe. The conference saw a brilliant presence of stalwarts from the industry government and the academia. The conference saw several experts like Mr K Subramanian of Reliance Communication, Dr Gowri Krishna of Tech Mahindra, Dr Ram Kashi of Avaya ,Dr Subrat Kar of IIT Delhi.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes. CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organization, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded over 114 years ago, it is India's premier business association, with a direct membership of over 7800 organizations from the private as wel as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 385 national and regional sectoral associations
Indian Telecom market is one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Even during the Economic slowdown the telecom industry was on a high. 2010 will be a significant one for the Indian telecom industry, but not without challenges. The huge challenge in front of the operator now is declining ARPUs. In the current scenario, the margins and return indicators may come under pressure as ARPUs continue to fall as consumers carefully watch their spending consumer cost-saving pressure should lessen in 2010, and we expect voice revenue to decline by approximately 5% each year thereafter.
Rural Telephony is the next boon for the Indian Telecom Industry in 2010,” said Mr. Peeyush Vaish, Associate Director, Ernst & Young to Industry representatives at TELETECH 2010 conference on “Telecom technologies for transforming India into a knowledge industry” organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with MIT School of Telecom Management (MITSOT) in Mumbai. Mr. Vaish stated that there is a lot of potential in India. Sectors like insurance, motors have grown in rural India and so can the telecom sector.
Third generation mobile systems such as UMTS [universal mobile telecommunication system] revolutionized telecommunications technology by offering mobile users content rich services, wireless broadband access to Internet, and worldwide roaming. The users will be able to enjoy Voice-over-IP, multimedia messaging, and video conferencing services with up to 2 Mbps data rate. However the broadcast nature of the wireless communication and increased popularity of wireless devices introduce serious security vulnerabilities.The main aim is to evaluate current 3G security protocols, implement security features outlined in these protocols.
Dr. Sunil Karad, Executive Director, MITSOT , Pune said that being a part of Educational institute, MITSOT has undertaken a project "Regional study of Telecom Technology Options for Indian Rural Education" which is funded by Government of India. MITSOT has received a grant of Rs. 20 Lacs for the same. The Indian Telecom industry has a huge potential and has seen a lot of growth in the last decade. However, reach to the hinterland remains a significant challenge to thetelecom operators.
Duties & levies account for 20-25% of the revenue, hence the government needs to revisit the same. Micro banking, Rural Information Services (RIS) and regional entertainment will play an important role in rural telephony.Stressing on the need for inclusive growth, Mr. Ajay Bhattacharya, IAS, Administrator USO Fund, DoT said that the future prospect for growth is rural India, during the panel discussion on ‘Rural Connectivity and Innovation’.
The trend towards going “Green” is starting to influence the telecom industry as well but strategy and services are still at a nascent stage.All telecom players are trying hard to position themselves in green technology sector by switching over to a technology which is clean for the environment and society. Speaking about the imperatives for green telecom, Mr. Anurag Vashistha, Senior Vice President,Energy Management, GTL said, “The key to green telecom is to manage both demand and supply of power at cell sites.”The Telecommunications environment characterized by increasing customer demand for new products and services, emergence of new competitors and a rapidly evolving technological landscape – requires a fast and responsive business model. In this competitive landscape, Intellect is helping telecom operators gain new agility in responding to change with a Telecommunication practice that blends industry knowledge, targeted services, technology and functional expertise with a proven global delivery model.
Highlight of the event was the unveiling of TELETECH 2010 REPORT. CII – MITSOT Teletech 2010 Report was released at Teletech 2010: CII Conference on ‘Telecom Technologies for Transforming India into a Knowledge Society’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Mumbai. The report highlights the advances in technologies, the applications and the services across the globe in the telecommunication domain. The report also talks about the challenges and issues associated with the future networks.
Truly a magnificent event where in stalwarts of telecom as well as other verticals had participated under the theme Designing of Telecom Solutions For Emerging and Growing Markets, Green Telecom Solutions, Rural Connectivity and Innovation & Application for 3G and Security. All the participants belonged to a unique class of people who will be influential & instrumental in evaluating & evolving the future trends in the Indian Telecom Scenario, leading it to prosperity through policy framing & technology deployment.
The event witnessed speakers & delegates from almost all the big names in the Telecom Domain namely Bharti Airtel, American Tower Corp, Avaya, BSNL, Cap Gemini, CISCO Sytems, Compulink, GTL, HCL, IMI, Intellisys, L&T, Matrix, MTNL, Nihilent Technologies, Persistent, Relince Alcatel, Reliance Communications, Siemens, Tata Communications, TCS, Tech Mahindra, IBM, Videocon & Zensar etc .TELETECH speakers comprised of CEO, President, Directors, Associate Directors, Vice President, Sr. Vice President etc from the above mentioned companies.
The event was widely accepted by various telecom companies & the event was published and covered by various print & electronic media i.e. UTV, Indian Express, Times, DNA, Sakal, Lokmat & Voice & Data Magazine
