05 Feb 2013|Noida | Amity University Campus, Sector-125 Noida
The real challenge for Indian Telecom Industry is to manage ever- growing data traffic” opine a galaxy of telecom industry leaders during “TELEFOCUS 2013” at Amity
Amity Institute of Telecom Technology and Management (AITTM) held its 9th Annual Seminar “TELEFOCUS 2013” on the theme “Heterogeneous Networks In Mobile Revolution” at Amity University Campus, Sector-125, Noida.
The Seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Jagbir Singh, Director- Networks, Bharti Airtel, India & S. Asia; Mr. Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India; Mr. Bhagwan D Khurana, CMD, Newgen Holdings and Former President, Bharti Airtel and Group President, Reliance Info and Lt. Gen. P. D. Bhargava ,Group Deputy Vice Chancellor & Advisor-Amity Institute of Telecom Technology and Management (AITTM)
Sharing his views on current telecom situation in India vis a vis US, Japan and Korea, Mr. Jagbir Singh, Director- Networks, Bharti Airtel, India & S. Asia said that US, Japan and Korea has always been a guiding factor for India especially in terms of technology. 80% of US market is, now, I-phone penetrated which points out to the ever increasing data growth in US markets and the way they have been efficiently handling the same. In US, one can have unlimited voice without any charge. AT&T in US has six carriers of 3 G with 30 Mhz of 2 G and 60 Mhz of 4 G whereas India has only one carrier of 3 G with an average of 8 Mhz of 2 G.“India has lot to learn from other markets since, it has always been lagging behind Japan, Korea and US at least 2-3 years especially in the area of small cells and Hetnets. India has a huge challenge to support the data growth generated by ever increasing devices of customers and Hetnet seems to be the answer at present. India is witnessing a good growth in the field of TDLT (to destinations light-tree) 4 G and Wi-fi,” stressed Mr. Singh. In terms of Data Growth, India has to go a long way and over the period of next 3-4 years India will witness similar penetration of smart phones as US has for I phones and the real challenge for India would be to manage that kind of data growth having may be 1/6th of the spectrum. He remarked that just as software industry of India is known worldwide, similarly the telecom industry of India should also be reckoned worldwide and this responsibility lies on the shoulders of young telecom professionals. He called upon young students to indulge in higher studies and advanced research focusing on the designing of innovative solutions using multiple spectrum bands to create maximum data efficiency.
Citing the reasons for looking at various options of different kinds of networks, the Chief Guest Mr. Bhagwan D Khurana, CMD, Newgen Holdings and Former President, Bharti Airtel and Group President, Reliance Info said, “by the end of 2017, it is estimated that a typical mobile PC would generate 8 GB of data, a tablet approximately 3.2 GB of data and a smart phone more than 1 GB of data per month. This data has to be transmitted finally. Macro- cells have proved to be most cost effective for most of the scenarios as it exist today. However, meeting the demands of mobile broadband has been increasingly challenging in certain topographies such as large outdoor/indoor hotspots, commercial areas with high traffic demands, large isolated indoor hotspots etc. 70% of data traffic , today, is generated in small places. ” Mr. Khurana also shared various interesting benefits which 5 G or 6 G technology might bring in future
Addressing the gathering and highlighting the brief meaning of Hetnets, Mr. Rajan S. Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India said, “Hetnet is a methodology or a network configuration to be able to deal with increasing demands that we find on very limited spectrum. Innovative ways have to be devised to use multiple networks to spread the data load.” He stressed that telecom is a great industry to be in; it’s a growing industry with a lot of potential. Sharing the facts, Mr. Mathews stated, “the urban areas of India are, perhaps, highly penetrated but rural areas are just 39% penetrated, providing significant and enormous opportunities in the area of voice and telephony business. In data usage, there has been a burgeoning demand, India is probably at 11- 12% in terms of data usage whereas in other countries like South Korea and Japan, data usage is up to 50%.” The speaker further opined that by 2020, 1 in every 3 technical people globally will be from India. Developed countries would look towards developing countries as growth engines. Next century will belong to India. Therefore, those who are aspiring to make big in Telecom Sector would have great future ahead.
Addressing the gathering, Lt. Gen. P. D. Bhargava ,Group Deputy Vice Chancellor & Advisor-Amity Institute of Telecom Technology and Management (AITTM) stressed that relentless mobile data growth and proliferation of new data hungry devices has led to an urgent need to increase network capacity which is possible either through deployment of advanced technologies like LTE which can increase the spectral efficiency or getting additional spectrums or building new cells or spitting the cells and deploying small cells. “Acquiring new spectrum and building new macro sites is extremely expensive and cumbersome. Research shows that traffic distribution is uneven and 80% of the traffic is carried by 20% of the cells in hotspots. Studies have shown that deploying small cells in hot spots might significantly increase the network capacity as networks become layered and dense” opined Lt Gen P D Bhargava. Dwelling on Heterogeneous Networks, he further stated that a Heterogeneous Networks (Hetnet) comprising of traditional large macro cells and smaller cells (Micro cells, Pico cells and Famto- cells), will have different wireless technologies working together to provide seamless experience to the end user. Currently, Hetnet is a buzzword to meet growing challenges of Telecom sector. He called upon the budding telecom professionals of AITTM to learn the most out of the discussions and deliberations of the “Telefocus”
During the Inauguration, Telecom Excellence Awards were presented to several telecom giants in 17 categories including Vodafone India Ltd for being the “Green Company of the Year”, Bharti Airtel Ltd for the “Most Admirable Mobile Advertisement Campaign of the Year”, Nokia Siemens Networks for being “Top Managed Service Company of the Year”, Alcatel-Lucent for being the “Top Transmission Company of the year”, Tata Communications Ltd for being the “Top ILD Service Provider of the year”, Ericsson India for being “Top Wireless Infrastructure Company of the year”, Idea Cellular Ltd for being the “The Best Rural Services Provider of the Year” and Tech Mahindra for being the “Top Telecom Software Company of the year” amongst others.
Also present during the inauguration was Maj. Gen K J Singh- Group Vice Chancellor, Amity Universities, Dr. Sunil Saran- Chancellor, Amity University, Madhya Pradesh and Col. O P Aurora- Advisor, Industry Interaction Cell, AITTM
Various interesting sessions unfolded during the day include Migration to Heterogeneous Networks - Advantages and Challenges; Heterogeneous Networks Meeting the Broadband Challenges by Mr. Rajan S Mathews, Director General Cellular Operators Association of India and Customer experience in Heterogeneous Networks by Mr. Sethuraman, Executive Director –Marketing, Huawei Telecom.